Writes Shailendra M Pradhan for TheDC March 31st, 2016 , will go down in the collective memory for two, or possibly three, reasons: hailstorm in Darjeeling, the tragedy in Kolkata caused by the collapse of under-construction bridge, and, of not lesser interest to a cricketing nation like ours, the defeat of India in T20 World […]

Writes Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, April 15: The hills, in every way alive to a multi-pronged election season, is also in the middle of a comedy of confusions. A contestant from Darjeeling’s oldest party decided at the eleventh hour that fighting an election was not what his family wanted him to do. His indecisive party chief first […]

Harka confidence & Morcha might Vivek Chheri and Rajeev Ravidas Darjeeling, April 13: A slogan by the whistle blowing supporters of the Jan Andolan Party is rattling Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders in Kalimpong. “Look here, look there, its Harka everywhere,” shout the JAP cadres. Harka Bahadur Chhetri, the JAP president who has been allotted the […]

Writes: Upendra for TheDC FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 Much has been going on in the Darjeeling political scenario of late, for anyone remotely interested in politics these are an exciting time for the people in our region. We are literally spoilt for choices, issues range from the promised “development” to “Sikkim merger,” from formation of […]

Darjeeling 8 Mar 2016 A lot of questions are being asked and speculation is rife among political circles in the hills ever since Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee announced the name of MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri as the TMC candidate from Kalimpong for the state Assembly election. Many among the general public too have expressed […]

Promises: College for hills & varsity Writes AVIJIT SINHA Siliguri, March 11: The Trinamul manifesto has promised a Nepali-medium college in the Darjeeling hills, a new campus of Aliah University and a second agricultural university among other things for north Bengal. The ruling party also promised to set up a centre of Netaji Subhas Open […]

The CPI-M-led Left Front, while it is yet to finalise its tie up with the Congress, on Saturday extended support to the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) in the West Bengal assembly polls. While the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress flayed the Left for supporting a party aligned to the Bharatiya Janata Party, the GJM which holds […]

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislator Trilok Kumar Dewan quit the party, which has threatened to revive the separatist movement in northern West Bengal, on Monday. “I am resigning from the party from today. I have already prepared a letter. I have also tendered in my resignation of the seat in the house,” Dewan said. Dewan’s […]

The BJP won the Darjeeling seat thanks to the support of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is demanding statehood for Gorkhaland. But as their stock rises in West Bengal, the BJP fears being seen as the dividers of the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party is taking heed of the brutal lesson the Congress was […]

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee at a meeting on Friday officially formed the party’s Darjeeling District Committee and Darjeeling Hill Committee. Informing about the meeting, the newly reappointed TMC Darjeeling hill committee president Rajen Mukhia said the party’s Darjeeling district committee will have Gautam Dev as President, while Bhaichung Bhutia, Nantu Pal and Alok Chakrabarty […]

Siliguri, May 29: The BJP has decided to field candidates in all seats in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation and the Mahakuma Parishad elections, bouyed by its good showing in the town and its surrounding areas in the Lok Sabha polls. BJP to field candidates in all seats for Siliguri Municipal Corporation election Biswapriya Roy Choudhury, […]

Kurseong, 12 May As Darjeeling Hills keeps its fingers crossed ahead of the Lok Sabha election results on 26 May, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership here is busy encouraging its activists and supporters. Trinamool Congress (TMC) TMC leaders here said Darjeeling is presently “enjoying freedom after democracy was restored in the Hills under the leadership […]

By Vivek Ghatani Politics is an art to analyse and go with the demand of the people. Ofcourse the Trinamool Congress friends up in the hills has mistakenly taken for granted that ‘development’ plank is the key to win elections. Unfortunately, not the hearts of the hill people which despite winds and storms are always […]

None other than the state intelligence branch of West Bengal Police – working directly under chief minister Mamata Banerjee – predicted that the Trinamool Congress would win only 18-22 seats against its target of 30 seats. Bimal Gurung Welcomes Narandra Modi The report also predicted that a lot of voters might move from the ruling […]

“Will not allow division of Bengal” – Mamata Banerjee Chowrasta, Darjeeling 13th April: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today held TMC (Trinamool Congress) public meeting in Chowrasta Darjeeling. In the rally Mamata Banerjee campaigned for the Bhaichung Bhutia, the TMC candidate from the Darjeeling constituency.She heavily criticized GJMM (Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and BJP), She […]

Few people were present at Badamtam public meeting of TMC  in Darjeeling, the locals of Badamtam area stayed indoors during a party meeting today. This left Trinamool Congress to allege that the (GJM) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha scared away its supporters. Bhaichung, dismayed by the turnout at Badamtam where he had got a big reception last July when he […]

The Gorkha National Liberation Front ( GNLF ), which is keeping everyone guessing about its decision on whom it will support in this year’s general election, may make an announcement on April 5, which happens to be the party’s foundation day. GNLF chief Subash Ghisingh Candidates of various parties including the Trinamool Congress, the Congress […]

Is Darjeeling to Bengal what Varanasi is turning out to be for India? In many senses, yes. It is the microcosm of some of the big fights we will witness when the largest democracy in the world goes to vote, but also representative of the larger issues that the state is facing. Darjeeling in Bengal […]