Ghoom Students and Residents Launch Clean-up Drive, Collect Truck-full of Waste
Close to 225 residents and students of Ghoom Girls’ High School, embarked on a clean-up drive of their picturesque town so that thousands of tourists…
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तिहार – The Nepali Way of Celebrating Deepawali
Fifteen days after Dashain, the biggest festival in the Nepali calendar comes the Tihar festival, celebrated over the world as Deepawali or Diwali. While Dashain…
Why I Support Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, And Why You Should, Too
The exercise of free speech in India is never without consequences. Writer, blogger, and defence analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra is the latest victim of British-era colonial…
THOSE WHO SHAPED OUR NATION: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the Gorkhas
As the nation celebrates 143rd Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, we extend our gratitude to him and the brave Gorkha soldiers who shaped the…
Hills Scholar Exposes Indo-Nepal Human Trafficking
Darjeeling — “Human trafficking is one of the biggest criminal enterprises in the world along with drugs and arms trade,” says a scholar from Darjeeling….
Ashish Syangbo Slated for Discovery Show
Darjeeling lad Ashish Syangbo is all set to participate in the first of its kind reality show in India on Discovery TV. India’s Citizen Squad…
Independence Day Special – Know Our Gorkha Freedom Fighters
As a community, the Gorkha contribution towards India’s freedom struggle is unparalleled, however, due to lack of proper platform, time and again our community is…
Heinous: Three-and-half-year-old Raped by Father of Two Near Ghoom
Jorebunglow police yesterday arrested a 49-year-old man Ramashankar Shah, on charges of raping a three-and-a-half-year-old girl baby girl, near Ghoom. According to locals, the man…
SHOCKING: Pepsi, Coke, Nestle, Britannia, ITC Cause Most Waste in the Mountains – Reveals Audit
The Himalayan Cleanup that took place across the 12 mountain states including Darjeeling on May 26th has revealed that more than 95 per cent of…
TENZING NORGAY SHERPA – The Mountain Lion, Whose Legacy Is Yet to be Honoured
Tenzing Norgay Sherpa suffered the same fate as most ethnically Nepalis in India – a question about his idenitity. Almost all the Nepalis who live…