Here are some more historical photographs from the time of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's visit to Kalimpong in 1952. (Check out the first set of photos here.) Jawaharlal Nehru & Indira Gandhi visiting the School for the Blind. Kalimpong, April 1952. Students of the School for the Blind during Nehru's visit. Kalimpong, April 1952. The Prime …
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The Telegraph Siliguri, March 26: The GNLF today accused the state government of ignoring the plight of its supporters, alleging that around 200 families had been hounded out of the hills and their houses ransacked or torched by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha ever since its emergence almost three years ago. It also said the government …
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The Telegraph Darjeeling, March 25: The Darjeeling district committee of the BJP today adopted a resolution for the creation of Gorkhaland and announced that the party would organise political programmes in favour of statehood. “Jaswant Singh had won the elections as a BJP candidate. The hill people had voted him for a separate state. Now, …
The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, March 25: The state government has agreed to notify soon a five-member board for the regularisation of services of adhoc teachers and the non-teaching staff in government-aided schools in the hills. The assurance was given today at a meeting of the leaders of the Janmukti Secondary Teachers’ Organisation (JSTO), education …
The Telegraph Darjeeling, March 25: Bimal Gurung has threatened to “let loose the GLP” on the administration if it does not stop harassing the common people in the hills. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president has also promised Rs 3 lakh each to families of Gorkhaland Personnel if they are killed during the statehood agitation that …
