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Panchayat Office Set Ablaze, Government Vehicle Damaged In Darjeeling
A panchayat office was set on fire and a government vehicle was damaged at Kurseong in Darjeeling as the GJM-led indefinite strike demanding a separate state entered its 31th day on Saturday.
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Gorkhaland Supporters Allegedly Torch Government Office In Darjeeling
On the edge for nearly a month over the demand for a separate state by Gorkha ethnic groups, Darjeeling saw violent protests on Wednesday after the supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) allegedly set on fire a tourist information office at a mall in the heart of the city. They also damaged a few government vehicles on the 28th day of the indef...
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4 Police Personnel Injured In Fresh Darjeeling Violence
The violence erupted again in Darjeeling today on the 25th day of pro-Gorkhaland stir, with agitators setting aflame a police camp, injuring four police personnel and attacking a BDO office at Pokribong.
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I'm A Gorkha. We Will Not Rest Till We Get Gorkhaland As A State
To view the present unrest through the prism of law and order is the biggest mistake that the Mamata Banerjee government is making.
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Deja Vu In Darjeeling: Arson, Violence Erupts After Raids
Back in the 1980s, the hills had burned for Gorkhaland. Thirty years on, they almost burned again on Thursday, in a reminder of then. Then Subhash Ghising led the fight with Gorkha National Liberation Front - in fact he coined the term Gorkhaland. Now it is Bimal Gurung and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
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GJM bandh hits normal life in Darjeeling for third day
Normal life was hit for the third day in Darjeeling Hills today in response to the indefinite bandh called by the GJM to protest police firing at Sipchu in Jalpaiguri district that left two persons dead.Shops, business establishments and markets were closed while vehicles were off the roads. Attendance was thin in government offices. &nb...
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GJM open for dialogue, but only to discuss Gorkhaland: Giri
Responding to West Bengal Chief Minister's appeal to the GJM for abjuring violence and sit for talks, a prominent leader of the outfit today said it was open for dialogue, but only if the agenda is demand for Gorkhaland."Gorkhaland is the common aspiration of people in the Darjeeling hills and therefore, the talks should centre only around that dem...
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GJM demands CBI inquiry into police firing
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today demanded CBI inquiry into the death of two of its supporters in police firing at Sibchu in Jalpaiguri district."We demand CBI inquiry since police, despite having rubber bullets, did not use those on GJM demonstrators killing two on the spot yesterday," GJM general secretary Roshan Giri told reporters here. He claimed a...
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Darjeeling violence: West Bengal government seeks Army deployment
The West Bengal government has requested the Centre for deployment of the Army in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal after two people were killed when police opened fire to disperse a crowd of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) protesters who violated prohibitory orders.The defence ministry, however, is yet to respond to the state government's request.Th...
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Panchayat Office Set Ablaze, Government Vehicle Damaged In Darjeeling
A panchayat office was set on fire and a government vehicle was damaged at Kurseong in Darjeeling as the GJM-led indefinite strike demanding a separate state entered its 31th day on Saturday.
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Gorkhaland Supporters Allegedly Torch Government Office In Darjeeling
On the edge for nearly a month over the demand for a separate state by Gorkha ethnic groups, Darjeeling saw violent protests on Wednesday after the supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) allegedly set on fire a tourist information office at a mall in the heart of the city. They also damaged a few government vehicles on the 28th day of the indef...
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4 Police Personnel Injured In Fresh Darjeeling Violence
The violence erupted again in Darjeeling today on the 25th day of pro-Gorkhaland stir, with agitators setting aflame a police camp, injuring four police personnel and attacking a BDO office at Pokribong.
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I'm A Gorkha. We Will Not Rest Till We Get Gorkhaland As A State
To view the present unrest through the prism of law and order is the biggest mistake that the Mamata Banerjee government is making.
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Deja Vu In Darjeeling: Arson, Violence Erupts After Raids
Back in the 1980s, the hills had burned for Gorkhaland. Thirty years on, they almost burned again on Thursday, in a reminder of then. Then Subhash Ghising led the fight with Gorkha National Liberation Front - in fact he coined the term Gorkhaland. Now it is Bimal Gurung and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha.
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GJM bandh hits normal life in Darjeeling for third day
Normal life was hit for the third day in Darjeeling Hills today in response to the indefinite bandh called by the GJM to protest police firing at Sipchu in Jalpaiguri district that left two persons dead.Shops, business establishments and markets were closed while vehicles were off the roads. Attendance was thin in government offices. &nb...
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GJM open for dialogue, but only to discuss Gorkhaland: Giri
Responding to West Bengal Chief Minister's appeal to the GJM for abjuring violence and sit for talks, a prominent leader of the outfit today said it was open for dialogue, but only if the agenda is demand for Gorkhaland."Gorkhaland is the common aspiration of people in the Darjeeling hills and therefore, the talks should centre only around that dem...
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GJM demands CBI inquiry into police firing
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha today demanded CBI inquiry into the death of two of its supporters in police firing at Sibchu in Jalpaiguri district."We demand CBI inquiry since police, despite having rubber bullets, did not use those on GJM demonstrators killing two on the spot yesterday," GJM general secretary Roshan Giri told reporters here. He claimed a...
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Darjeeling violence: West Bengal government seeks Army deployment
The West Bengal government has requested the Centre for deployment of the Army in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal after two people were killed when police opened fire to disperse a crowd of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) protesters who violated prohibitory orders.The defence ministry, however, is yet to respond to the state government's request.Th...
