Ministry of Culture Initiates Fellowship for Nepali Language Research Scholars and Artists Ministry of Culture has included Nepali and Santhali languages for Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) fellowship after a delegation led by Darjeeling MP Raju Bista met and requested for so. The delegation included the members from Assam Nepali Sahitya Sabha (ANSS). […]
Nepali language as one of the most takers during CBSE
JAI GORKHA: Punjabi, Malayalam, Bengali, Nepali found most takers during CBSE boards In the recently concluded CBSE board examinations, Punjabi, Malayalam and Tamil were the regional language papers with the most number of candidates in class X. In class XII, the highest number of candidates appeared for Punjabi and Bengali papers, with Nepali coming in […]
No matter who loses, we, the Gorkhas, have already won
Writes: Upendra In the 2019 elections, Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat is being viewed by almost everyone interested in politics as a litmus test to adjudge if the Gorkha aspirations of having a state of our own will prevail, or if the iron will of TMC chief Mamata Banerjee to obliterate the demand forever will deal […]
सुके पोखरी मा मनाइयो भानु जयन्ती। अनिकेश प्रधान मुख्य अतिथिको रुपमा उपस्थित।
सुके पोखरी मा मनाइयो भानु जयन्ती। अनिकेश प्रधान मुख्य अतिथिको रुपमा उपस्थित। सुके पोखरी का सन्त मिलारेप्पा अकादमी स्कुल ले पनि भानु जयन्ती भब्य रुप ले मनाए जहाँ स्कुल का छात्राहरुले रामायण श्लोक, कविता वाचन, गित संगीत अनि नृत्य को प्रस्तुति दिए एवम् शिक्षक शिक्षिकाहरु ले सङित को प्रस्तुती दिए तेति मात्र न भएर हाजिरीजवाफ […]
_ म पनी जाने Rising Star*
लगातार 104 दिने पहाड बन्द भएपछि 13 जना भगत सिगं सहिद भएपछि हजारौ क्रान्तिकारी जेल गएपछि गोर्खाल्याण्डका आवाजहरू भूमिगत् भए पछि “म पनी जाने Rising Star*, ऐतिहासिक बन्द बेअर्थ फिर्ता लिएपछि क्रान्ती थन्काएर शान्ति रोजे पछि उन्मुक्ति संग डेभ्लपमेन्ट साटे पछि सहिद परिवारले सहिदको ज्याला पाए पछि ‘म पनी जाने Rising Star* विभिषणहरू लकां गए […]
GJM Meeting Update: Indefinite Strike from Monday
In a meeting held today which ended later in the evening, GJM has decided to observe indefinite strike across Darjeeling hills, Terai, and Dooars from Monday onwards. However, the strike will be limited only to the government establishments, including GTA. Schools and colleges have been kept completely outside of bandh purview, while banks have been […]
LANGUAGE ISSUE: Gurung ups ante in language fight
Write: Vivek Chhetri and Bireswar Banerjee Bimal Gurung yesterday said there would be repercussions if the administration indulged in excesses during the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s processions next week and asked tour operators to evacuate visitors from the hills in 30 minutes. The Morcha had announced processions with black flags from June 4 to 9 to […]
Bengali optional in hills: CM Mamata Banerjee
-BIRESWAR BANERJEE Mirik, June 5: Mamata Banerjee today said Bengali would not be compulsory at schools in the Darjeeling hills and in certain areas of the Dooars and the Terai. The chief minister’s about-turn is perceived to be aimed at meeting the twin objectives of soothing the frayed nerves in the hills and retaining the […]
We won’t accept compulsory imposition of Bengali language” – RB Rai (CPRM)
LANGUAGE ISSUE: “We won’t accept compulsory imposition of Bengali language” – RB Rai Senior Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxist (CPRM) leader and former Member of Parliament RB Rai has come out strongly against the proposed implementation of Bengali as a compulsory languages to be taught in schools. Speaking to the press Mr RB Rai who […]
Police case filed against Shahitya Academy Award Winners, school heads and GJM leaders
LANGUAGE ISSUE: Police Cases Filed Against Heads of Schools, Shahitya Academy Award Winners and GJM Leaders Writes: Vivek Chhetri Darjeeling police have started a suo motu case against Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders, literary figures and heads of educational institutions who had attended a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the government’s decision to make Bengali compulsory […]
BJP Extends Support to GJM Agitation Against Making Bengali Language Mandatory
LANGUAGE ISSUE: BJP Extends Support to GJM Agitation Against Making Bengali Language Mandatory All India General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party Shri. Kailash Vijayvargiya has spoken out against the Mamata governments proposal to make Bengali language compulsory in all the schools across Bengal. In turn he stated BJPs support to the ongoing agitation against […]
Hill TMC says no to compulsory Bengali
Hill TMC says no to compulsory Bengali: To speak to Mamata Banerjee in Mirik With the opposition to implementing Bengali being spearheaded by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha gaining momentum, the TMC (hills) yesterday said it had spoken to party high commands in Kolkata to not make it mandatory in the hill schools. The hill TMC leaders […]
Darjeeling MP SS Alhuwalia Writes to PM Modi against Mamata’s repressive and arbitrary order
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 […]
Trinamul invokes Hindi to score a point against GJM
Trinamul invokes Hindi to score a point – Ruling party counters Morcha decision to allow billboards only in Nepali and English Writes: Vivek Chettri Darjeeling, June 11: The Trinamul Congress has decided to counter the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s decision to allow billboards only in English and Nepali in the hills and ignore Hindi. “We have […]
Gorkha Students JNU appeal to people
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF DARJEELING, KALIMPONG, DOARS AND TERAI After a lot of diversions and contradictory statements from the Bengal government, intending to create ambiguity and confusion, it has been finally declared by Mamata Banarjee in her recent statement to media that Bengali language will be made compulsory in schools for non Bengali […]
First International Nepali Poetry Festival held Successfully
The first ever International Nepali Poetry Festival was held yeaterday at the South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi yesterday. The one-day festival was organised by Nepali student community of the university, in collaboration with the university’s Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) and book club. The poetry festival was supported by the BP Koirala Foundation […]
Bengali Compulsory in Schools – No backing out of 3-language norm, says Mamata
No backing out of 3-language norm, says Mamata The Mamata Banerjee government isn’t going to back out on making Bengali compulsory in schools. On Saturday, the chief minister insisted that students with English or Hindi and even Nepali (for Hills students) as first language should have Bengali as a compulsory paper. Banerjee, however, didn’t specify […]
Bengali is not our language”
PERSPECTIVE: “Bengali is not our language” Writes: Wangchuk Bhutia On 16th May, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that Bengali will be made a compulsory subject in all schools across the state as part of a three-language formula. “Students have the freedom to take any language of their choice as a first language, second […]
