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gorkha janmukti morcha news

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

Mamata Banerjee likely to meet Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Binoy Tamang

“A meeting has been called by the CM at the state secretariat sometime in the coming week, where Tamang and Thapa would be present. We are sure everyone will back the CM’s initiative to develop and beautify the Darjeeling hills, in the interest of its people,” a TMC leader said
Published on Nov 01, 2020 04:43 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 hopes to increase Bengal assembly tally through by-elections on Sunday

Amid the BJP’s high-decibel battle for the Lok Sabha elections in Bengal, the party is hopeful of increasing its tally in the assembly from three in a house of 294 seats, thanks to bypolls in eight seats.
Updated on May 18, 2019 10:42 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: North Bengal, West UP could boost BJP’s national prospects

North Bengal and parts of west Uttar Pradesh are emerging as the bellwether regions for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the ongoing parliamentary elections.
Updated on May 02, 2020 09:15 pm 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

Union home secretary to meet followers of absconding Darjeeling Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung on Oct 5

GJM’s founder, Bimal Gurung who spearheaded last year’s movement for a separate state for Gorkhas, ended the 104-day strike in the hills after Union home minister Rajnath Singh appealed to him on September 26 2017 and promised a meeting to discuss the statehood demand. But that meeting never took place.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 11:17 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