Writes Amitava Banerjee, 7 Jul 2016, DARJEELING: Four local girls were rescued from Darjeeling Hills on Saturday just as they were about to be trafficked, thanks to a vigilant taxi driver who alerted authorities in time. The incident happened at Mirik, a scenic tourist town in Darjeeling surrounded by tea gardens. However, the economically backward […]
Darjeeling police busted International sex racket with the help of school kids
Writes Amitava Banerjee Darjeeling, Jun 19, 2016: Intervention by schoolchildren helped uncover an international sex racket, leading to the arrest of the operation’s kingpin from Delhi along with a woman trafficker from Nepal. Three traffickers were arrested at the West Bengal-Nepal border, and a police team from Darjeeling was rushed to Delhi to nab others […]
GTA’s borewells to overcome water crisis meets opposition from environmentalists
Vivek Chhetri and Rajeev Ravidas June 3: The GTA’s move to overcome water crisis in the hills by digging borewells has met with opposition from environmentalists who say machines shouldn’t drill the fragile land without a proper study. The Darjeeling district magistrate deputed a hydrogeologist under the state government to submit a report on three […]
Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association Initiatives
Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association is a non-political, non-profit social organization of the Indian Gorkhas of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association has done numerous services for the welfare of the Gorkhas in Karnataka. Some of its major activities are listed below: 1 . It has obtained a 2% reservation for Gorkhas under the OBC […]
Facebook helps find 22-year-old Gorkha woman missing from Dooars
Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling, Feb. 26: From China to Canada, Delhi to Darjeeling, a motley group of people networked across continents to unite a 22-year-old woman with her family almost three weeks after she lost her way from a Dooars tea garden. Chunnu Tamang went missing from Tulsipara tea garden near Birpara on February 7. She […]
Two Minor girls from Tea Garden rescued from traffickers by KUK NGO
Report by PRASHANT ACHARYA Siliguri2 Feb 2016 Two minor girls from closed Panighatta Tea Garden were rescued from allegedly being trafficked to Dubai with the efforts of NGO KanchanjungaUddhar Kendra (KUK), Siliguri and Railway Protection Force (RPF) Patna. According to the information one local agent Guria Darjee from Jabra More, Naxalbari has been arrested […]
National Honour for GORKHA ICON – Rangu Souriya
Ms. Rangu Souria is one of the 100 top women achievers of India, and yesterday she received an award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, New Delhi, in collaboration with Facebook had launched 100 Women Initiative last year to recognize and acknowledge women who are making a difference […]
