Roshan Giri

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  Mamata Banerjee, BJP Spar Over Rajnath Singh's Meet With Gorkha Janmukti Morcha

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP hit out at each other today over Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh meeting GJM general secretary Roshan Giri despite a lookout notice against him.

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  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha General Secretary Roshan Giri Resigns From Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha or GJM general secretary Roshan Giri today resigned from the executive committee of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration or GTA.

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  Rajnath Singh Meets GJM Leader As Violence Hits Darjeeling: 10 Facts

  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met Gorkha Janamukti Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri and BJP's Darjeeling lawmaker SS Ahluwalia this evening after a day of violence and arson in Darjeeling. The home minister stepped in after the popular hill resort of Bengal witnessed an upsurge of violence and the matter turned into a crisis for Chief Minis...

• Gorkhaland agitation suspended for two days after thunderstorm

  The Gorkhaland agitation in Darjeeling was suspended for 48 hours from today after a thunderstorm swept through the hills uprooting trees and snapping electric wires and telephone cables.

• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha seeks PM's intervention into demand for Gorkhaland

  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), spearheading the agitation for a separate state in the Darjeeling hills, today sought intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

• 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.

• Bimal Gurung likely to visit Delhi tomorrow to discuss demand for Gorkhaland

  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung is likely to visit Delhi tomorrow and may meet Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to discuss the statehood issue, Morcha sources said in Darjeeling today.

• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders to meet P Chidambaram, press for Gorkhaland

  On the fourth day of the indefinite bandh in Darjeeling, called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha which is demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland, the Morcha is claiming a breakthrough in Delhi.

• Darjeeling: Home-guard set on fire, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporter killed on eve of indefinite bandh

  A home-guard was set on fire and a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha trade union leader was found murdered in Darjeeling on Friday amidst incidents of arson on the eve of the indefinite bandh called in the hills to demand Gorkhaland state on the lines of Telangana.

• Indefinite strike in Darjeeling from Saturday to demand for Gorkhaland

  An indefinite bandh has been called in Darjeeling Hills by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) from Saturday to press its demand for a separate Gorkhaland state, a day after Congress and its allies unanimously decided to create Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh.

• Gorkhaland row: Mamata Banerjee rules out division of West Bengal

  With the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) renewing the demand for Gorkhaland in Darjeeling following UPA unanimously endorsing creation of a separate Telangana state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today ruled out division of West Bengal and blamed the Congress for the agitation in the hills.

• Telangana effect: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha calls indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling

  Hours after the UPA and the Congress Working Committee endorsed statehood for Telangana, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) announced an indefinite strike in the Darjeeling Hills from Saturday to press for its Gorkhaland demand.

• The Telangana effect: demand for Gorkhaland intensifies

  If Telengana is given statehood, so must Gorkhaland. That's the demand of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) that has called a three-day bandh in Darjeeling in West Bengal from Monday to press for its cause. The Morcha is not alone. Activists for a separate state of Vidarbha in Maharashtra have also joined the chorus.

• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha calls for 72-hour shutdown in Darjeeling demanding Gorkhaland

  The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha yesterday called for a 72-hour shutdown in northern West Bengal's Darjeeling Hills from Monday, demanding a new state of Gorkhaland.

• Darjeeling's Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders begin indefinite hunger strike

  Two days after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha withdrew a general strike in West Bengal's Darjeeling over the arrest of a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration member, its leaders began an indefinite hunger strike in the hills from Monday.