Darjeeling, May 17 : The house where Swami Vivekananada's favourite disciple, Sister Nivedita breathed her last over a century ago, in this northern West Bengal hill district, has been handed over to the Ramakrishna Mission which plans to turn it into a centre of excellence for education and cultural studies.A tripartite agreement was signed between the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)-run new hill de...

Source : Newkerala | 11 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

Sister Nivedita's house in Darjeeling handed over to WB government

Territorial Administration, the hill council in Darjeeling, today handed over SisterThe house was handed over at a function attended by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a three-day visit to Darjeeling since May 14, and the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha President Bimal Gurung."The Ramakrishna Mission will take care of maintenance of the building," Banerjee said announcing Rs one crore from the state...

Source : Times Of India | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

Darjeeling is Bengal's heart, says Mamata Banerjee

as the CM uttered "Timi haru kasto chau (Hope you are doing fine)", those gathered outside the Gorkha Ranga Manch Bhawan broke into a delightful applause.However, she made it clear that there will be no division of Bengal. Speaking at a public function in the Hills on Wednesday, Mamata said: "Prakriti (nature) has no boundary and the sky cannot be demarcated."This apart, Mamata laid the foundation...

Source : Times Of India | 3 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

CM, Gurung bury the hatchet

DARJEELING: After a closed-door meeting, which lasted for almost 45 minutes in Darjeeling on Tuesday, both chief ministerTalking to the reporters at the Richmond Hill, Banerjee said: "I want to build a bridge between the Hills and plains and for that I have come to the Hills. People of Darjeeling are intelligent and always loved me. I feel happy to be here."Relation between the state and GJM was at...

Source : Times Of India | 4 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

West Bengal News

Darjeeling/Siliguri, May 6 : Police arrested 30 political party supporters, allegedly involved in Sunday's clashes and arson between the ruling Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and opposition Gorkha National Liberation Front at Soureni under Mirik block in Kurseong sub-divisionKolkata, May 6 : President Pranab Mukherjee today called for maintaining a "fine balance" of judiciary, legislature and executive to...

Source : Newkerala | 12 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

West Bengal News

Source : Newkerala | 12 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

West Bengal News

sub-divisionKolkata, May 6 : President Pranab Mukherjee today called for maintaining a "fine balance" of judiciary, legislature and executive to ensure success of Parliamentary democracyKolkata, May 6 : Kolkata Port Trust(KoPT), the country's only riverine port authority, whose annual cargo handling has dwindled to only about 39 million tonnes this year, hopes to bounce back soon and increase the volume...

Source : Newkerala | 12 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

30 held for violence in Mirik block

sub-division.North Bengal's Inspector General of Police Anuj Sharma today said the situation on the hills was under control. He said reinforcement of combat force will be dispatched to beef up security on the hills.After clashes, in which eight people were injured, police searched many hideouts in Mirik, Soureni and other places of Kurseong and arrested 30 suspects, including 22 GJM supporters and...

Source : Newkerala | 12 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

Tension after clashes between supporters of GJM amd GNLF

Darjeeling, May 5 : Clashes between rival supporters of ruling Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and opposition Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) rendered at least eight people injured even as police used batons to disperse violent mob at Soureni under Mirik block in Kurseong sub-division today.SDPO, Kurseong, Nima Bhutia while admitting clashes between the rival supporters, said police used batons...

Source : Newkerala | 13 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Gorkha National Liberation Front clash in Mirik

DARJEELING: Six persons, including three police personnel, were injured in a clash between the(GJM) and the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) at Soureni in Mirik on Sunday morning. A GNLF supporter, Chiran Thapa, of Mirik's Toklang was arrested in connection with the violence.and accused Mirik OC of acting as a GNLF agent, GNLF said GJM supporters were obstructing their programme which led to...

Source : Times Of India | 13 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Darjeeling