Tag: Darjeeling

The Chief Minister suddenly stopped by a roadside snacks shop run by an all-women self-help group. The main attraction of the shop was golgappa, which is popularly known as 'fuchka' in Bengal.

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered an interim stay on the withdrawal of central armed police forces from Darjeeling hills in West Bengal. A Division Bench of Justices Harish Tandon and Debangshu Basak asked the Home Affairs Ministry to cite appropriate reasons for withdrawing the forces deployed in the Darjeeling hills and directed […]

Kolkata: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) or Toy Train has resumed services on an experimental basis on a 35-km track between Siliguri and Sukna, an official said on Sunday. The DHR, which has incurred an estimated loss of Rs 2.5 crore as a fallout of the Gorkhaland agitation, is carrying out inspections along the entire […]

Kolkata: West Bengal on Saturday bid a tearful adieu to Police Sub-Inspector Amitava Malik, who was shot dead during a gunfight between security forces and the Bimal Gurung faction of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in Darjeeling. A gun salute was paid to Malik at his last rites held in his home district of North 24 Parganas […]

Darjeeling: Incidents of fresh violence rocked West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills on Sunday as a vehicle on way to Lebong area in the district was set ablaze allegedly by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists, police said. “A vehicle moving from Darjeeling to Lebong was vandalised and torched by pro-shutdown GJM activists on Sunday morning. One person […]

Darjeeling: Police in northern West Bengal hills has been put on “high alert” and counter-insurgency strategies enforced after two major blasts in 24 hours in Darjeeling and Kalimpong, an official said on Sunday. “All police stations have been put on high alert. The security protocol followed in insurgency-hit areas is being followed here,” Kalimpong Superintendent […]

Darjeeling: The Army staged a flag march in Kalimpong, Darjeeling and Kurseong on Friday, as shops and hotels remained closed in the northern West Bengal hills following a 12-hour shutdown called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM). There were no reports of fresh violence in the hills, where the situation continued to be tense a […]

Darjeeling: Angry Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists damaged and torched four police vehicles and stoned policemen who lobbed tear-gas shells to quell the agitation here on Thursday. The violence erupted near Bhanu Bhavans where the GJM supporters were holding a rally to press their demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland and a circular from […]

Siliguri: Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Customs personnel apprehended two persons with two jars of snake venom, with approximate market value of Rs 70 crore, in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Wednesday, an official said. “On the basis of specific information provided by a source, the 41st battalion of SSB and Customs officials of Siliguri launched […]

Kolkata: Services of the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), popularly known as ‘toy train’, is all set to resume in the hills from October 25, after its suspension for 125 days due to the strike called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM). The indefinite strike in the Darjeeling hills, called by the GJM for a […]

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday performed “Shastra Puja” (worship of weapons) at a key military base in Siliguri which is responsible for guarding the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in the Sikkim sector. Chief of Army Staff Gen. MM Naravane and several senior officers of the Army were present on […]