Hill leaders are raising the pitch for panchayat elections in the region, a demand which could smoothen the path for the state government to hold the rural polls for the first time in two decades. An...

Trinamul leaders in Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills have decided to underscore the necessity of having elected panchayat functionaries in the hills before central leaders of the party.  They also...

Gorkhaland invariably becomes the major plank of all elections in the Darjeeling hills, but family members of Gangamaya Biswakarma, who lost her life during the statehood agitation in 1986, maintain t...

GTA head Anit Thapa has batted for the establishment of a School Service Commission (SSC) exclusively for the Darjeeling hills. “Most systems have collapsed in the hills. We must have a system ...

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung on Thursday said the BJP had betrayed hill people and he would never accept that party again even if he had to sacrifice his life. The assertion is a change...

Some CPM leaders from the hills admitted to the party’s failure to properly address the ethnic issue in an event on Saturday to mark the 100 years of the Communist Party of India founded in Tash...

Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chief Binay Tamang on Friday announced a raft of development projects for the Darjeeling hills and also in Siliguri and Delhi, days after meeting chief minister M...

Mirik’s Swiss Cottage Motel is being renovated with a possible Puja date for its relaunch, promising tourists another boarding option for in the idyllic hills.The Gorkhaland Territorial Administrati...

Primary school teacher’s examination was last held in 2001 and the appointment letters were released the following year.Amar Singh Rai, GTA (education in-charge), admitted that primary and secondary...

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has decided to work towards getting constitutional recognition and legislative powers for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, though the party’s long-term goal is t...