Darjeeling Bandh

BJP's Ram Madhav blames Mamata Banerjee-led govt for shutdown in Darjeeling

October 15, 2017 8:42 pm

Ram Madhav, who is also the party's in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, said it is the state government's responsibility to restore peace and normalcy in Darjeeling.

Vehicles set afire, Internet suspended as Gorkha agitation enters 19th day

July 03, 2017 9:12 pm

"The Central government should look into this issue of gross human rights violation," GJM leader Binay Tamang asserted. Meanwhile, the West Bengal State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has issued a summon to GJM supremo Bimal Gurung for violation of child rights

Darjeeling tense but incident-free on 18th day of shutdown

July 02, 2017 7:45 pm

Local TMC leaders under the leadership of J B Tamang, meanwhile, joined GJM and extended their support to the Gorkhaland demand

Panchayat office torched in Darjeeling, shutdown enters Day 17

July 01, 2017 10:01 pm

The security personnel maintained a close vigil in the disturbed areas even as Internet services remained suspended. Shops and business establishments were shut and transport was off the roads.

Protest marches in Darjeeling as shutdown enters 10th day

June 24, 2017 1:00 pm

Elected members of the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) belonging to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) which is leading the stir, resigned en masse yesterday

Protest marches held in Darjeeling, normal life crippled

June 21, 2017 10:14 pm

On the seventh day of the indefinite stir, protest marches were held at various places in the hills in support of the demand for a separate state

Gorkhaland agitation may hit tourism in Darjeeling during upcoming Durga puja

June 18, 2017 9:38 am

"There are a lot of NRI families who visit Kolkata during the puja and then extend their trip to include Darjeeling but now it's all restricted to the city," said Anil Punjabi of Travel Agents Federation of India

Darjeeling turmoil: Govt offices vandalised on day 1 of GJM bandh; CM Mamata urges people not to listen to protesters

June 13, 2017 9:30 pm

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which controls the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, has been pressing demand for a separate state of 'Gorkhaland' and for that it has called an indefinite shutdown of all state and GTA offices. 

Shutdown call: GJM, Bengal government set for face-off today

June 12, 2017 1:57 am

"The people want Gorkhaland. That is our only goal. We will not allow the state government to run offices in the hills and the adjoining areas,” the GJM chief Bimal Gurung said

Gorkhaland Protests Turn Violent, GJM Claims Two Dead

June 22, 2020 7:00 pm