It’s a real life story of struggle against all odds by a father-son duo culminating into the exceptional educational success of the son. Ranked 5th in this year’s JEE (West Bengal) merit list, the 17 year old Pijus Kanti Nandi, can hardly forget the days when two square meals were a luxury for him. But […]
Darjeeling Statehood Movement Taking Ethnic Turn?
The North Bengal Bandh call given by, ‘Amra Bangali’, a communal outfit, against attack on Bengali tourists by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters in doors on11th June, started taking an ethnic turn in the morning of 12th June’08, the third day of statehood movement, as Nepalese and anti-Gorkhaland Bengalis fought with stones across Mahananda river […]
Hill Statehood Movement Gets Jolted at the Beginning
Under pressure from hill population and a tough resistance from Siliguri and doors plains, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) back tracked by declaring a relief of 60 hours in the strike schedule on the very second day of the indefinite strike started in the Darjeeling on 10th June’08. The strike has been relaxed from 6.00 PM […]
Dwindling Minority Base of CPI(M) ?
CPI(M), the most prolific of the Secular political parties in India has been facing dwindling minority memberships in some provinces particularly West Bengal, the abode of communist movements including the revolutionist ‘Naxalbari’ movement of the late sixties. The dent has been most conspicuous in the Muslim segment of the population and as per CPI(M)’s own […]
Fresh Agitations Started in Darjeeling Hills for Statehood
Bimal Gurung announced a fresh agitation in Darjeeling hills to press for statehood status for Darjeeling. In a violent movement by Gorkhaland National Liberation Front (GNLF) under the leadership of Subhas Gheising, about 20 years back, the hill life became strife torn and out of bounds for tourists due to violence, blockades, continuous Bandhs […]
Bank-Police Nexus Kills Senior Citizen
Samar Mukherjee, 62, a retired West Bengal State Electricity Board officer hanged himself to death at his Behala residence in Calcutta on Sunday morning of 8th June’08, after police raided his house on Sunday. According to Swati, a school teacher and daughter-in-law of the diseased, “five police men came to our house on Sunday […]