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Split in Gorkha Janmukti Morcha may help BJP in Bengal's hill region

Elections in the hills will be held in the fifth phase on April 17.
Published on Mar 10, 2021 02:46 pm IST

Will ensure TMC wins 18 seats in North Bengal: Bimal Gurung

Gurung said Banerjee has assured him that she will find a permanent political solution to the Gorkhaland issue.
Published on Dec 21, 2020 07:14 am IST

Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung, TMC’s new ally, holds first rally in Darjeeling

Bimal Gurung, leader of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) addresses supporters during a rally in Siliguri earlier in December.
Updated on Dec 20, 2020 09:40 pm IST

BJP, GNLF join hands for Bengal polls

BJP has won the Darjeeling LS seat since 2009; it was looking for a new ally after GJM switched allegiance to TMC.
Updated on Dec 18, 2020 01:28 am IST

Failed to keep word: Bimal Gurung targets BJP

Gurung was charged by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government under numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for violence during the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation.
Published on Dec 07, 2020 04:58 am IST

Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung to address mega rally in Siliguri on Sunday

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung is scheduled to address rally in Siliguri on Sunday.
Published on Dec 03, 2020 11:01 pm IST

Bimal Gurung’s faction GJM targets ex-ally BJP in first hill rally in Bengal

File photo: Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung.
Updated on Nov 29, 2020 11:18 pm IST

Bimal Gurung to address supporters in Siliguri but Darjeeling visit uncertain

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung surfaced last month after remaining underground for three and a half years.
Published on Nov 26, 2020 01:08 pm IST

Bengal governor targets Trinamool govt over Darjeeling’s fugitive leader

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar during an interaction with media personnel in Kolkata.
Updated on Nov 01, 2020 04:37 pm IST

Gurung’s re-emergence, alliance with TMC raises questions unanswered

Bimal Gurung says his faction will decide on alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls after assessing which party is supporting their cause.
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 07:51 am IST

Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung surfaces after 3 years, dumps BJP, allies with TMC

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) founder Bimal Gurung during a press conference at a hotel in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Updated on Oct 21, 2020 10:12 pm IST

MHA to hold meeting on Gorkhaland Territorial Administration issue today

The BJP has all along promised to find a permanent political solution to the demand for a Gorkhaland, which has been raised by the Nepali-speaking Gorkhas living in the Darjeeling hills and adjoining Siliguri, the Terai and the Dooars region in north Bengal.
Updated on Oct 07, 2020 01:35 pm IST

Darjeeling parties surprised as Centre changes Delhi meet’s agenda from Gorkhaland to GTA

Bimal Gurung, who had founded the GJM and clamped a 104-day shutdown in the Darjeeling hills in 2017 in demand for a separate state, is on the run ever since he was charged by the state under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967.
Published on Oct 06, 2020 09:04 am IST

BJP backs Bengal’s bifurcation, says TMC after fugitive Gorkha leaders’ photo with J P Nadda goes viral

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) founder Bimal Gurung who went underground more than two years ago after Bengal Police booked him for violence during the agitation for Gorkhaland in Darjeeling in 2017, reportedly attended the wedding of BJP chief J P Nadda last month.
Published on Mar 09, 2020 09:07 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP promises solution for Gorkha issue in Bengal, but skirts Gorkhaland

In 2017 Darjeeling and the north Bengal hills went through a 104-day shutdown demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland.
Updated on Apr 09, 2019 10:27 am IST

Absconding Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung gives Darjeeling a miss

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung.
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 05:16 pm IST

Meeting on Darjeeling crisis in Sept, says S S Ahluwalia; Oppn brands it poll gimmick

Paramilitary forces stand guard along a road during a strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha for separate state Gorkhaland in Kalimpong on September 3, 2017.
Published on Aug 23, 2018 04:39 pm IST

Bengal govt secretly identifying land in Darjeeling to house those excluded from Assam’s NRC, alleges GJM leader Bimal Gurung

Fugitive Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung has accused West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of “secretly identifying” land in Darjeeling to accommodate people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
Updated on Aug 06, 2018 07:20 am IST

Properties of fugitive Gorkha leaders Bimal Gurung, five others attached to cases

A three-storeyed house at Patlaybas belonging to Gorkhaland Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung and his wife, Asha, were attached on Wednesday.
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 03:31 pm IST

Gurung’s daughter used Nepal resident’s results for admission to class 11, alleges Darjeeling DM

About four months ago some persons of Darjeeling brought it to the notice of the administration, said district magistrate Joyoshi Dasgupta.
Published on Jun 27, 2018 12:54 pm IST

Mamata govt settling Rohingyas in Darjeeling hills, alleges BJP minister

BJP MP from Darjeeling SS Ahluwalia has alleged that the West Bengal government is settling Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the north Bengal hills.
Updated on May 09, 2018 03:54 pm IST