Post-poll ethnic strife looms over Dooars

4 May 2009, 0249 hrs IST, Keshav Pradhan, TNN                     Sunday’s flare-up between Nepalis and Bengali Muslims at Jaigaon in the Dooars has brought into sharp focus how the politicization of ethnic issues   by both pro-and anti-Left forces has turned north Bengal into the country’s newest [...]

Symposium for separate statehood

DARJEELING, July 18: To analyse the Gorkhaland demand and to remove the misconception that the movement is violent in nature, the ‘Intellectual Forum of Darjeeling District and Dooars’ a body of intellectuals has organised a two-day symposium from tomorrow. “The symposium on 19 and 20 July is to bring intellectuals and strong advocates of smaller [...]