Saturday 14 February '09
Following appeals from Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi and activist Medha Patkar and a letter from state Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen, the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) ended its 16-day fast-unto-death on Friday.Saturday 14 February '09
A three-member board of forensic experts has been formed to prepare the final autopsy report of GRP sub-inspector Arindam Manna...Friday
13 February '09Hours before his death, GRP sub-inspector Arindam Manna, a key witness in the Rizwanur Rehman case, reportedly placed a panic phone call to his fiancée, saying he might not be allowed to live.Friday
13 February '09The night before his mutilated body was found by the tracks, sub-inspector Arindam Manna, key witness in the Rizwanur Rehman case...Friday
6 February '09Even as 10-member delegation Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and tribal leaders led by Morcha president Bimal Gurung met Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi at the Raj Bhavan today...Saturday
31 January '09Based on the interrogation of arms dealer Ashok Mondal, whose arrest in Malda on Saturday led to a huge arms haul in the city’s outskirts, the CID raided hideouts in East Midnapore on Thursday night.Wednesday
28 January '09The fragile peace in the Dooars is once again in danger with Gorkha Janamukti Morcha threatening to enter the area to hold a rally despite prohibitory orders.Monday
26 January '09Mahadev Pandit, the 47-year-old man who was rescued by the police on Saturday after nearly 16 years of “chained” captivity in his own house by his family...Friday
23 January '09Although the talks between a seven-member Gorkha Janmukti Morcha delegation and Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee resulted in an understanding...Monday
19 January '09The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) tried to hit back at the state government for cracking down on its supporters in Jalpaiguri, with demands that all packets of Darjeeling tea be marked “Made in Gorkhaland” before they are transported from the tea gardens.Saturday
17 January '09Suspected Lashkar operative Safiqul has changed his statement to say that the terrorist he smuggled into India was none other than Hizbul Mujahideen co-founder Mohammad Ahsan Dar.Saturday
17 January '09A large number of people were injured, including at least 25 police personnel, in a clash between supporters of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha and the anti-Gorkhaland groups in Nagrakata and Malbazar towns of Jalpaiguri district on Friday.Saturday
17 January '09In a fresh twist to the unfolding interrogation, suspected LeT operative Safiqul changed his nearly week-old version...Friday
16 January '09Suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Safiqul, who was recently arrested by the CID from a former Army Naik’s house in Malda, has reportedly told his interrogators that of the two of his Dhaka-based handlers, one is an official at the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka.Thursday
8 January '09The four Bangladeshi criminals, who were arrested from the city’s fringes on Sunday by the Criminal Investigation Department, were in the process of building up bonafide identities with an aim to get Indian passports.Saturday
3 January '09The Centre has proposed to appoint an impartial interlocutor representing both the sides for the ongoing tripartite talks to resolve the Gorkhaland stalemate.Saturday
3 January '09After six days of rescue efforts off the Andaman coast to locate over 300 missing Bangladeshi and Myanmarese nationals...Friday
2 January '09A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader was killed and six of his supporters were injured when locals attacked them late Wednesday night at Rohini, 25 km from Kurseong in Darjeeling district.Saturday
27 December '08Government offices in the Darjeeling hills closed since December 8 reopened on Friday after Gorkha Janmukti Morcha...Monday
22 December '08Deputy Election Commissioner R Balakrishnan on Sunday reviewed the arrangement made for the by-election in the violence-hit Nandigram.Friday
19 December '08The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to postpone its proposed three-day strike to December 27, keeping the Christmas celebrations in mind.Saturday
13 December '08Even as the land acquisition process for the Aerotropolis (aero city) project gets underway near Durgapur in Burdwan district...Saturday
13 December '08Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Friday indicated that it would reconsider participating in the talks if the Jalpaiguri district administration fails to arrest those involved in Wednesday’s clash in Hamiltonganj by December 22.Monday
8 December '08In a meeting with senior officials of Darjeeling district, Chief Minister Buddadeb Bhattacharjee asked them to stress on security in New Jalpaiguri and Siliguri towns, in the light of the Mumbai attack.Saturday
6 December '08The police are keeping no ground uncovered in the Mumbai blasts investigation.
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