Morcha starts slush clean-up

The “brown envelope”, which has been the talk of the hills for the past week, has finally started reaching Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders asking them to refrain from in any party activity. The move, apparently aimed to cleanse the party of corruption, could also be one of the biggest tests for the Morcha. The outfit [...]

Morcha to close block offices in hills

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today announced that it would lock all the block development offices across the hills from November 7 even as the interlocutor for the talks involving the Centre, the state government and the party arrived here. “However, we have decided to exempt those sections which deal with registration and issuing of birth [...]

GJM expresses satisfaction

The Hindu KOLKATA: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leadership has expressed “satisfaction” with the outcome of the third round of tripartite talks held in New Delhi on Tuesday to end the political stalemate in the Darjeeling hills arising from the GJM demand for the creation of a Gorkhaland state. “In the right direction” “The results of [...]

Tripartite meet puts GJM under pressure

SILIGURI: The tripartite meet on Gorkhaland slated for August 11 has increased pressure on GJM leaders from the tactical point of view.   We need some time to decide our standpoint at the meet, said Roshan Giri, GJM general secretary. We have received the state government s letter and discussing on that, he said while [...]

GJM comes up with new set of demands

DARJEELING: A day after having expressed satisfaction over the government’s response to its terms for holding the third round of tripartite talks on   Gorkhaland, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) did a volte-face on Wednesday and came up with a fresh set of demands. The GJM leadership has now demanded transfer of the police officials involved [...]

Centre not to agree to separate Darjeeling state demand

FROM TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI Dec 28: Ahead of the second round of tripartite meeting with Gorkha leaders and the West Bengal government here on December 29, the Centre has finalised the modalities which will revolve around giving more powers to the Darjeeling Hills through special status instead of acceeding to the separate state [...]

ROY’S MUSINGS: GJM to give up Statehood Movement in favour of Presidential Rule/Union Territory Status

From Himalayan Beacon: By Barun Roy Gorkhaland Movement maybe given up in favour for Presidential Rule /Union Territory 2010 dateline extended to 2017 Is this a UTURN in Gorkhaland Movement? In what can be termed as a definite u-turn in Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s stance, the delegation now in New Delhi will be pursuing a demand [...]

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung, who has been aggressively pushing for a separate state for the Gorkhas

Debashis Bhattacharyya A weak sun peeps out of a veil of clouds. casting a soft glow on the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha’s office in the working class neighbourhood of Patlabas in Darjeeling. This morning the party office seems deserted except for a handful of workmen busy roofing the front yard with clear plastic sheets.   Suddenly, one of [...]

Morcha spares board selections

Darjeeling, Nov. 10: The annual examinations in hill schools will be deferred by at least a week to facilitate students’ participation in the movement for Gorkhaland being spearheaded by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. The student agitation, which includes relay hunger strikes from tomorrow, is likely to continue till the third week of November when the [...]

GJM stir forces out tea research unit

KOLKATA: The unique flavour of India’s best-known export, Darjeeling tea, may now be at risk. The relentless GJM agitation in the Hills has hit   research work at the Darjeeling Tea Research and Development Centre (DTRDC) in Kurseong. Concerned at the developments, the Centre has decided to temporarily shift the unit out of the Hills [...]