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Fresh Movement For Gorkhaland Brewing: Ex Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Leader
Pro-Gorkhaland units in the Darjeeling Hills, including the GJM and the Hamro Party, have indicated that a fresh movement will be launched to press for separate statehood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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Mamata Banerjee Asks North Bengal Leaders To Prepare Development Roadmap
Assuring leaders in the Hills that she would find a "permanent solution" for the region, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged them to prepare a roadmap, keeping in mind the interests of locals, and submit it to the government
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Protests In Darjeeling After Missing Gorkha Leader Bimal Gurung Resurfaces In Kolkata
Three days after the absconding Darjeeling leader Bimal Gurung, who led a violent agitation for a separate state Gorkhaland, resurfaced in Kolkata, his rivals currently in control of the hill station held protest demonstrations on Sunday and warned that if his return meant a return to violence, people would not let him enter the hills.
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Top Court To Hear Centre's Plea On Withdrawal Of Forces From Darjeeling
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order on withdrawal of security forces from Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal.
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Centre Seeks Withdrawal Of Paramilitary Force From Darjeeling
The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking the withdrawal of central security forces from trouble-torn Darjeeling in West Bengal where an agitation for a Gorkhaland has taken violent turns.
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No Pullout Of Central Forces From Darjeeling For Now, Says Court
Mamata Banerjee has won a point she made yesterday against the Centre, with the High Court agreeing that paramilitary forces cannot be withdrawn at this moment from the trouble-torn Darjeeling hills of Bengal.
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Toy Train Services In Darjeeling Hills To Resume From October 25
Services of the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), popularly known as 'toy train', is all set to resume in the hills from October 25, after its suspension for 125 days due to the strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).
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Mamata Banerjee, Gorkha Leaders Discuss Peace In Darjeeling: 10 Facts
This afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which led an agitation earlier this year alleging that Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress government was attempting to impose the Bengali language in Darjeeling schools. The chief minister has invited some other local political leaders from Da...
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Gorkha Body Suspends 104-Day Darjeeling Strike After Rajnath Singh Appeal
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha suspended for an "indefinite period" the 104-day long shutdown from 6 am today after over three months of agitations that cost 11 lives in the hills of Darjeeling. In an audio clip from an undisclosed location reported by news agencies, Morcha chief Bimal Gurung urged hill residents to resume transport services, reopen sh...
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Rajnath Singh Appeals To GJM To Withdraw Darjeeling Bandh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has appealed to the GJM to withdraw their ongoing agitation demanding a separate Gorkhaland state. Mr Singh also directed Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to convene an official level meeting to discuss all related issues.
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Rebel Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Leader To Head New Panel For Darjeeling Hills
The West Bengal government today announced the formation of Board of Administrators in place of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for Darjeeling hills and appointed rebel GJM leader Binay Tamang as its chairman.
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Darjeeling Limps Back To Normalcy, Bimal Gurung Wants Bandh Intensified
The Darjeeling hills were limping back to normalcy as several shops, markets, government offices and government-aided schools reopened today, while GJM chief Bimal Gurung asked his partymen to intensify the bandh that started 92 days ago.
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Bimal Gurung Rejects Mamata Banerjee's Appeal To Withdraw Shutdown In Darjeeling
GJM supremo Bimal Gurung today rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal to withdraw the indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling, saying it would continue till Centre holds a tripartite meeting on the Gorkhaland issue.
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Shops Open In Darjeeling; All Eyes On Tomorrow's All-Party Meeting
All eyes are on tomorrow's all-party meeting, convened by the West Bengal government in Siliguri to discuss the Darjeeling crisis, even as the indefinite shutdown in the hills entered its 89th day today.
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Gorkhaland Agitation: Rallies For And Against Shutdown In Darjeeling
Rallies in favour of the 83-day shutdown for a separate Gorkhaland state and against it were held in various parts of Darjeeling hills today.
