Darjeeling Unrest

The Calcutta High Court had stayed the withdrawal of CAPF from Darjeeling hills

The apex court on October 27 permitted Centre to withdraw seven of the 15 companies for deployment in J&K

The West Bengal govt had written to Centre seeking extended deployment of CAPF till Dec 25

West Bengal government is making efforts to restore normalcy in the Darjeeling hills

A notification from the MHA said that the remaining five companies of the CRPF will continue in the Hills

Darjeeling not with Gurung and his politics of violence and bloodshed

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and other hill parties took out rallies

Police are combing Darjeeling hills and its adjoining areas for Gorkha Janmukti chief Bimal Gurung

The champagne of world teas is in danger of being upstaged on global supermarket shelves

This was the first time during the shutdown that a GJM party office has been attacked in the hills

The indefinite strike by GJM, in support of demand for a separate Gorkhaland, enters its 50th day

Pro-Gorkhaland supporters are presently organising a sit-in demonstration on the Sukna-Siliguri road

Union minister Ananth Kumar says tripartite talks will be held after peace in the region

Dharna continues as indefinite strike demanding a separate state enters its 33rd day

We have stocks of Darjeeling tea which arrived before the agitation erupted: Calcutta Tea Traders

Mamata has run out of ideas about controlling situation except for more security personnel

An indefinite bandh was called in the hills by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on June 15

The protestors calls for a separate Gorkhaland, a long-pending demand of the people of the hills

She must be present in the state and think to solve the issue: Congress

She left to address a United Nations meet, said her ministers are monitoring situation in Darjeeling