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Bimal Gurungâs waning political popularity reflects the economic struggles of Gorkhas Photographs and Text by On 14 April, after spending three years underground, Bimal Gurung addressed a mammoth gathering in Darjeeling. Gurung is one of the most recognisable faces of the Gorkhaland movement, which has long agitated for a separate state to represent the Nepali-speaking community along the northernmost reaches of West Bengal. He is the founder of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the primary political vehicle of the Gorkhaland movement, and was previously the chairperson of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, an autonomous administration representing Gorkha majority regions. In the recent West Bengal assembly electionsâthe fifth phase, which included all regions of the GTA, was held on 17 AprilâGurungâs GJM suffered a serious loss, losing all three hill seats in the Gorkha majority region to a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party and a br ....
Search Reopening of Assam airport brings cheers among residents of Cooch Behar and Alipurduar It will largely help the people of north Bengal, especially the business fraternity and patients who need better treatment in Calcutta A World War 2-era airport at Rupsi in Assam’s Kokrajhar district reopened after 35 years on Saturday, bringing cheers to the residents of Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts in Bengal as they could avail themselves of flights after a two-hour travel by road. Alipurduar and Cooch Behar are the two districts located farthest from Calcutta. For the people of these two districts, they have to travel by road for around four hours to reach Bagdogra, their nearest airport located around 200km away. ....
Promising areas for cultural tourism The name Darrang seems to have originated from the Sanskrit word ‘Dwaram’ which means a ‘Duar’ or a pass. Dip Kumar Kalita The Duars (Gateway) The name Darrang seems to have originated from the Sanskrit word Dwaram which means a Duar or a pass. In the past, there were some fixed Duars on the northern side of the district from which the various hill tribes descended to the plains from the Himalayan ranges. Some of the areas still have a suffix Duar to their names and one of the six passes on the northern side of the present district is called Khaling Duar . Another possible origin of the name is the word Devaranga which means the playground of Devas. There are several places in the district like Athrikhat, Khalingduar, Dhwalpur, Markandasram etc., show their ancient association with the mythic sages like Markedeya, Kaulinya, Atri, Yagyabalka etc. ....