Gorkhaland Bandh

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  After Rajnath Singh's Appeal, GJM Suspends Darjeeling Bandh

  Hours after Home Minister Rajnath Singh appealed to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to call off their indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling Hills for a separate Gorkhaland state, the Morcha announced on Tuesday evening that they will suspend the bandh from 6 am on Wednesday.

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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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  Massive Hunt On For Bimal Gurung As Darjeeling Bandh Continues

  A massive search operation was launched today in Darjeeling and adjoining areas for Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung, even as the indefinite shutdown in the hills entered its 80th day.

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  Darjeeling Bandh For 78 Days: Mamata Banerjee, Hill Parties Talk, But No Solution Yet

  For the first time in 78 days, there's a thaw in the ice between Darjeeling and Nabanna, office of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. But could the thaw be shortlived.

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  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's Town Office Set On Fire. Darjeeling Bandh Enters 57th Day

  On the 57th day of the indefinite bandh in the hills, Darjeeling woke up to find an office of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in the heart of town burnt down. Situated in the central Chowk Bazaar area, it was the Morcha's town committee office. Nobody knows who set it on fire in the dead of night.

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  Only Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Can Withdraw Bandh, Says Chief Bimal Gurung Ahead Od Delhi Meeting

  All eyes are on a meeting of all the parties of the Darjeeling hills, to be held in New Delhi today over Gorkhaland, while Gorkha Janmukti Morcha or GJM chief Bimal Gurung on Monday said only his party could withdraw the indefinite shutdown in the hills, which is going on for 47 days.

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  Darjeeling Schools To Evacuate Students As Gorkhaland Protests Intensify

  As protests continue in Darjeeling over demands for a separate Gorkhaland state, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha or GJM today permitted the hill station's premier boarding schools to evacuate students on Friday. Though the city has seen a bandh or shut down for over a week now, GJM says it will permit school buses to ply for half a day on Friday.

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  Amid Gorkhaland Agitation In Darjeeling, No Internet Since Sunday

  A week into the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha bandh in Darjeeling, residents have been hit by another shut-down: the internet. From Sunday, no one has been able to use social media, and that has hit the Morcha's communications on the Gorkhaland agitation. But activists say, internet or no internet, the outrage over the death of three men in clashes with t...

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  GJM Supporters Throw Stones At Police On Day 2 Of Bandh In Darjeeling

  Gorkhaland supporters today pelted stones at the police in various parts of Darjeeling as they were stopped from enforcing their shutdown in many government offices in the hills, where their indefinite bandh entered its second day.

• Demand for Gorkhaland will not be dropped: GJM

  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, spearheading the movement for a separate state Gorkhaland, said it will not drop its demand. The party has decided to carry forward the movement through dialogue and not bandhs after a truce with West Bengal government.

• Bandh relaxed for two days in Darjeeling hills

  The indefinite bandh in three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling was lifted for two days beginning today with the Gorkha Joint Action Committee slated to review its future course of action.

• Gorkhaland row: Mamata Banerjee asks GJM to withdraw strike, rules out division of Bengal

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benrjee once again ruling out bifurcation of the state today and asked the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to withdraw the indefinite bandh in the Darjeeling hills to facilitate election of a new chief executive of the GTA.

• GJM to relax Darjeeling bandh for four days from August 15

  In a major climbdown, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha or GJM, observing an indefinite bandh in Darjeeling to demand Gorkhaland, today said the shutdown would not be enforced with a relaxation of four days from August 15, though 'janata curfew' would be observed from today.

• Darjeeling shutdown for Gorkhaland state: Buddhist monks facing food crisis

  Around 12,000 Buddhist monks and students living in pagodas and monasteries of northern West Bengal's Darjeeling hills face an impending food crisis with the pro-Gorkhaland shutdown continuing for the tenth day on Monday.

• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha hits back at Mamata Banerjee on 72-hour deadline, threatens curfew

  With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha to call off its indefinite bandh in Darjeeling within 72 hours, its chief Bimal Gurung threatened a 'janta curfew' if this deadline was not withdrawn.