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
Sonada: The Darjeeling hills on July 8 erupted in massive protests after police killing killed a man the previous night. Tashi Bhutia was killed when the Central Reserve Police Force fired on him without any provocation at Sonada, a town in the hills. He was reportedly returning home after buyingContinue Reading
hristine Grace saw a busy tourist town turn into a garrison town within a monthContinue Reading
Kanchan Gupta The demand for a separate Gorkha state has come back to life. Long dormant, the desire for a Gorkhaland has been given new breath by the West Bengal government’s ill-conceived move to impose the teaching of Bengali to Nepali-speaking Gorkhas. The Gorkhas are agitated over the attempts byContinue Reading
The Church shares the aspirations of GorkhasContinue Reading