JUST IN: MP RAJU BISTA MEETS WITH PM MODI TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUES OF THE REGION Darjeeling MP Raju Bista today met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss various issues concerning Darjeeling, Terai, and Dooars. Here is the full press release from the Office of MP: Today, I met Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

SILIGURI, WEST BENGAL: Insisting that he won’t spare infiltrators, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured justice for refugees from neighbouring countries and said the Gorkha community in north Bengal won’t be hurt by a National Register of Citizens (NRC). “The way Modi has acted against Maoists and terrorists, similarly Modi is not going to […]

BREAKING: Darjeeling MP SS Alhuwalia Writes to PM Modi;  Seeks immediate intervention to end the “draconian emergency-like measures undertaken by the Mamata Banerjee government” Taking strong exception to the filing of FIRs against Sahita Academy Award winners and heads of reputed schools in the hills by the police, Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia has written to […]

The Centre is eager to accord tribal status to the 11 Gorkha communities, but some technical problems are holding it back for now, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said in Kalimpong on Sunday. “The central government is pursuing the demand for tribal status for 11 Gorkha communities with all sincerity. But, we have to […]

5th July 2016: SS Ahluwalia, MP from Darjeeling has been inducted into the Union Cabinet as the Minister of State. This is the first instance where by Darjeeling MP is included in the Cabinet since Independence. S S Ahluwalia, on Wednesday, sworn in as minister at Rashtrapati Bhawan, as PM Modi reshuffles and expands cabinet. A […]

Writes LEENA HAZARIKA I have always been a proud civilian of India, but, I am overwhelmingly humiliated to see all the agony some other natives of Assam are going through every year. This is something which I have been thinking from quite some time now. I needed to ask you as to how much do […]

Writes – YOWAN GURUNG The youth wing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today called a mass rally to push for the demand of granting Scheduled Tribe status to the 11 communities of the Darjeeling hills and the plains of Siliguri.The rally was called upon by Mirik Subdivision GJYM President Yogesh Golay and other party cadres. […]

Darjeeling 29 May 2016 The youth wing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today said it will hold a mass rally on June 2 to push for the demand of granting Scheduled Tribe status to the 11 communities of the hills and the plains of Siliguri. The Gorkha Janmukti Yuwa Morcha (GJYM) rally will start […]

Darjeeling 9 May 2016 The Bharatiya Gorkha Janjati Sangarsha Mahasangh, an umbrella organisation of 11 hill communities demanding tribal status, today announced it would organise a signature campaign in various parts of the country to garner support and to create pressure on the Centre. The BGJSM’s demand is for according tribal status to the Bhujel, […]

Narendra Modi at Madrihat Bengal confirms that process to grant St status to 11 Gorkha Communities has began. “Many promised that they will include the Gorkhas among the SC and ST category. But none delivered. Your MP has started the exercise,” – Modi Speaking at Madarihat in the North Bengal Dooars tea belt, Modi started […]

Writes: Vivek Chhetri Bimal Gurung yesterday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had requested him to withdraw the ongoing dharna in Delhi to demand Gorkhaland and a padayatra he had been taking out in the hills for over two months. The appeal came at a meeting between a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha delegation led by Gurung and […]

Day II, GORKHALAND AGITATION: Bimal Gurung CALLS OFF AGITATION after assurance from PM Narendra Modi Writes Dinesh Sharma Bimal Gurung, the Chief Executive of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and national President, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has called off the massive agitation and peaceful rally planned for tomorrow (December 19th 2015). A delegation of Bimal Gurung, Darjeeling […]