Gorkha Leader

Gorkha leader Binay Tamang, who was earlier with the Trinamool Congress, joined the Congress at Kalimpong on Sunday, a party leader said.

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.

Months ahead of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) election, former GJM leader Binay Tamang, who had quit the hills-based party earlier this year, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binoy) faction chief Binoy Tamang on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a separate state for the people of the Darjeeling hills, Terai and Dooar areas of West Bengal.

Politics in Darjeeling is set to heat up. Fugitive Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, who has consistently demanded a separate state of Gorkhaland, will return to the district on December 6 and hold a rally in the plains in Siliguri town.

In what is being flagged as a resurgence of violence in Darjeeling by supporters of fugitive Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, a young man identified as Chetan Thapa was stabbed in the back on the outskirts of the hill town around 4 pm on Tuesday. He is a supporter of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha faction led by Bimal Gurung's rival Binay Ta...

GJM faction chief Binoy Tamang on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the outcome of his meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, but maintained that any association with "fugitive" Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung was improbable.

A new chapter may open today in the decades-long turmoil over the demand for a separate state in the hills of Darjeeling. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting in Kolkata at 3 pm today with Binay Tamang and Anit Thapa, leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha from Darjeeling.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called for talks with the leaders of statehood movement in Darjeeling, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha claimed in a statement today. The talks are meant to ease the unrest in the hills which started after Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung surfaced in Kolkata last month.

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.

Bimal Gurung -- the leader of the statehood movement for Gorkhas in Bengal's Darjeeling hills and wanted by the state police for the last three years for violence and the murder of a policeman -- surfaced in Kolkata and announced a 360-degree change in political loyalty -- from the BJP to the Trinamool Congress.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) reiterated their demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in a meeting which was chaired by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy. The delegation also stressed that the separate state should comprise of Darjeeling and its adjoining areas.

The national federation of Indian Gorkhas on Friday demanded expulsion of BJP leader Dr Nishikant Dubey as an MP for his "derogatory" remarks on Gorkhas in the Lok Sabha.

Cornered after his defeat in the assembly by-poll in Darjeeling in the hands of BJP, GJM leader Binay Tamang got some relief when his demand for 20 per cent bonus for tea workers was accepted by the garden owners on Friday.

The Trinamool Congress is taking to the streets to protest the National Register of Citizens or NRC and threats by some BJP leaders that the exercise just concluded in neighbouring Assam would be held in West Bengal as well.

Gorkha leader Binay Tamang, who was earlier with the Trinamool Congress, joined the Congress at Kalimpong on Sunday, a party leader said.

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.

Months ahead of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) election, former GJM leader Binay Tamang, who had quit the hills-based party earlier this year, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binoy) faction chief Binoy Tamang on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a separate state for the people of the Darjeeling hills, Terai and Dooar areas of West Bengal.

Politics in Darjeeling is set to heat up. Fugitive Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, who has consistently demanded a separate state of Gorkhaland, will return to the district on December 6 and hold a rally in the plains in Siliguri town.

In what is being flagged as a resurgence of violence in Darjeeling by supporters of fugitive Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, a young man identified as Chetan Thapa was stabbed in the back on the outskirts of the hill town around 4 pm on Tuesday. He is a supporter of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha faction led by Bimal Gurung's rival Binay Ta...

GJM faction chief Binoy Tamang on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the outcome of his meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, but maintained that any association with "fugitive" Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung was improbable.

A new chapter may open today in the decades-long turmoil over the demand for a separate state in the hills of Darjeeling. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting in Kolkata at 3 pm today with Binay Tamang and Anit Thapa, leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha from Darjeeling.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called for talks with the leaders of statehood movement in Darjeeling, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha claimed in a statement today. The talks are meant to ease the unrest in the hills which started after Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung surfaced in Kolkata last month.

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.

Bimal Gurung -- the leader of the statehood movement for Gorkhas in Bengal's Darjeeling hills and wanted by the state police for the last three years for violence and the murder of a policeman -- surfaced in Kolkata and announced a 360-degree change in political loyalty -- from the BJP to the Trinamool Congress.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) reiterated their demand for a separate Gorkhaland state in a meeting which was chaired by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy. The delegation also stressed that the separate state should comprise of Darjeeling and its adjoining areas.

The national federation of Indian Gorkhas on Friday demanded expulsion of BJP leader Dr Nishikant Dubey as an MP for his "derogatory" remarks on Gorkhas in the Lok Sabha.

Cornered after his defeat in the assembly by-poll in Darjeeling in the hands of BJP, GJM leader Binay Tamang got some relief when his demand for 20 per cent bonus for tea workers was accepted by the garden owners on Friday.

The Trinamool Congress is taking to the streets to protest the National Register of Citizens or NRC and threats by some BJP leaders that the exercise just concluded in neighbouring Assam would be held in West Bengal as well.