Ready to quit for Gorkhaland

The Telegraph Kalimpong, Aug. 29: A former DGHC councillor from Gorubathan said he was ready to leave his home town if it helped the statehood cause after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha served an ultimatum asking him to quit the hills. “They asked me to leave and I have obliged. This is my way of extending …

Minority jab at Bengal

The Telegraph New Delhi, Aug. 27: Higher education monitor UGC today said North Bengal University was acting against rules when it rejected the minority status certificate the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions had granted Kalimpong’s Cluny Women’s College. India’s laws don’t allow a state government or its universities to refuse to accept minority status …

Sale of traditional attire in the Hills rise

The Statesman Mrinalini Sharma DARJEELING, Aug. 27: Indigenous style is replacing western fashion in Darjeeling ever since the GJMM made it mandatory for the people to dress in traditional attire for a month starting from 7 October. Dhaure suruwal and chowbandi choli have sidelined fancy tank tops and trousers so much so that stocks are …

Morcha occupies GNLF house

The Telegraph Kalimpong, Aug. 26: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha members today occupied the first floor of the four-storied building owned by former GNLF councillor Roshan Rai. The Morcha’s partial takeover of the property comes a day after a poster asking Rai and his family to leave the hills was seen pasted on the building located …

‘Insecure’ Pakhrin leaves

The Telegraph Siliguri, Aug. 26: GNLF leader Dawa Pakhrin, who fled Kalimpong with his family on July 26 after his house was torched by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters, today said he was feeling insecure in Darjeeling and was leaving the region. “There is no security for me and my family in the hills as the …