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DARJEELING HILLS: Centre responsible for peace in the Hills, says GJM chief

FROM INDIAN EXPRESS Gurung dismisses relevance of tripartite meeting, says ‘people losing patience, want immediate results’ “Our agitations will be peaceful. But if the law and order situation goes haywire in the Hills, the Centre will be responsible. If they can consider Telangana, why not Gorkhaland?” asked Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on [...]

DARJEELING HILLS: GJM says talks losing meaning, warns of violence

FROM INDIAN EXPRESS Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Sunday hinted at the possibility of violence in Darjeeling and surrounding areas if the outfit’s demand for a separate state was not fulfilled. He described the four-day bandh in the hills that starts from Monday as the “last battle” to get a separate Gorkhaland [...]

DOOARS TERAI: Gorkhaland not part of talks

FROM THE TELEGRAPH Jaigaon, Dec. 1: Leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad today penned an agreement that aims at reducing tensions between the supporters of both the parties in the Terai and Dooars area of north Bengal. Morcha spokesperson and central committee member Harka Bahadur Chhetri and adviser [...]

Mediator holds out hope for trouble-torn Hills

DARJEELING: A path for solving the crisis in the Hills has been identified, according to interlocutor Lt-Gen (retd) Vijay Madan, who met Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders in Darjeeling on Thursday. The GJM leaders, on their part, assured the Centre and the state government that no disturbance would occur in the run-up to the December [...]

By-poll result gives a fillip to Gorkhaland movement

Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) The victory of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM)-backed independent candidate in West Bengal’s Kalchini assembly seat could fan the separatist movement in the northern part of the state, say political leaders and analysts. Wilson Champamari, supported by the GJM, won Tuesday from the Kalchini assembly constituency in north Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district. [...]

BGP submits Gorkhaland memorandum to Mamta Banerjee

GANGTOK, October 30 (Media Cell Sikkim): Sikkim unit of Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh today morning submitted a representation on separate State Gorkhaland demand to Union Railways Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamta Banerjee at Rangpo.Banerjee had arrived at Rangpo yesterday evening to participate in today’s foundation stone laying ceremony of the Rangpo-Sevoke rail project at Mining [...]

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 [...]

ROLE OF MEDIA IN GORKHALAND MOVEMENT

: Preksha Sharma In terms of socio-cultural, educational and political upliftment, Indian Gorkhas are really orphan sin in Independent India. As the media is regarded as a friend and guide of the people and are also the custodian of the Human rights, the role of media in regional and national issue is really praiseworthy. The [...]