Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:57

KOLKATA: The Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) has chosen RD Meena as its new secretary. This was announced by GTA counsel in Calcutta High Court which is hearing a plea challenging the appointment of Darjeeling District Magistrate as the secretary of the hill body. The court has directed the government to appoint Meena as the GTA secretary within a week. Last week, the government said that it would send a list of four names to the GTA from which it could select one of the officers as its secretary

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Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:57

SILIGURI: Embroiled in troubles from different angles, two old political friends are coming closer once again leavening the recently brewed up bitterness off. The first one in these is the ruling party of West Bengal Trinamool Congress(TMC) and the second one is Gorkha Janamukti Morcha(GJM), that is asking for separate statehood for Darjeeling hills.

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Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:57

KOLKATA: GJM leader Roshan Giri met chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Writers' Buildings to enquire about her health and to discuss on the formation of GTA. Home secretary Basudeb Banerjee may visit Darjeeling on May 13 to hold a meeting with GJM leaders.

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Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:57

Mamata, Gurung

April 23: A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha delegation today met chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Writers’ Buildings in Calcutta to convey party chief Bimal Gurung’s “best wishes” to her.

“We came to meet her because she has not been feeling well. We conveyed our (the GTA) chief executive’s best wishes for her prompt recovery. He has also invited the chief minister to the Darjeeling hills,” Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri said after the meeting.

Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:57

‘Tense’ agent taken ill in Siliguri

A demonstration by the agents and depositors of the Saradha Group in front of Gautam Deb’s office on Hill Cart Road in Siliguri on Monday. Picture by Kundan Yolmo

April 22: An agent of the Saradha Group fell ill in Siliguri today after a three-hour demonstration while investors hit the streets with placards asking the chief minister to give them back their money or provide them with poison.

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Saturday, 25 May 2013 07:57

- Red light atop Lal Khoti flashes to indicate Gurung’s presence in GTA headquarters
   
The red beacon fitted atop Lal Khoti. Picture by Suman Tamang     The bullet-proof dais at the Shrubbery Nightingale Park in Darjeeling (below). File picture