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

4th day hunger strike at Rangpo (darjeeling area)  by Gorkha Janmukti Bidhyarthi Morcha pic: Sanjay Agarwal

Photo feature of GJMM dharna by Gorkha Janmukti Bidhyarthi Morcha at Rangpo- Darjeeling area pic by Sanjay Agarwal     The students on dharna   GJMM General Secreatry Roshan Giri came to Rangpo-Darjeeling area  to meet with students staged on dharna at middle of the road   Former CM NB Bhandari coming by foot from Rangpo, West Bengal during 04 hours dharna and bandh.   The affected vehicles on the other side of Sikkim-West Bengal border

People rushed to stock up on supplies and trucks snaked up the hills to carry essentials Monday in readiness for the indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling Hills called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), agitating for separate statehood. People rushed to stock up on supplies and trucks snaked up the hills to carry essentials Monday in readiness for the indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling Hills called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), agitating for separate statehood. As long queues formed outside shops in the area, the GJM, which Sunday renewed the call for an indefinite shutdown beginning 6 p.m. Monday in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling district - Darjeeling, Kurseong, and Kalimpong - also stepped up calls for the resignation of state Urban Development Minister Ashok Bhattacharya. The GJM, which has kept the plain land areas of Darjeeling districts outside the purview of the shutdown but announced a relay hunger strike at various spots in Siliguri, Terai, and the D...

source: HIMALAYANDARPAN

Tourist exodus continue GANGTOK, June 11: Sikkim was totally cut off from the rest of the country for two days following the indefinite bandh called by the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) in the neighbouring Darjeeling Hills. The second day of indefinite bandh was marked with more confusion amongst the stranded vacationers who waited haplessly at the Sikkim Nationalized Transport (SNT) and Deorali Motor Stand here for vehicles to safely ferry them to Siliguri. According to sources, SNT buses were allowed to ply towards Siliguri only after a telephonic conversation between the leaders of GJMM and the officials from the State Government. However, there was some respite for the tourists as well as locals as the GJMM today relaxed the ...

Nathula, Kupup, Baba Mandir, Sherathang, Nathang and Jaluk in Sikkim and Jalepla pass in Kalimpong area are completely cut-off from the rest of the country due to heavy snowfall of Monday night.Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (JNM) connecting these areas is the only road which is blocked totally. Amongst the above mention seven places except Nathang and Jaluk are the ...