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Subhash Ghisingh, the maverick ex-Army boxer who strode the Darjeeling Hills like a Colossus for close to 20 years, has been banished from what used to be his fief. Today, it is bimal gurung who rules the mountains. His word is law and not many dare go against it ...

Gandhibad and woman power this twin force has helped keep the current phase of the Gorkhaland agitation led by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha peaceful, said Asha Gurung, the party's Nari Morcha president and wife of GJM president bimal gurung.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) president bimal gurung held a closed-door meeting at the government guesthouse at Richmond Hill in Darjeeling on Friday.

Calcutta high court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the anticipatory bail petition filed by GJM president bimal gurung and his wife Asha in the Madan Tamang murder case on technical grounds.

bimal gurung is one of the founders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM). He was the chairperson of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration that governs the hilly areas - Darjeeling district and terai - in West Bengal.

GJM chief bimal gurung has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with a grenade blast at the Kalimpong police station and an explosion in Darjeeling town, the police said on Sunday.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha is spearheading the agitation, which has been going on for over two-and-a-half months in the Darjeeling hills over the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland.

Two weeks after Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president bimal gurung's meeting with Kamtapur People's Party (KPP) general secretary Subhas Burman on January 4 over proposals to initiate parallel movements in the Hills and seven districts of north Bengal, a warning from the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) has sent ripples among the Bengali- and Hindi-speaking people in Siliguri, Alipurduar and Balurghat. In a press release, the KLO has asked all such people to leave the place by March 31 this year.

Two people including a cop and a civilian were killed, while several police personnel were injured on Friday in clashes with GJM supporters loyal to party supremo bimal gurung at a forest in the Darjeeling hills.

Subhash Ghisingh, the maverick ex-Army boxer who strode the Darjeeling Hills like a Colossus for close to 20 years, has been banished from what used to be his fief. Today, it is bimal gurung who rules the mountains. His word is law and not many dare go against it ...

Announcing the change of nomenclature at a meeting on the St Joseph's School ground in Singamari on Sunday, GJM president bimal gurung appealed to Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikash Parishad (ABAVP) to sit for talks.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh appealed to the residents of Darjeeling to remain calm and urged them not to resort to violence. The home minister's appeal came amid GJM chief bimal gurung's announcement that their protest will continue.

A contempt petition was filed against GJM president bimal gurung and general secretary Roshan Giri on Tuesday, accusing them of flouting the Calcutta high court order on bandhs.

Over the past one week, the GJM president has been reluctant to announce the party's decision regarding the 2014 Lok Sabha elections even though senior leaders are presently camped in Delhi meeting UPA and NDA leaders.

The Mamata Banerjee government is not willing to give Gorkha Janmukti Morcha any breathing space. A day after the chief minister dismissed the Gorkhaland agitation as “political gimmickry”, her administration on Wednesday called a meeting on September 4 to elect a GTA chief executive to replace Morcha president bimal gurung who resigned on July 29.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee may try to play down the fireworks she had with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, but the GJM president bimal gurung isn't listening.

A day after meeting central ministers in Delhi, Gorkhakand Territorial Administration (GTA) chief executive bimal gurung emphasized on the need to generate revenues from the Hills through agricultural activities, to develop the region.

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader bimal gurung will be coming down to Kolkata to meet Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday afternoon.