Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

from Sikkim Express GANGTOK, July 14: A cell has been constituted by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) in Kalimpong to facilitate the movement of people from Sikkim for urgent works during the bandh period. People from Sikkim having emergency or urgent works and need to reach Siliguri can contact GJM in-charge of NH 31 A, Sunil Pradhan who has been authorized by the party high command to make necessary arrangements for the people of Sikkim. Mr. Pradhan can be reached at 9933947288. The GJM has stressed that this facility for Sikkimese persons is only for emergencies and proper documents or travel tickets are a must. Speaking to SIKKIM EXPRESS, Mr. Pradhan asserted that the bandh has not been called to disturb Sikkim. We are fighting for our identity and the highway (NH 31A) is like our front y...

A 12-hour bandh call by the supporters of the ruling SDF party was observed today. The bandh was called to protest the burning of Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling's effigy by the Shiv Sena activists on the 11th of September in Siliguri, West Bengal charging CM Chamling with having 'dual nationality. Except for Army and GREF all other Vehicles, as well as shops, were closed. Such a state bandh was last held ten years back. (photographs from Singtam)

Press Trust of India Wednesday, February 20, 2008 (Siliguri) Life came to a standstill in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling district with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) sponsored indefinite general strike beginning at 6.00 am on Wednesday. All shops, markets and business establishments remained closed and vehicles were off the roads, official sources said. Central, state and Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) offices continued to remain closed for the past one week due to the GJM agitation, sources said. Even the banks and post offices did not function due to the bandh. Work in the teagardens and cinchona plantations was hit and the heritage toy train, prime tourist attraction, has not been running from February 12, sources said. However, the secondary school examinations under the West Bengal Board have been exempted from the purview of the bandh and examine...