In an incident of gas balloon explosion in Darjeeling Kanija Fatima has lost one of her legs in the blast. Three/3 other women, Sakila Khatoon age 24 , Kanij Fatima age 24 and 45 year old Rajia Begam all residents of Darjeeling are said to be in critical condition and have been moved to Siliguri. […]

Temperatures dipping to a minimum of 3 degrees Celsius in Darjeeling has not only aroused hopes of snowfall soon, but also tourists have increasingly started to flock in, points the tour operators. Darjeeling –  Mall Road covered with snow… In addition, the ongoing Darjeeling tea and tourism festival that kicked off yesterday being held at […]

Darjeeling, Dec. 20: The third edition of the Darjeeling Tea and Tourism Festival will be held here from December 24 to January 1 and the organisers have decided to make “diverse culture of the hills” the main theme of the event. Lt. Col (retd) Ramesh Allay, the deputy chief executive of the GTA, said: “The […]

Sept. 22: Over three lakh workers in around 220 tea gardens in the Dooars and Terai will receive the annual bonus at 20 per cent of their yearly earnings irrespective of the grade of the estates. The plains have a total of 250-odd gardens, but the rate agreed on by the planters and trade unions […]

Bimal Gurung today said the land was “seeking blood” as the Centre and the state government were not “respecting the democratic movement” in the hills. “Mato la khun mangdaicha (the land is seeking blood),” the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief told a public meeting at Chowrastha. Sources in the party, however, said the Morcha president’s speech […]

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has supported the demand of Gorkhaland saying that it will minimize the ordeals of the local people. He was interacting with media during a function organize in New Delhi. Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, spearheading an agitation for a separate state in Darjeeling, today said it would go in for an ‘intense’ agitation from October 20, asking people to be ready for it. GJM president Bimal Gurung told the media in Darjeeling that the Centre and the West Bengal government have to respect their agitation […]

Bandhs are a great leveler. Whether in Darjeeling or Nepal, bandhs definitely put people in peculiar situations. 5 students accompanied by two guardians had to fly, ride a bullock-cart and a boat followed by a taxi all on the same day, to return back to school in Darjeeling from Kathmandu in Nepal. The reason for […]