Sukna: Bimal Gurung appealed to Subash Ghisingh, his mentor-turned-rival, to support the BJP candidate for the Darjeeling seat. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief also made a similar overture to Independent candidate Mahendra P. Lama, who is being supported by two other hill parties — the ABGL and the CPRM. Bimal Gurung appeales Ghisingh to join […]
Will Ghisingh be kingmaker if not king?
Sometime in the late ’90s, at the pinnacle of his power, Subhash Ghisingh, the man who transformed peaceful but rudderless Darjeeling into a bloody hotspot that looked violently for a separate state of Gorkhaland, decided that Maa Durga should have 18 not 8 hands. All the idols that came from Siliguri suddenly sprouted nearly 20 […]
Bimal Gurung recalls his promise to hill people, Gorkhaland by March 10, 2010
Darjeeling: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president, Bimal Gurung, today said he had promised the hill people Gorkhaland by March 10, 2010, in the belief that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance would come to power in 2009. Gurung addresses a Morcha meet at Alubari-Phulbari in Darjeeling on Friday. “There was some thought behind my March 10 […]
Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election Close battle, Ghising may determine the outcome
Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election – Close battle on the cards in Darjeeling Lok Sabha Election 2014. A football star, an academician and a former parliamentarian are locked in a battle in North Bengal’s Darjeeling hills, where the Gorkhaland movement rages. And the results will determine whether Gorkhaland would be the next Telangana. Darjeeling Lok Sabha […]
GNLF Subash Ghising might support TMC for Lok Sabha 2014 election
After GNLF (Gorkha National Liberation Front) supremo Subash Ghising / Ghishing came to Darjeeling, never to return last week, all eyes on him for which party or candidate he will support in the up coming Lok Sabha election. Some of the political annalists have already speculated that he might support TMC Trinamool Congress, however , Ghishing had told the […]
BJP Ahluwalia camp had approached GNLF – Subash Ghishing
GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh today claimed that Darjeeling’s BJP Lok Sabha candidate S.S. Ahluwalia’s camp had contacted his party seeking support. Ghisingh waves at his supporters from his house in Darjeeling on Wednesday. Ghisingh, who returned to his house on Dr Zahir Hussain Road here for the first time after May 16, 2011, said all […]
Subash Ghishing returns back to Darjeeling Photos
Here are some of the Photos captured on the occasion of ( GNLF) chief Subash Ghishing’s return to Darjeeling after five years of forced “exile”.
GNLF – Subash Ghising may not climb to hill any more
Despite the (GNLF) National Liberation Front’s efforts at bringing party chief Subash Ghising back to the hills, things have not gone its way so far. Ghising has given out an impression of remaining detached from the political scenario of the Darjeeling hills, but his loyal supporters’ yearning for his physical presence amidst them has not waned. […]
Kurseong – Rohini Lake does not have a single drop of water
The condition of Rohini Lake has deteriorated further ever since its water started receding in 2006. The lake gradually dried up and now does not even have a single drop of water. The place once used to get lots of visitors, but there is virtually nobody around these days. A view of the bone dry […]
