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Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: PTI)

Rajnath Singh invites GJM for talks over Darjeeling unrest today

This is the second time when Union Home Minister appealed for talks in the recent past.

13 Aug 2017 10:57 AM

GJM office torched, party claims no invitation for talks from WB govt

Petrol bombs were hurled at the GJM office in the early hours, the police said, adding that the entire office was gutted.

11 Aug 2017 10:12 AM

GJM office torched, party says no invitation for talks

Petrol bombs were hurled at the GJM office in the early hours, the police said, adding that the entire office was gutted.

11 Aug 2017 4:07 AM

Gorkhaland supporters take part in a mass rally in Mirik in Darjeeling. (Photo: File/PTI)

Darjeeling shutdown day 53: No violence reported, police to keep strict watch

The GJM also took out rallies demanding restoration of the Internet services, which have been banned in the hills since June 18.

07 Aug 2017 10:40 AM

Several protesters and police personnel were injured in the clashes that took place in Sukna area of the hills. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Darjeeling stir: GJM leader Norbu Lama arrested, sent to 7-day CID custody

Lama was arrested by Siliguri Police on Friday night for alleged involvement in fresh clashes in the hills.

05 Aug 2017 6:08 PM

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung (Photo: Asian Age)

CBI seeks framing of charges against GJM top leaders

Tamang had tried to bring alleged corruption among the GJM top brass to the fore, said the CBI counsel.

02 Aug 2017 4:33 AM

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee shares a light moment with a child at a function at Chopra, North Dinajpur on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Will not support forces dividing West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

CM urges Hills to restore peace as strike enters 48th day.

02 Aug 2017 4:14 AM

CBI summons GJM leaders

GJM leaders, including Bimal Gurung, summoned in the 2010 murder case of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League leader Madan Tamang.

24 Jul 2017 4:08 AM

GJM sets police outpost on fire

The GJM youth wing continued their fast-unto-death, which they launched on Friday at four places in the Hills in support of a separate Gorkhaland.

23 Jul 2017 6:46 AM

Gorkha supporters take part in the funeral of Ashish Tamang at Mirik near Darjeeling on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

GJM sets vehicle, buildings ablaze

Protesters hoodwink cops, go on rampage.

20 Jul 2017 5:33 AM

The police, however, refuted the allegations and claimed that they had fired teargas shells and rubber bullets to disperse the agitators when they tried to set fire to government establishments. (Photo: PTI)

Violence erupts in Darjeeling, 1 killed

The GJM alleged that one of its supporters, Asish Tamang, was killed and another person injured in the clash as the police opened fire in Mirik.

19 Jul 2017 4:37 AM

BJP president Dilip Ghosh talks with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha MLAs as they wait to cast votes in the Presidential Elections at the state Assambly. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Trinamul MLA clashes with GJM on poll queue

GJM MLAs claimed that as the ruling party had apologised, they didn’t take up the matter with the Election Commission.

18 Jul 2017 1:55 AM

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Bimal Gurung: Hills agitation will ‘turn terrible’

The agitation that has been continuing for more than a month will turn terrible and it will be a decisive battle for our independence, says Gurung.

17 Jul 2017 6:37 AM

Nari Morcha members during their Khukri rally for the separate state of Gorkhaland, in Darjeeling on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

No violence on 31st day of strike

The Hills witnessed violence despite continued deployment of three columns of the Army in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sonada.

16 Jul 2017 4:15 AM

Send four CRPF units to Hills, Calcutta HC tells government

The court made it clear that it would also take stern action if the Central and the state governments failed to tackle the unrest.

15 Jul 2017 1:12 AM

Army jawans on patrol in Darjeeling town on Sunday before the funeral procession of two people who had died in the police firing. (Photo: PTI)

Darjeeling violence continues, Army out

The protesters also set on fire the subdivisional office in Kurseong, leading to the building getting partially burnt, the state police said.

10 Jul 2017 4:42 AM

Army redeployed after fresh violence erupted in Darjeeling hills where Gorkhaland supporters torched a police outpost, a toytrain station and clashed with the police at two places in Darjeeling. (Photo: AP)

Defuse Darjeeling stir before crisis escalates

Supplies of food and other essential items to the hills from the plains have been blockaded by agitators.

10 Jul 2017 12:16 AM

Activists of the GJM and the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) also clashed with the police at Sonada and Chawkbazar in Darjeeling as the indefinite shutdown in the hills entered its 24th day. (Photo: AP)

Darjeeling stir: Army redeployed after police outpost set afire

GNLF spokesperson Neeraj Zimba claimed that the youth Tashi Bhutia was shot dead by the security forces on Friday night.

08 Jul 2017 5:31 PM

As news of his death spread, hundreds of Gorkhaland supporters came out on the streets and raised slogans against "police atrocities". (Photo: File/PTI)

Gorkhaland row: Youth killed in police firing, says GJM; tension continues

The incident happened when Tashi Bhutia was on his way back home at Sonada at around 12.30 am, GJM sources said.

08 Jul 2017 12:32 PM

Calcutta HC: Doesn’t Centre think unrest needs to be quelled quickly?

The query also comes amid an India-China standoff in Sikkim, which is not too far from Darjeeling.

08 Jul 2017 6:53 AM

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