Darjeeling

The hills are still skeptical if the supremo of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Bimal Gurung, would arrive in the region.  A poster had been noticed in the Chowk Bazaar area of Darjeeling which read that on November 4, Bimal Gurung would be coming to Darjeeling along with his supporters. The poster was …

Three men were arrested by the Pulbazaar Police from the Bijanbari Bazaar area of Darjeeling in connection to the unrest that enveloped the hills during the ongoing movement of Gorkhaland’s statehood. The names of the arrested men have been stated as Shyam Kami (30), Mahindra Kami (29) and Dewaj Lepcha (30). Shyam …

The district administration of Darjeeling has sealed the Central Office of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in Singmari citing that the building had been illegally constructed on a piece of government land. According to reports, the officials of the district administration went to the office today in the morning and locked …

Ever since the violence revived itself in the hills, 800 paramilitary soldiers have been deployed in the region as ordered by the Central Government. Fifteen companies had initially been deployed in the hills ever since the time a clash had erupted between the police and rebels in the forests of Sirubari.  …

The Director General of Police, Surajit Kar Purkayastha, came on a surprise visit to Darjeeling for reviewing the law and order situation there. The DGP, who went to Darjeeling on Monday, also collected the details about the clash that had erupted between the police and alleged Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters- which …

A team of high-level police officials led by ADG Siddhinath Gupta, ADG Javed Shamim and Darjeeling’s Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh Chaturvedi, combed through the forests of Sirubari while searching for a trace of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supremo, Bimal Gurung. Sirubari’s forests, which are near the border of West Bengal and Sikkim, is …

The police had been running endless operations in the hills to nab the Chief of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Bimal Gurung, for his alleged role in instigating the violence and unrest that has enveloped the region since the last three months now. Last night, the police ran an operation in …

During an event in Raiganj today, Bharatiya Janta Party’s state President, Dilip Ghosh, said that an attempt to assasinate him was made in the hills. The state President also said that the police has taken no action against the incident where Ghosh and other workers of the BJP were chased …

Two supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha have been arrested by the police for being involved in the attack that took place on Bharatiya Janata Party’s State President, Dilip Ghosh, in Darjeeling yesterday evening. According to police sources, the arrested duo goes by the name of Shanti Gurung and Chandan …

The state President of the Bhartiye Janta Party, Dilip Ghosh, and his associates were attacked in Darjeeling today while they were there for their three day tour of the hills. Dilip Ghosh and his associates were in the GDNS Bhawan of Darjeeling when the public, who was protesting outside, turned violent …

Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, has instructed the Union Home Secretary to hold a meeting for discussing the hills’ unrest within the next 15 days.  Amid this, the Union Home Minister also made an appeal to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha’s supremo, Bimal Gurung, about withdrawing the indefinite strike that has been …

Unwarranted wooden logs worth Rs. 10 lakhs were seized by the Baikunthpur Forest Department’s Special Task Force after running an operation in the Mongpo Check-Post area near Sevoke on Sunday. The operation was led by the ranger of the Ambari and Belakoba Range, Sanjay Dutt. As per sources, the two …

Where at one hand the situation was steadily stabilizing in the hills, the incident of a passenger vehicle torched in Lebong on Sunday morning proves that maybe the unrest has not left the region just yet. It has been found that the vehicle in question was bound towards Siliguri from Darjeeling. Some …

Four people died while five others were left injured after a vehicle fell 150 ft. down the cliff near Chuabari Khotidara in Sukhia Pokhri Manebhanjan, Darjeeling today in the afternoon. It has been found that nine vehicles of a voluntary organization were returning from Dhotri, Lodhoma after distributing relief aid there.  Around …

During the 90 days of the revived Gorkhaland movement, many workers and supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha had been arrested over the charges of instigating and indulging in violence.  Today, hills’ leader Binay Tamang visited Siliguri Jail and met with the GJM members, workers and supporters who have been kept in …