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 flashpoint. The situation may worsen after Lok Sabha election results are announced on [...]

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 states [...]