Calcutta, Aug. 9: The rented home of the Mirik block development officer was stoned early morning yesterday – the first attack targeting a state government official during the current phase of the Gorkhaland agitation. Binay Tamang, the assistant general secretary of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, said: “Certain anti-socials are indulgingContinue Reading
The central government’s proposal to amend the Indian Penal Code (IPC) with stricter anti-racist provisions has received cold response from states other than the north eastern states whose people are mostly the victims of racism in India. The proposed amendment has provisions to punish those who are guilty of racistContinue Reading
The Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore and the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Tribes will observe August 10 as a ‘black day’ in protest against denial of SC status to Dalit Christians and Muslims. Fr. A. Arputharaj, Secretary, SC/ST Commission, Puducherry, told reporters here on Monday that the presidential orderContinue Reading
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee once again requested parties in Darjeeling Hills to shun violence so that common people could get some respite from the indefinite shutdown that entered its 55th day on Tuesday. Urging the parties to hold discussions with the state government over its demand for a separate state ofContinue Reading
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net It has only been a month since Basirhat was engulfed in communal tensions and in an effort to provide a healing touch and promote communal harmony, Hindus and Muslims of Basirhat celebrated Raksha Bandhan on Monday by tying Rakhi to each other under the bannerContinue Reading
Darjeeling: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Chief Bimal Gurung who till now constantly criticized Delhi ‘s silence over the Darjeeling impasse and even issued a deadline to the Union Government to intervene by August 8, suddenly claimed that he is being called repeatedly for talks to Delhi. As the indefinite bandhContinue Reading
Darjeeling: Amid an indefinite strike approaching two months, the district administration of Darjeeling has launched a crackdown against hoteliers who have expanded their properties in violation of building regulations after it transpired that Gorkhaland activists were attacking security personnel from hotel terraces. The district administration has started to send noticesContinue Reading
Siliguri : The Bengal government Monday clamped prohibitory orders in different localities around Siliguri to prevent a spillover of the statehood agitation from the hills to the plains, the first such measure by the administration in recent memory. Officials pointed out that during the earlier phases of the Gorkhaland movementContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram: Statistics released by Kerala’s Crime Records Bureau show that the conflict-ridden political scenario in Kerala has taken a turn for the worse . Since the emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in 2014, and by the assumption of office by the Left DemocraticContinue Reading
Kohima: Churches in Nagaland Friday organised a motorbike rally to spread the message: “Election is a sacred duty for Christians”. The state assembly election is due early next year. The apex church body Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) supported by other Christian organisations have been holding awareness campaigns to haveContinue Reading