GORKHALAND MOVEMENT: PEOPLE’S OPINION

Kolkata TV organized a live telecast from Chourastha on the opinion of hill people

Army on alert in Siliguri after violence over Gorkhaland demand

Darjeeling, June 12: The Army was alerted in Siliguri and adjacent areas after violent clashes today between Gorkhas and non-Gorkhas during a 48-hour bandh called by the little known Amra Bangali and backed by Jana Chetana, an outfit formed to oppose the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) demand for inclusion of Siliguri and areas of the [...]

‘Apolitical’ bikers with a Left tilt

Siliguri, June 12: They came out in droves, zipping through the streets of Siliguri to enforce the bandh.Not many months after Nandigram saw motorcycle brigades, Siliguri, too, witnessed the phenomenon today for the first time. However, unlike in Nandigram, the Siliguri bikers were neither hooded nor armed.The bikers were not part of Amra Bangali, the [...]

Bricks fly as bridge turns into battlefield

Siliguri, June 12: A brick-battle between two communities residing on either side of the Mahananada here almost spiralled out of control today before the administration imposed Section 144 to prevent the violence from turning ethnic.Although it is not certain which side threw the first stone, a 300-strong crowd from Ganesh Ghosh Colony, opposed to Gorkhaland, [...]

SILIGURI STRIKES: IN PICTURES

All pictures taken from Himalaya Darpan