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  Normal life disrupted in Darjeeling due to bandh

  India | July 31, 2013 13:55 IST

  Darjeeling, July 31: Life in Darjeeling Hills, where the demand for a separate Gorkhaland has been revived post the Congress endorsing creation of Telangana, remained affected on the third and last day of GJM bandh

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  Telangana effect: 3-day bandh begins for Gorkhaland

  India | July 29, 2013 14:18 IST

  Darjeeling (WB), Jul 29 :  Over ten GJM supporters were arrested when they burnt a motorcycle and a car at Rambi on the National Highway as a three-day bandh demanding Gorkhaland began in the hills

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  Mamata angry at Centre calling GTA official

  India | July 28, 2013 7:20 IST

  Kolkata, July 28: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tonight took serious exception to union government calling a team of Gorkha Territorial Administration in Darjeeling to New Delhi in the backdrop of a talk of

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  Doctor arrested for torturing wife

  India | April 18, 2013 12:16 IST

  Darjeeling, Apr 18: The owner of a nursing home at Kalimpong in Darjeeling district was arrested after his wife Dr Gyalmit Lepcha accused him of torturing her mentally and physically.Dr Gyalmit Lepcha had filed a

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  New 'Honeymoon Point' Lamahatta coming up near Darjeeling

  India | November 06, 2012 13:19 IST

  Darjeeling, Nov 6 : Surrounded by greenery and rivers amidst picturesque terraced farmland, a small mountain village near Darjeeling has now been developed by the West Bengal government to attract tourists.Lamahatta, at an altitude of

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  Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Demands Darjeeling Be Declared Backward Region

  India | December 25, 2011 8:52 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 25: A Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) delegation on Saturday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and demanded that Darjeeling district be declared a backward region.It also sought that the work of the

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  34 Killed, 60 Injured As Footbridge Collapses In Darjeeling

  India | October 23, 2011 11:24 IST

  Darjeeling, Oct 23 : The death toll in the footbridge collapse incident in Bijonbari near Darjeeling rose to 34 on Sunday morning, as rescue work continued  in search of survivors.More than 60 persons are injured,

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  Darjeeling Toy Train Suspended For Quake

  India | September 20, 2011 18:46 IST

  Guwahati, Sept 20: Toy Train services from New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling has been suspended due to landslides in several areas along its 86-km route following Sunday's quake, a spokesman of the North East Frontier Railway

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  Power Lines Snapped In Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Buildings Collapse

  India | September 18, 2011 22:21 IST

  Kolkata, Sept 18: Power lines were snapped in Darjeeling and Kalimpong where this evening's tremor was mainly felt and administration has been instructed to take necessary steps, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.“Darjeeling district

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  Mamata To Sort Out Jangalmahal And Darjeeling Problems

  India | May 13, 2011 19:41 IST

  Kolkata, May 13: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today said she would try to sort out the Jangalmahal and Darjeeling Hills problems within three months."I will try my level best to sort out the problems

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  Two Killed In Police Firing, Vehicles Torched In Darjeeling

  India | February 08, 2011 17:28 IST

  Jalpaiguri/Darjeeling, Feb 8 : Two persons were killed when police opened fire to stop Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters from taking out a march in Jalpaiguri district violating prohibitory orders, triggering unrest in Darjeeling hills where

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