Writes: Prashant Acharya Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was given a grand reception yesterday afternoon at the Bagdogra airport and in Rohini near Kurseong by hill communities that included the Khambu Rai, Lepcha Development Council members as also cadres of the Gorkha National Liberation Front. This was the first time that GNLF supporters were seen welcoming […]
Rai Development Board has started its operation
Writes: Rajeev Ravidas The West Bengal Rai Development Board has started its operation with 30 general body members owing allegiance to the Kirati Khambu Rai Sanskritik Sansthan, although the objection raised by the Khambu Rights Movement was yet to be addressed. M.S. Rai, the chairman of the Rai board, said the first governing body meeting […]
Nine on hunger strike in hospital – Khambu Rights Movement
Kalimpong, Feb. 21: Nine members of the Khambu Rights Movement, who were on an indefinite hunger strike at Tricone Park here, have been admitted to the Kalimpong subdivisional hospital in the past three days. The hunger strike demanding that the organisation be allowed to form the Rai development board started on Wednesday with 14 participants. […]
Rai community rejects development board under West Bengal govt
Writes: Vivek Chhetri An association of Rai community members today said it would not accept a development board for them as such an arrangement would divide not only the hill population but also their own community. This is the first time that any community-based organisation in the hills has taken a stand against the state […]
KKRSS met tribal minister Jual Oram at Delhi
Kirati Khambu Rai Sanskritik Sansthan Delhi NCR unit lead by the newly elected convener of Delhi NCR unit Sachin Bantawa Rai met the Tribal minister Jual Oram today in his office. The team, who were there thanked the tribal minister for helping the Khambu community along with the 10 other communities of Darjeeling in their […]
Sakela Udhwali celebrated in Assam with festive fervour
Margheritha, Tinsukia 15th Dec 2015: Sakela Udhawli the harvest festival of Khambus was celebrated at Pawai Bongoan, Ketetong near Margheritha in Tinsukia Assam organised by Kirat Rai Mahasabha, Assam supported by Gorkha civil society organisations of the region. The daylong festival began with offering prayers to ancestors and deity followed by Silli group dances. Khambu […]
First statue of Yalambar of Kirati community unveiled in Mirik
The first statue of Yalambar of Kirati community was unveiled on Sunday at Mirik on the occasion of Sakela. The massive statue was laid by the Kirat Khambu Rai Sanskritik Sansthan of Mirik Unit at the Mirik Lake Kirateshwar temple complex. With the demand of Tribal status for the Kirati community the organization is highlighting their […]
Aparajita Rai First Gorkha Female IPS Officer of Sikkim.
Aparajita Rai , 28 years old girl, have become the First Gorkha Female IPS Officer of Sikkim. She has not only done the Gorkhas of Sikkim proud but also to the Kirat Khambu Rai Community and to the whole Indian Gorkha Community. She is now posted in Hoogly in West Bengal. Aparajita Rai the First […]