DARJEELING BURNS – CHAOS REIGNS SUPREME – GJM SUPPORTER SHOT DEAD BY UNKNOWN ASSAILAINTS – SUBASH GHISINGH, DEEPAK GURUNG, N.B. KHAWAS ATTACKED (Photos)

All Photos by Barun Roy (Beacononline)

DARJEELING BURNS – CHAOS REIGNS SUPREME – GJM SUPPORTER SHOT DEAD BY UNKNOWN ASSAILAINTS – SUBASH GHISINGH, DEEPAK GURUNG, N.B. KHAWAS ATTACKED

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By Barun Roy
Darjeeling: Rapid round of firing from Deepak Gurung’s house by unknown assailants over GJM Rally led to one dead. Pramila Chettri, aged 36 and resident of Merryvilla, an employee of the HDFC Bank was mortally wounded. She was declared dead at the District Hospital at 2:55 pm and the [...]

A Case for Gorkhaland, the socio-economic perspective

By Udaya Mani Pradhan
Why Gorkhaland?
India’s tryst with destiny began at the stroke of midnight on 15th August 1947. It ushered in a new era wherein the belief that everyone is born free and has a right to fulfill one-self in human dignity was no longer a myth.
The framers of the Indian Constitution in their collective [...]