Darjeeling Protest
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SC allows Centre to withdraw force from Darjeeling hills
India | Nov 27, 2017, 12:46 PM ISTThe Calcutta High Court had earlier stayed the withdrawal of CAPF from Darjeeling hills, the scene of unrest over the statehood demand, till October 27 after the state government approached it opposing the Centre's decision.
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'Centre trying to destabilise Bengal': Mamata opposes removal of forces from Darjeeling
National | Oct 16, 2017, 07:07 PM ISTShe accused the Centre and BJP of hatching a conspiracy. "They are conspiring to destabilise Bengal so that violence keeps on occurring," she said.
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Gorkhaland stir: GJM suspends bandh in Darjeeling hills for 12 days
India | Aug 31, 2017, 07:29 PM ISTThe Gorkha Janmukti Morcha put off indefinite bandh in the Darjeeling hills from tomorrow till the next round of talks with the West Bengal government on September 12, its convenor Binay Tamang said
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Demanding Gorkhaland, GJM hiring Maoists for underground armed movement: WB Police
India | Jul 23, 2017, 09:36 AM ISTThe GJM leadership has, however, refuted as "completely baseless" the allegations that it was taking help from Maoists
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Mamata raises China ‘interference’ with Centre, blames it for influencing hills unrest
National | Jul 17, 2017, 08:27 AM ISTAfter Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has also raised concerns over China with the Centre, accusing the neighbouring country of interfering in the state
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Darjeeling agitation will turn 'terrible', says GJM chief Bimal Gurung
National | Jul 16, 2017, 02:16 PM ISTThe chief of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Bimal Gurung has warned that the agitation for a separate state will turn "terrible" as the indefinite strike called by the outfit entered its 32nd day today
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'Foreign powers' behind Darjeeling unrest, have proof: TMC
National | Jul 09, 2017, 11:43 PM ISTThe Trinamool Congress today claimed it has 'definite proof' that foreign powers are behind the ongoing unrest in the Darjeeling hills.
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Darjeeling unrest: 3 killed, toy station set ablaze; Mamata ready for talks
India | Jul 09, 2017, 09:24 AM ISTAt least three people were killed in alleged police firing in Darjeeling and the Sonada toy train station set on fire as fresh violence on Saturday engulfed the movement for a Grokhaland state in the Darjeeling hills
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Darjeeling unrest: GJM offers schools a 12-hour ‘window’ to evacuate stranded students
India | Jun 21, 2017, 06:50 PM ISTThe Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Wednesday offered a 12-hour "window" on June 23 to schools in the Darjeeling hills to evacuate their students safely to Siliguri and Rongpo
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Gorkhaland agitation: How Darjeeling unrest has come as a boon for Sikkim tourism
India | Jun 20, 2017, 11:04 AM ISTThe unrest in Darjeeling in the peak tourist season has come as a boon for Sikkim with tourists thronging the neighbouring hill state.
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One killed, 35 security personnel injured as Darjeeling protests turn violent
India | Jun 17, 2017, 11:13 PM ISTDarjeeling today witnessed widespread clashes between GJM activists and the police in which one person was killed and 35 security personnel were injured, including an IRB officer seriously
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Darjeeling unrest a ‘deep-rooted conspiracy’ GJM violating Constitution: Mamata Banerjee
National | Jun 17, 2017, 09:29 PM ISTThe ongoing GJM-led agitation in Darjeeling hills for a separate Gorkhaland is a "deep-rooted conspiracy," supported by insurgent groups of the north east and some foreign countries, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed today
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Get prepared for 'do or die' fight for Gorkhaland: Bimal Gurung tells Darjeeling people
India | Jun 16, 2017, 06:44 PM ISTGorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supremo, leading the protests for a separate ‘Gorkhaland’, on Thursday asked the people in Darjeeling to be prepared for the “final battle” for achieving the separate state
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Darjeeling unrest: Rajnath Singh to meet GJM leader as protests turn violent after raids
India | Jun 15, 2017, 06:52 PM ISTThe demand by the GJM for a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal state is fast turning into a major political crisis for Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee
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Police lathicharge on GJM supporters for protesting in Darjeeling
News | Jun 13, 2017, 12:36 PM IST