No compromise regarding the Terai- Dooars: Dr. HB Chettri


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Yet another episode of the Sunday Rally for the clichéd reason, ‘Dooars- Terai Inclusion’. The rally of Gorkhaland Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Kalimpong Division led by the Naari and Yuva Morcha, took off from Damber Chowk which after encircling the town dissolved at the starting point where a public meeting was …

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Gangtok, March 26, 2012 The Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (SHRP) had staged 24 hours long hunger strike near District Collectorate office, Gangtok protesting the Sikkim Disposal and Destruction of Documents and Records Bill, bill no 25 of 2012 which was passed in the State Legislative Assembly on March 20. The …

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Kalimpong: March 25, 2012 A delegation of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) led by its president Bimal Gurung met with West Bengal, Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee on Saturday at Writers’ Buildings Kolkata and held talks for more than half an hour over several issues like holding elections of the newly formed …

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Ahmedabad: March 23, 2012 Even as a forensic report gave a clean chit to the two BJP MLAs accused of watching porn in the Gujarat assembly a Congress leader in the state has alleged that the wrong iPad was sent for examination. The forensic examination of the iPad, conducted by …

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India top arms importer; China 6th largest exporter: SIPRI


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By all counts an arms race is more than obvious between most notably China and India. That reflected when China hiked its defense budget by nearly 11 billion dollars and India just announced a 17 percent hike in defense budget a week ago taking its total defense expenditure to more …

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Kalimpong, March 17 The Gorkhaland Task Force sensing the plans of Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh to welcome the president of India’s address where she mentioned “GTA as one of the achievements of the Government” has written a letter to him. In the letter the general secretary of GTF, Munish Tamang …

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Despite the insistence of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) that the elections for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) be held only after the high powered committee submits its recommendations regarding inclusion of the Terai and Dooars in the GTA, the West Bengal government said on Friday that elections in the Hills …

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In the Union Budget 2012-13 Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has made allocation to pay China for flood data of the Brahmaputra. Mukherjee proposed Rs. 106 crore for a ‘River Basin Management’ scheme. It will include restructuring the Central Water Commission and activities of the Brahmaputra Board, which has been set …

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China urgently needs political reforms: Wen Jiabao


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Shanghai Daily reported on Thursday that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in his last speech to the Great Hall of the People warned that turmoil that engulfed China during the so-called “cultural revolution” could re-emerge unless the country tackles political reforms. Wen said that China needs not only economic reform but …

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NEW DELHI, March 14: The Gorkhaland Task Force (GTF) synthesis of the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (BGP), Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (CPRM), Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL), Gorkhaland Rajya Nirman Morcha (GRNM), Gorkha Democratic Front (GDF) and Nepali Sammelan, New Delhi on Thursday met with the West Bengal Rajya Sabha …

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