Jalpaiguri Violence

• Violent clashes during Terai-Dooars bandh; Mamata rules out division of Bengal

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today ruled out a division of the state following violence in Terai and Dooars region in Jalpaiguri district over demand for inclusion of Gorkha dominated pockets under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in Darjeeling.

• GJM bandh hits normal life in Darjeeling for third day

  Normal life was hit for the third day in Darjeeling Hills today in response to the indefinite bandh called by the GJM to protest police firing at Sipchu in Jalpaiguri district that left two persons dead.Shops, business establishments and markets were closed while vehicles were off the roads. Attendance was thin in government offices.  &nb...

• GJM open for dialogue, but only to discuss Gorkhaland: Giri

  Responding to West Bengal Chief Minister's appeal to the GJM for abjuring violence and sit for talks, a prominent leader of the outfit today said it was open for dialogue, but only if the agenda is demand for Gorkhaland."Gorkhaland is the common aspiration of people in the Darjeeling hills and therefore, the talks should centre only around that dem...

• GJM demands CBI inquiry into police firing

  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today demanded CBI inquiry into the death of two of its supporters in police firing at Sibchu in Jalpaiguri district."We demand CBI inquiry since police, despite having rubber bullets, did not use those on GJM demonstrators killing two on the spot yesterday," GJM general secretary Roshan Giri told reporters here. He claimed a...

• Darjeeling violence: West Bengal government seeks Army deployment

  The West Bengal government has requested the Centre for deployment of the Army in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal after two people were killed when police opened fire to disperse a crowd of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) protesters who violated prohibitory orders.The defence ministry, however, is yet to respond to the state government's request.Th...