Coffee replaces paddy for more profit

The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Nov. 29: What tea is to Darjeeling, will coffee be to Kalimpong? A few more years and the answer will be there but for now the seeds of such a possibility have been planted. Bongbusty, a picturesque village with terraced paddy fields, 3km from here, is where a project to …

Morcha off to meet ‘mediator’ MP – Deadline & sudden Delhi trip point to loose ends

The Telegraph VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, Nov. 29: A four-member Gorkha Janmukti Morcha delegation led by Roshan Giri left for Delhi today to meet Jaswant Singh, a day after the party set a December 20 deadline for the Centre and the state to establish the interim authority. Going by the composition of the delegation, the Darjeeling …

Ghisingh on hill status

The Telegraph Siliguri, Nov. 28: Subash Ghisingh today stoked up the Sixth Schedule status issue, saying it was the ultimate solution for Darjeeling. The GNLF chief also said he would visit the hills “shortly”. Ghisingh, who had initiated the Gorkhaland movement in the 80s, is opposed to the interim set-up that the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha …

Set-up by Dec. 20 or back to statehood: Morcha. Locks and rallies till deadline

The Telegraph VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, Nov. 28: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today set a December 20 deadline for the state and the Centre to finalise the interim authority failing which it will launch an agitation starting with a 48-hour general strike from the next day. The party also warned that this time the agitation would …

Hill kids get Mumbai music call – show & classes for Gandhi ashram students

The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Nov. 26: A 30-member orchestra of Gandhi Ashram here will go on a 10-day training-cum-performance tour of Mumbai in January, giving a boost to the institution’s reputation as a nursery of western classical music. “The children will go to Mumbai at the invitation of Chorus, the musical group of the …