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No Headway in Tripartite ’Gorkhaland’ Meet but Solace for Gurung
Region: IndiaAs was expected, the tripartite talks on ‘Gorkhaland’ issue in New Delhi on 11th Aug’09 could not produce any tangible results. However Bimal Gurung and Co scored a moral and notional win over their archr... more
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Dooars on a knife - edge, 2 die
Region: United StatesReporting from Siliguri - Ryot broke out in the foot hill of the Himalayas in North Bengal on Saturday mornig, with large part of the Dooars witnessing bloody street fight between the Nepali speaking population and Ad... more
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Gorkhaland: Agitations Heat up Hills and Backlash from Plains
Region: IndiaFor some time now, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) has stepped up agitations in the hills by replacing the words ‘West Bengal’ with ‘Gorkhaland’ in all signboards, including signboards of sta... more
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Darjeeling Statehood in Doldrums: Suspension of Agitations by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha
Region: IndiaAnother round of deferment of indefinite Bandh, this time for a month (from 7th July to 7th August), has put a question mark on the future of the Statehood movement of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (Morcha). Although I am not in... more
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Sikkim Facing Blockade Over Darjeeling Agitation
Region: IndiaNH 31A, the only link of Sikkim with the rest of the country is facing a threat of blockade by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), as a spillover of the Darjeeling statehood agitation. Chief Secretary of Sikkim, N.D.Chingapa se... more
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“Economic Liberation the main motive behind Gorkhaland” GJM
Region: India
Darjeeling: "We want the separation of Gorkhaland from West Bengal in order to work towards economic liberalization," Amar Lama, a member of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Central Committee said. "We have briefed New Delhi about t... more
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