Gurung to skip Delhi meeting

The Telegraph Bagdogra, Jan. 24: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung decided not to lead a five-member party delegation which left for New Delhi today to hold talks with Union home minister and instead, chose to stay put at Kumani. On January 21, after receiving home minister P. Chidambaram’s letter inviting the Morcha for the …

On road and under tent till at least R-Day – All stocked up for long haul

The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kumani More, Jan. 24: The march remains thwarted for the time being but that has done little to dampen the spirit of the thousand or so Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters as they stand eyeball-to-eyeball with police on the culvert that separates Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts. Cries of “we want Gorkhaland” and …

Dooars ultimatum suspended till R-Day – Delhi talks will only be on gorkhaland: morcha

The Telegraph RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Jan. 23: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today suspended the ultimatum it had issued to the state government on allowing its padayatra to enter the Dooars till January 26, a day after it holds talks with the Centre in New Delhi. Morcha president Bimal Gurung also said the party would discuss …

Mind-own-business message to TRS chief

The Telegraph VIVEK CHHETRI Darjeeling, Jan. 23: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has strongly condemned Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief’s opposition to the Gorkhaland demand with the hill party advising him to “concentrate on his movement instead of making unnecessary statements”. In an interaction with The Telegraph that was published today, TRS chief Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao said: …

Kalimpong kids prepare to hit the right chords

The Times of India Joeanna Rebello Fernandes, TNN, Jan 23, 2011, 03.16am IST AR Rahman probably hasn't cottoned on yet, but a fresh-faced orchestra from a mission school in Kalingpong does a sublime turn on his Jai Ho. They toss it around on their violins, cellos and violas and then they segue into other familiars: …