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Rajnath speaks to Mamata over Darjeeling protest
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over law and order situation in Darjeeling where the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is leading a violent protest.
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Police illegally entering house, torturing supporters, claims GJM chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal)[India], June 17 (ANI): Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Saturday claimed that the West Bengal Police are illegally entering their supporters' houses and torturing them and also accused them of killing two of his supporters.
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Mamata tears into GJM, says 'bandh is illegal'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 17 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday teared into the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters, stating that they aren't listening to the court, even after it had passed an order citing the bandh was "illegal."
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Calcutta HC asks GJM to appear on June 23
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) representatives to appear on June 23.
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Mamata unlawfully ordered attack on my house, office: GJM chief
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Bimal Gurung on Friday accused the West Bengal Police and the government of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of unlawfully attacking his house and the party office.
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CPI (M) calls for normalcy in Darjeeling
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 15 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday called for restoring normalcy in West Bengal's Darjeeling by negotiating with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM).
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MHA seeks report from West Bengal Govt. on Gorkhaland issue
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the West Bengal Government on the Gorkhaland issue.
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Ammunition found at GJM office raid: SP says had prior information
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): Darjeeling Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Chaturvedi, who led the raid at Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung's house and seized a large cache of arms on Thursday asserted that they had prior information and that a "p
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Matter is political, should be solved politically: GJM on Darjeeling shutd
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): After Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) called for an indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling following a raid at Bimal Gurung's office by the West Bengal Police earlier in the day, the party asserted that it was a political matter and the state gov
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Darjeeling: GJM calls for indefinite shutdown in protest against police ra
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): Amid the escalating tension in Darjeeling, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Thursday called for an indefinite shutdown in protest against the police raid at their office.
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Police are working like TMC cadre, fight won't stop: GJM chief Gurung
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Wednesday said that the police were working like the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadre and the fight wouldn't stop even if all Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel of coun
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GJM protests hampering Darjeeling economy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): The statehood agitation conducted by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is hampering the tourism industry in Darjeeling, and hence, its economy.
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