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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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Durga Puja Holidays In Darjeeling? Hold Your Horses May Be
89 days after Darjeeling shut down to demand a separate state and protest a bid to allegedly impose Bengali language in the hills, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met several hill leaders, led by Benoy Tamang of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, for talks that both sides said were positive.
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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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UNESCO Worried Darjeeling Agitation May Damage Toy Train
The top conservation body UNESCO has cautioned that the damage caused to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway or DHR due to the protest to demand a separate Gorkhaland state may put in peril the World Heritage Site tag it earned in 1999
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Darjeeling Erupts Again; Centre, State Silent On 45th Day Of Shutdown
After a couple of weeks of relative calm in Darjeeling, trouble erupted today in West Bengal's hill district again; this time at the foothills at Sukna where kukri-wielding activists demanding a the separate state of Gorkhaland clashed with police.
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Gorkha Janamukti Morcha Hired Maoists To Train For Armed Movement: Police
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is preparing for a prolonged underground armed movement for a separate state and has hired Maoists from neighbouring countries as mercenaries to train its cadres, according to senior West Bengal government officials.
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Gorkhaland Supporters Allegedly Torch Government Office In Darjeeling
On the edge for nearly a month over the demand for a separate state by Gorkha ethnic groups, Darjeeling saw violent protests on Wednesday after the supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) allegedly set on fire a tourist information office at a mall in the heart of the city. They also damaged a few government vehicles on the 28th day of the indef...
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Protesters March In Darjeeling On 26th Day Of Strike
Supporters of a separate Gorkhaland state marched on the streets in Darjeeling today as their "indefinite" strike entered the 26th day. There have been no report of violence since last night
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Protest For Separate Gorkhaland Reaches Delhi
With a 110-metre long national flag, Gorkhaland supporters today marched in the national capital to reinforce their demand for a separate state and the immediate imposition of President's Rule in West Bengal. Protestors belonging to the Gorkha Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (GSSS) here demanded the Centre's intervention in removing paramilitary forces wi...
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Rajnath Singh Assures Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling Of Security Of NH 10
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured the Sikkim government that the Centre will ensure the security of national highway 10, the lifeline of the landlocked state, which is facing crisis of essential commodities in the wake of protests and counter-protests over the demand for Gorkhaland in neighbouring West Bengal.
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Police On Alert As Protesters Plan Fresh Rallies In Darjeeling
Supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha or GJM in Darjeeling said they plan to hold rallies against the alleged killing of a youth in police firing as the shutdown to demand a state entered the 25th day
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Army Out In Darjeeling As Protests Escalate, Two Dead In 24 Hours
Two columns of the Army have been deployed in Darjeeling and Sonada as protests escalated this morning after a young man's body was found with a bullet wound. Locals claim the man, Yashi Bhutia, was shot dead by police around midnight in Sonada, 15 kilometres from Darjeeling.
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Gorkhaland Protest: West Bengal Writes To Centre For 10 Companies Of Paramilitary Force CRPF
Barely two days after getting the Army withdrawn from the Darjeeling hills, the West Bengal government today rushed to the Centre seeking 10 companies of the CRPF to contain the situation in the hills.
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'GTA Funeral Held Today, Only Gorkhaland Now,' Say Protesters In Darjeeling
In a high optic protest held in Darjeeling today, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha torched copies of an agreement that gave partial autonomy to the hills. Shirtless supporters marched through the hill town as fellow protesters smashed tube lights on their backs till they bled.
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In Darjeeling Protest, Many See Revival Of 1980s Uprising
For most parts of the day, an eerie silence grips the town of Darjeeling. The whistling of steam engines, a familiar sound in the hilly town, is missing. On the street, a game of cricket or football is interrupted by the occasional police or press vehicle passing by.
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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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Durga Puja Holidays In Darjeeling? Hold Your Horses May Be
89 days after Darjeeling shut down to demand a separate state and protest a bid to allegedly impose Bengali language in the hills, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met several hill leaders, led by Benoy Tamang of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, for talks that both sides said were positive.
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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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UNESCO Worried Darjeeling Agitation May Damage Toy Train
The top conservation body UNESCO has cautioned that the damage caused to the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway or DHR due to the protest to demand a separate Gorkhaland state may put in peril the World Heritage Site tag it earned in 1999
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Darjeeling Erupts Again; Centre, State Silent On 45th Day Of Shutdown
After a couple of weeks of relative calm in Darjeeling, trouble erupted today in West Bengal's hill district again; this time at the foothills at Sukna where kukri-wielding activists demanding a the separate state of Gorkhaland clashed with police.
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Gorkha Janamukti Morcha Hired Maoists To Train For Armed Movement: Police
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is preparing for a prolonged underground armed movement for a separate state and has hired Maoists from neighbouring countries as mercenaries to train its cadres, according to senior West Bengal government officials.
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Gorkhaland Supporters Allegedly Torch Government Office In Darjeeling
On the edge for nearly a month over the demand for a separate state by Gorkha ethnic groups, Darjeeling saw violent protests on Wednesday after the supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) allegedly set on fire a tourist information office at a mall in the heart of the city. They also damaged a few government vehicles on the 28th day of the indef...
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Protesters March In Darjeeling On 26th Day Of Strike
Supporters of a separate Gorkhaland state marched on the streets in Darjeeling today as their "indefinite" strike entered the 26th day. There have been no report of violence since last night
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Protest For Separate Gorkhaland Reaches Delhi
With a 110-metre long national flag, Gorkhaland supporters today marched in the national capital to reinforce their demand for a separate state and the immediate imposition of President's Rule in West Bengal. Protestors belonging to the Gorkha Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (GSSS) here demanded the Centre's intervention in removing paramilitary forces wi...
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Rajnath Singh Assures Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling Of Security Of NH 10
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured the Sikkim government that the Centre will ensure the security of national highway 10, the lifeline of the landlocked state, which is facing crisis of essential commodities in the wake of protests and counter-protests over the demand for Gorkhaland in neighbouring West Bengal.
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Police On Alert As Protesters Plan Fresh Rallies In Darjeeling
Supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha or GJM in Darjeeling said they plan to hold rallies against the alleged killing of a youth in police firing as the shutdown to demand a state entered the 25th day
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Army Out In Darjeeling As Protests Escalate, Two Dead In 24 Hours
Two columns of the Army have been deployed in Darjeeling and Sonada as protests escalated this morning after a young man's body was found with a bullet wound. Locals claim the man, Yashi Bhutia, was shot dead by police around midnight in Sonada, 15 kilometres from Darjeeling.
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Gorkhaland Protest: West Bengal Writes To Centre For 10 Companies Of Paramilitary Force CRPF
Barely two days after getting the Army withdrawn from the Darjeeling hills, the West Bengal government today rushed to the Centre seeking 10 companies of the CRPF to contain the situation in the hills.
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'GTA Funeral Held Today, Only Gorkhaland Now,' Say Protesters In Darjeeling
In a high optic protest held in Darjeeling today, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha torched copies of an agreement that gave partial autonomy to the hills. Shirtless supporters marched through the hill town as fellow protesters smashed tube lights on their backs till they bled.
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In Darjeeling Protest, Many See Revival Of 1980s Uprising
For most parts of the day, an eerie silence grips the town of Darjeeling. The whistling of steam engines, a familiar sound in the hilly town, is missing. On the street, a game of cricket or football is interrupted by the occasional police or press vehicle passing by.
