Mr Bista highlighted that the Gorkha community was recognised ... have since been granted ST status, 11 sub-tribes remain excluded. He noted that Darjeeling Hills, Terai, and Dooars have ...

Over time, only 7 out of 18 Gorkha sub-tribes, including Sherpa ... the House of the unique administrative history of Darjeeling Hills, Terai, and Dooars, which were governed under various ...

The central government is examining the longstanding demand to confer Scheduled Tribe (ST) status on 11 Gorkha communities in the Darjeeling hills. Jual Oram, the Union minister for tribal affairs, ...

However, SP Sharma, spokesperson of the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), the largest party in Darjeeling hills that’s in power in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration ...

A part of the tea-growing area of Nepal is contiguous to Darjeeling hills with similar climate and topography. Many planters maintain the 104-day strike in 2017 called by Bimal Gurung’s Gorkha ...