Sikkim backs ‘Gorkhaland’, mends past wounds

DARJEELING, Nov. 9: Sikkim government has extended an olive branch to mend its fall-out with Gorkha Jana Mukti Morcha by announcing that it would help strengthen the Gorkhaland movement spearheaded by the party as and when required. “The demand for Gorkhaland is justified because the Gorkhas are not demanding a separation from the country rather [...]

Hill tribe Census Report of 1898

Why Gorkhaland

For the last many months DT Correspondent is looking for the appropriate time for Interview of Mr. Alok Thulung, president of Youth wing of Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha, because of his busy schedule we had put forward few questions to Mr. Thulung, in response to our questions we have received following soft copy. Q1: Why [...]

Frequent Highway bandhs proving to be expensive for the State: CM

GANGTOK, August 08: The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today said that the signature campaign for a separate state of Gorkhaland, which was carried out by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in Sikkim does not make sense at all in the State and should instead be carried out in Darjeeling and other parts of the country. [...]

Massive turn-out at the Gorkhaland signature campaign

FROM SIKKIM EXPRESS GANGTOK, August 7: The signature campaign organized by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) for a separate State of ‘Gorkhaland’ here in Capital today generated a massive response from sections of the society. The signature campaign launched by GJM in Sikkim today was the first state in the Northeast region. Hundreds of people today [...]

White Paper on Schedule Tribe status for Limboo-Tamangs tabled in the Sikkim Assembly

White Paper on Schedule Tribe status for Limboo-Tamangs tabled in the Sikkim Assembly GANGTOK, July 29: The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today tabled the White Paper on efforts made by the present government in securing Schedule Tribe status for Limboo and Tamang communities and subsequently to secure reservation of seats for the two communities on the [...]

GJMM to answer for NH~31A block

Statesman News Service DARJEELING, July 11: The GJMM has received an order from the counsel of the West Bengal Government to reply in affidavit on the issue of the National Highway 31A blockade during its recent bandh. The order is a follow-up of a case filed at the Supreme Court by the Sikkim state government against the GJMM, Aamra Bangali, Jana Jagaran and [...]

Sikkim: Journalists protest from Himalaya Darpan

Journalists take out rally in Gangtok

Gangtok (PTI): Journalists took out a rally in Sikkim’s state capital here to protest the attack on their colleagues by masked men leading to serious injuries to them. The journalists took out the rally from the Press Club and marched through the Mahatma Gandhi Marg to the Manipal Hospital near Ranipool demanding strong action against [...]

Say NO to Gorkhaland

Darjeeling must remain with West Bengal Kanchan Gupta In the summer of 1966, Hope Cooke, the American socialite-turned-Gyalmo, or Queen Consort of the ill-fated 12th Chogyal of Sikkim, created a furore in New Delhi by contesting, in an article published in the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology’s bulletin, India’s possession of Darjeeling that was ‘gifted’ to [...]