The Communist Party of Revolutionary Marixist (CPRM) on Sunday accused the GJM of compromising with the statehood demand for the sake of obtaining tribal status for the people of the hills of Darjeeling. Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxist today called for a pan-India movement to achieve a separate Gorkhaland state- file photo The aspiration for […]

The next time you head to the Darjeeling hills you can also pack your fishing kit. The GTA (Gorkhaland Territorial Administration) has taken up an initiative to promote angling tourism along the Rangit and Teesta rivers that flow through the region. Foreign tourists prepare for angling near Kalijhora in the Darjeeling hills on the banks […]

People of North Bengal and Siliguri in particular are going to enjoy a ‘cultural’ beginning of 2015, since the Gorkha Saajha Pariwar, Salbari, Siliguri will bring back the Gorkha Sanskritik Utsav from January 7, 2015. Gorkha Sanskritik Utsav to be Held from January 7, 2015 The 2015 version of the festival will also include the […]

Darjeeling, 19 December: The chief of the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) Bimal Gurung and Darjeeling MP SS Ahluwalia met Union minister for tribal affairs Jual Oram at the Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi today. The communities got together under the banner of the Bharatiya Gorkha Janajati Sangharsha Mahasangh and was led by its central […]

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 […]

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 […]

North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb today announced that cricketer Wriddhiman Saha and hockey player Bharat Chhetri would be given the Bangaratna award at the opening of the Uttarbanga Utsav on January 20. Indian Hockey Player Bharat Chhetri Film director and actor Kaushik Ganguly would also be given the award, Deb said at a news […]

Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) invites applications form Male Indian Citizens for recruitment of Constable (Animal Transport) of General Central Service Group ‘C’ Non Gazetted (Non Ministerial) on temporary basis likely to be permanent in ITBP. The last date of receipt of applications is 15th December 2014. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Constable (Animal Transport) Total […]

Sunday saw Gorkha families from far and near gather at Balbhadra Kalinga War Memorial and Nalapani Fort to pay tributes to their gallant heroes who laid down their lives to defend their territory 200 years ago. The only structure in the world to be built by victors to honour the courage of their foes, the […]

Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Jitu Rai walked away with the individual as well as team gold medal in 50-metre men’s pistol with Army marksmen dominating proceedings at the 58th National Shooting Championship, here on Sunday. Jitu Rai won individual and team gold medal in National Shooting Championship The Army marksmen, with a total […]

Army Recruitment will be conducted on January 12th and 13th, 2015 at Lebong Army Ground, Darjeeling for Indian Gorkha youth. Gorkha Army Recruitment at Lebong Army Ground in Darjeeling Please note the following dates and times. Jan 12: Rai, Limbu, Tamang, and ward of currently serving or ex-servicemen, or son of ex-service widows Jan 13: […]

AAGSU placed decade long demand of Gorkha Autonomous Council (GAC) to PM, Narendra Modi, in Guwahati. The All Assam Gorkha Students’ Union (AAGSU) the influential apex students and youth organization of the Gorkhas of Assam along with 26 community organizations and few civil society organizations yesterday met India’s prime minister Narendra Modi in Guwahati during […]

Untold stories of hunger & starvation deaths of Tea garden workers in Darjeeling ,Dooars & Terai! Behind the idyllic hills, the scenic gardens, the “romance of the two leaves and a bud”, and the “smiling faces” of the workers, what remains carefully hidden is the ugly truth of subhuman wages, more than a thousand starvation […]

The GTA and GJM Chief Bimal Gurung met with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in private yesterday. According to sources, the meeting which was held at the Chief Minister’s Chamber in Nabanna was held for over 45 minutes, and there was no one present in the office other than Mamata and Bimal. After the meeting was […]

Vivek Chhetri An FIR filed by the CID has mentioned that 15 members of the Gorkhaland Personnel (GLP), a voluntary force raised by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), and some other people from the Darjeeling hills had undertaken four months’ arms training with a militant outfit in Nagaland last year. Umesh Kami and Ganesh Chhetri […]

A part of its efforts to strengthen the party’s organisational base in Darjeeling Hills, the CPI-M is preparing to visit people door-to-door and highlight an autonomy protected by the Indian Constitution for the development of the three Hill sub-divisions. A decision to this effect was taken during the 21st Darjeeling district conference of the party […]

The Gorkha National Liberation Front, (GNLF), women organisation launched “Khoji Chinhariko” a short documentary film on their party supremo, Mr. Subash Ghisingh. Subash Ghisingh GNLF supremo The video was released on 6 December at Mirik during the 10th Sixth Schedule Accord Day celebration program from the hands of the former GNLF MLA from Kurseong and […]

Vivek Chhetri and Rajeev Ravidas Bimal Gurung today went back on his stand of not holding strikes in the Darjeeling hills and threatened a 12-hour shutdown if police did not stop raids in the wake of the Assam arms haul. Bimal Gurung threats 12-hour strike over raids on arms haul case “We very strongly protest […]