Gurung snipes at CPM with vote offer

The Telegraph Jalpaiguri, Jan. 27: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has offered votes to the CPM in the coming Assembly polls and wanted to know what the hills will get in return, while telling the Centre that Gorkhaland and Telangana should be created on the same day. Morcha chief Bimal Gurung also said party supporters stopped …

Marchers revel in walk past barricade

The Telegraph Jan. 25: Nearly 5,000 Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters walked past a few scattered security personnel at Kumani before squatting down on the road saying they had entered the Dooars — a claim disputed by the Jalpaiguri district administration. A senior district police officer admitted that with the talks on in Delhi today and …

Set-up a forward step, PC tells Morcha – New body only after Assembly elections

The Telegraph Jan. 25: P. Chidambaram today said the “interim set-up” mooted for Darjeeling would not affect the demand for Gorkhaland, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has claimed. “The Union home minister was of the opinion that the forward path towards statehood was the interim set-up…,” read a statement issued by Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri …

A run with a message on AIDS and drugs

The Telegraph Gangtok, Jan. 24: Forty two-year-old Amar Subba battled extreme weather conditions and the bandh in Darjeeling to complete a solo run of 450km and reached Gangtok yesterday afternoon. Subba had started his journey on January 17 from his hometown Darap in West Sikkim, 141km from here, carrying some dry fruits and a set …

ABGL request to lift strike

The Telegraph VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, Jan. 24: The ABGL has requested the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha not to go ahead with the third phase of the 27-day strike from January 29 even if the meeting with the Union home minister does not turn out to be a success. Narayan Chhetri, spokesperson for the ABGL, said: “We …