Category Archives: Darjeeling

Coronavirus Pandemic: Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Jalpaiguri districts classified as Orange Zone

To combat the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, areas in West Bengal have been divided into [...]

GTA to organize online art and folk song competition amid COVID-19 lockdown

Darjeeling, 20th April: The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration will be organizing an online art and folk [...]

Landlord at Pradhan Nagar kicked out 18-year-old for fear she may spread COVID-19  

Siliguri, 18th April: GTA chairman Anit Thapa paid a visit to Pahadiya Bhawan, Siliguri to [...]

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S. Ponnambalam appointed as the new DM of Darjeeling District

The West Bengal government on Friday appointed S. Ponnambalam as the new District Magistrate of [...]

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Quarantine centre set up in Darjeeling, GJM leader Binay Tamang take stock of the situation

Darjeeling, 16th April: A quarantine centre is being set up in Darjeeling’s T.B. Hospital at [...]

Workers in the tea estates are not just voting machines: HPWU President Sudesh Rai

Darjeeling, 15th April: GNLF Labor Organization (HPWU) Darjeeling Branch Committee President Sudesh Rai via a [...]

Foreign nationals stranded in Darjeeling evacuated

Darjeeling, 15th April: Acting on the protocols of the Ministry of Home Affairs to take [...]

The Prime Minister himself is a ‘chai wala,’ he must have considered the welfare and well-being of the tea garden laborers – Binay Tamang

Darjeeling, 13th March: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang, on Monday, stated that the tea plantations [...]

GJM leader Binay Tamang urges public to follow all government protocols

Darjeeling, 12th April: GJM leader Binay Tamang appealed to the people of the hills to [...]

GTA Chairman Anit Thapa visited Leprosy hospital amid COVID-19 pandemic

Kalimpong, 11th April: GTA Chairman Anit Thapa visited the Leprosy hospital of Kalimpong on Saturday [...]

Public interest lies above all: GJM Chairman Binay Tamang

Darjeeling, 10th April: The Darjeeling Government Hospital premises and ATMs around the town were sanitized [...]

GTA Chairman Anit Thapa sets up Quarantine Centre within 5 days in Kalimpong

Kalimpong, 09th April: After North Bengal’s first positive case of novel coronavirus emerged from Kalimpong, [...]

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GJM leader Binay Tamang speaks on suspected COVID-19 patients from Darjeeling

Darjeeling, 09th April: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha President Binay Tamang, on Thursday, stated that it has [...]

Darjeeling Zoological Park under strict vigilance amid COVID-19 pandemic

Darjeeling, 08th April: Acting on the directive issued by the Central Zoo Authority on April [...]

Residents protest against a quarantine facility being set up in Darjeeling’s Youth Hostel

Darjeeling, 07th April: Residents of Dr. Zhakir Hussain Road in Darjeeling protested against a 30 [...]