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Fresh Movement For Gorkhaland Brewing: Ex Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Leader
Pro-Gorkhaland units in the Darjeeling Hills, including the GJM and the Hamro Party, have indicated that a fresh movement will be launched to press for separate statehood ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
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Mamata Banerjee Asks North Bengal Leaders To Prepare Development Roadmap
Assuring leaders in the Hills that she would find a "permanent solution" for the region, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged them to prepare a roadmap, keeping in mind the interests of locals, and submit it to the government
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Protests In Darjeeling After Missing Gorkha Leader Bimal Gurung Resurfaces In Kolkata
Three days after the absconding Darjeeling leader Bimal Gurung, who led a violent agitation for a separate state Gorkhaland, resurfaced in Kolkata, his rivals currently in control of the hill station held protest demonstrations on Sunday and warned that if his return meant a return to violence, people would not let him enter the hills.
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Top Court To Hear Centre's Plea On Withdrawal Of Forces From Darjeeling
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order on withdrawal of security forces from Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal.
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Centre Seeks Withdrawal Of Paramilitary Force From Darjeeling
The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking the withdrawal of central security forces from trouble-torn Darjeeling in West Bengal where an agitation for a Gorkhaland has taken violent turns.
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No Pullout Of Central Forces From Darjeeling For Now, Says Court
Mamata Banerjee has won a point she made yesterday against the Centre, with the High Court agreeing that paramilitary forces cannot be withdrawn at this moment from the trouble-torn Darjeeling hills of Bengal.
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Toy Train Services In Darjeeling Hills To Resume From October 25
Services of the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), popularly known as 'toy train', is all set to resume in the hills from October 25, after its suspension for 125 days due to the strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).
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Mamata Banerjee, Gorkha Leaders Discuss Peace In Darjeeling: 10 Facts
This afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which led an agitation earlier this year alleging that Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress government was attempting to impose the Bengali language in Darjeeling schools. The chief minister has invited some other local political leaders from Da...
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Gorkha Body Suspends 104-Day Darjeeling Strike After Rajnath Singh Appeal
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha suspended for an "indefinite period" the 104-day long shutdown from 6 am today after over three months of agitations that cost 11 lives in the hills of Darjeeling. In an audio clip from an undisclosed location reported by news agencies, Morcha chief Bimal Gurung urged hill residents to resume transport services, reopen sh...
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Rajnath Singh Appeals To GJM To Withdraw Darjeeling Bandh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has appealed to the GJM to withdraw their ongoing agitation demanding a separate Gorkhaland state. Mr Singh also directed Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to convene an official level meeting to discuss all related issues.
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Rebel Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Leader To Head New Panel For Darjeeling Hills
The West Bengal government today announced the formation of Board of Administrators in place of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for Darjeeling hills and appointed rebel GJM leader Binay Tamang as its chairman.
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Darjeeling Limps Back To Normalcy, Bimal Gurung Wants Bandh Intensified
The Darjeeling hills were limping back to normalcy as several shops, markets, government offices and government-aided schools reopened today, while GJM chief Bimal Gurung asked his partymen to intensify the bandh that started 92 days ago.
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Bimal Gurung Rejects Mamata Banerjee's Appeal To Withdraw Shutdown In Darjeeling
GJM supremo Bimal Gurung today rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal to withdraw the indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling, saying it would continue till Centre holds a tripartite meeting on the Gorkhaland issue.
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Shops Open In Darjeeling; All Eyes On Tomorrow's All-Party Meeting
All eyes are on tomorrow's all-party meeting, convened by the West Bengal government in Siliguri to discuss the Darjeeling crisis, even as the indefinite shutdown in the hills entered its 89th day today.
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Gorkhaland Agitation: Rallies For And Against Shutdown In Darjeeling
Rallies in favour of the 83-day shutdown for a separate Gorkhaland state and against it were held in various parts of Darjeeling hills today.
