Apparently in a desperate need for a face-saving escape route, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung on Wednesday welcomed West Bengal governor M.K. Narayanan’s “announcement” to play the role of a mediator to resolve the crisis in the hills. He expressed hopes that Mr Narayanan would take necessary steps as early as possible. Mr Gurung posted this message on the popular social networking site Facebook.

Shedding its rigid stand, the Mamata Banerjee government should initiate a dialogue with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha for the early resolution of the crisis in the Hills, the Left Front chairman Biman Bose said on Monday. “It is the responsibility of the state government to take the initiative for holding talks with the GJM,” he added. Mr Bose was speaking after a Left Front meeting at Alimuddin Street.

In further evidence of the growing hostility between the Mamata Banerjee government and the GJM, the three MLAs of the hills party have written to Speaker of the state Assembly to allot them seats on

After a respite of four days, the hills is again likely to witness a complete shutdown for five consecutive days from August 19 to 23. To avoid inviting the wrath of the judiciary, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has refrained from describing the new agitation as bandh or janata curfew.

A day before West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s ultimatum comes to an end, the GJM leadership buckled under the growing pressure and decided to suspend the ongoing indefinite bandh in the hi

The Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday decided to take stringent measures to foil the ongoing shutdown and restore normalcy in the Hills.

Upping his ante, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung on Monday warned that if the situation took an ugly turn in the hills then the Mamata Banerjee government would be solely responsible for it.

The indefinite bandh imposed by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha completely shut down the hills on Saturday while Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung ruled out any talks with the Mamata Bane

The indefinite bandh imposed by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha completely shut down the hills on Saturday while Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung ruled out any talks with the Mamata Banerjee g

Violence and vandalism rocked different parts of Darjeeling Hills on Friday as the Hills braced for indefinite bandh. To press for their demand for a separate Gorkhaland, a GJM delegation led by general secretary Roshan Giri on Friday left for Delhi.