An all-party meeting called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is being held in the Darjeeling hills, with the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), Congress and Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) staying away, as the indefinite bandh entered the 10th day Monday, paralysing normal life.

Armed with a Kolkata high court order to maintain normalcy in Darjeeling hills, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday gave a 72-hour deadline to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to call off its indefinite bandh or else face action.

A top Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader was arrested here Saturday in connection with cases of arson and attempt to murder even as the indefinite bandh to demand for separate Gorkhaland state in Darjeeling hills entered eighth day with the hill station wearing a deserted look.

Normal life was hit in Odisha Saturday during a dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blaming the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government for the death of a minor dalit girl, who was set ablaze after a rape bid.

In what may give more legitimacy to the demand of separate Kamatapur state comprising 20 districts of the two states — 15 in Assam and five in North Bengal — Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on W

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi here on Wednesday made an appeal to All-Bodo Students’ Union to suspend their agitation while assuring to organise tripartite talks with New Delhi to resolve their demand for stat

With no fresh incident reported, curfew was relaxed in strife-hit Karbi Anglong district, while the three bandhs in lower Assam ended Wednesday after affecting normal life for two days.

The British government is exploring the possibilities of investment and cooperation in the fields of energy, manufacturing, tourism and education in Tripura, British high commissioner to India Sir James Bevan has said.

A senior official said Monday that an attack on a Buddhist temple in Indonesia’s capital was apparently aimed at avenging violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

At least six Hindu pilgrims, including four women, have died and three others reported missing after they were swept away by a swollen river in central Nepal.