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'Directionless, Biased Towards Bihar, Andhra': Mamata Banerjee Slams Union Budget 2024
5 months ago

'Directionless, Biased Towards Bihar, Andhra': Mamata Banerjee Slams Union Budget 2024

ABP News  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee joined the chorus against the Union Budget 2024, calling it "directionless" and "an attempt to make NDA partners happy". Calling it "anti-people, anti-poor budget," the Trinamool Congress chief said that budget posed as just another example of how the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government "constantly deprives" West Bengal. यह जनविरोधी, गरीबविरोधी बजट है, यह …

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Lok Sabha elections 2024: 'Khela' reaches phase 2 in West Bengal, 3 seats to go for polls today
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 'Khela' reaches phase 2 in West Bengal, 3 seats to go for polls today

India TV News  

West Bengal Lok Sabha elections 2024: The second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections will be held on Friday with at least 88 constituencies in 13 states and Union Territories to go for polls. The strategically key parliamentary constituencies of Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat will undergo voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, all of them …

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Lok Sabha elections: Infighting, camp switch add intrigue to Darjeeling fight
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Infighting, camp switch add intrigue to Darjeeling fight

Hindustan Times  

The Darjeeling seat in Bengal goes to the polls on Friday in circumstances that has made the contest even more intriguing than usual -- infighting in the local units of both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, a tussle that has seen Gorkha leaders switching camps, the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress making a desperate bid to snatch the seat …

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Central assistance for flood-hit Sikkim triggers political slugfest in Bengal
1 year, 2 months ago

Central assistance for flood-hit Sikkim triggers political slugfest in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Siliguri: The release of Central funds to the tune of Rs.44.8 crore as advance for flood-hit Sikkim has triggered a political slugfest in West Bengal. Cloudburst over Lhonak Lake triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin in Sikkim West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the Centre for not considering the districts in West …

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Anita Katyal | Shringla for Darjeeling MP ticket? It's Shah vs Yogi in Ghosi bypoll
1 year, 3 months ago

Anita Katyal | Shringla for Darjeeling MP ticket? It's Shah vs Yogi in Ghosi bypoll

Deccan Chronicle  

Retired bureaucrats, especially former diplomats, are clearly a hot favorite with the Narendra Modi government. After the induction of S. Jaishankar, Hardeep Puri, R.K. Singh and Ashwani Vaishnav, there is a strong buzz in the capital that the Bharatiya Janata Party plans to field former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla in next year’s Lok Sabha election from the Darjeeling constituency. …

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WATCH: High Commissioner of Singapore dances at G20 meet in Darjeeling
1 year, 8 months ago

WATCH: High Commissioner of Singapore dances at G20 meet in Darjeeling

Firstpost  

Darjeeling: High Commissioner of Singapore in India Simon Wong on Saturday danced with folk artists at a G20 meeting in West Bengal’s Darjeeling. G20 delegates experienced tea plucking on the sidelines of the G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting in Darjeeling. #WATCH | High Commissioner of Singapore to India, Simon Wong danced with folk artists as he participated in the G20 …

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Pro-Gorkhaland Parties Renew Call for 12-hr Darjeeling Strike Tomorrow; No Question of ‘Banga Bhanga’, Says Mamata
1 year, 10 months ago

Pro-Gorkhaland Parties Renew Call for 12-hr Darjeeling Strike Tomorrow; No Question of ‘Banga Bhanga’, Says Mamata

News 18  

The nine opposition members of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration have once again called for a 12-hour bandh on Thursday, after suspending their call for the strike on Wednesday citing Class X West Bengal board exams, which are starting on that date. The protest is against a motion passed in the West Bengal legislative assembly opposing “attempts to divide the state”. …

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GJM withdraws from GTA agreement, voices demand for Gorkhaland
1 year, 10 months ago

GJM withdraws from GTA agreement, voices demand for Gorkhaland

Hindustan Times  

Darjeeling’s Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Friday announced its withdrawal from the 2011 Gorkhaland Territorial Administration agreement as one of the three signatories and set the ball rolling for another movement in demand for a separate state. Roshan Giri, the GJM general secretary, signed the agreement on behalf of his party which was leading the Gorkhaland movement since 2007. Binoy Tamang, …

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I’m not sure that GI has helped Darjeeling tea, says Tea Board chairman
3 years, 2 months ago

I’m not sure that GI has helped Darjeeling tea, says Tea Board chairman

Hindustan Times  

Darjeeling tea, as a term and a logo, were India’s first ever Geographical Indications, when they were registered in 2004. The GI tag has helped the Tea Board stop other brands from trademarking the term Darjeeling for their teas, kettle sets and fragrances. Once our packagers saw that GI affected their business model — they couldn’t claim their tea was …

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Centre holds tripartite talks with Gorkha delegation, Bengal govt; next round in November
3 years, 2 months ago

Centre holds tripartite talks with Gorkha delegation, Bengal govt; next round in November

India Today  

The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday began tripartite talks with the Gorkha representatives from the Darjeeling Hills, Terrai and Dooars regions and the West Bengal government. The Home Minister listened to all the parties concerned and has decided to call for the second round of talks in the presence of the senior officials of the West Bengal government in November. …

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Darjeeling's Toy Train Resumes, Passengers Asked to Follow Covid Protocol
3 years, 3 months ago

Darjeeling's Toy Train Resumes, Passengers Asked to Follow Covid Protocol

News 18  

The ‘toy train’ in West Bengal’s Darjeeling started chugging again from Wednesday, more than a year after the Covid-19 pandemic brought it to a halt. Formally known as the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the toy train is a part of the railway system declared by UNESCO as a ‘World Heritage Site’ The NFR’s announcement for the resumption of toy train services …

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West Bengal Assembly polls | BJP again promises permanent solution to Gorkha issue
3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal Assembly polls | BJP again promises permanent solution to Gorkha issue

The Hindu  

Asserting that ties between the Gorkha population of Darjeeling hills and the BJP are age-old, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday promised a permanent political solution to the Gorkha issue. The promise of a permanent political solution to the issues of the Darjeeling hills was made by the BJP in its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and …

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In Darjeeling's Singalila National Park, red pandas and pangolins are being trafficked into extinction
4 years, 3 months ago

In Darjeeling's Singalila National Park, red pandas and pangolins are being trafficked into extinction

Firstpost  

Illegal wildlife trading has become easy and profitable in the Singalila Ridge. Wildlife in trouble Official figures on the number of red pandas and pangolins are not available, as SNP authorities and the Darjeeling Wildlife Division are reluctant to make the information public. But, according to media reports, the number of wild red pandas across SNP and Neora Valley National …

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