Tag: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

Darjeeling gears up for business summit

As Darjeeling prepares for a Hill Business Summit (HBS) to be held in the town on 13- 14 March, officials of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) and representatives of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) held a meeting in Kolkata on Tuesday, followed by another inter-departmental meeting with the state government on Wednesday. The industrial...

March 1, 2018

Hopes high as Tamang attends biz summit

As the chairman of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) board of administrators, Binoy Tamang, becomes the first leader of the Hills to be invited to the twoday Bengal Global Business Summit that kicks off in Kolkata on Wednesday, industrialists here have expressed optimism when it comes to the much-needed development in the Hills of Darjeeling...

January 17, 2018

Now, Rohini toll to stop only in April

The toll collection on Rohini Road below Kurseong will finally stop only from April this year and not January as claimed earlier. The delay is being attributed to the agreement that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has signed with the agency that collects the toll, which expires only on 31 March. It may be mentioned...

January 17, 2018

A chastened Gurung

Having made a public appearance in Delhi on Thursday, it might now be less than accurate to describe Bimal Gurung as an absconder. Yet there is no denying that the West Bengal government is on firm ground when it contends, in parallel with the former GJMM chief’s appearance in the Capital, that he is a...

January 15, 2018

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee forms 9-member board to run GTA

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee formed a nine-member ‘Board of Administrators’ (BoA), headed by expelled Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang to run the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in the hill areas. The state government will soon issue a notification in this regard and the newly-formed board of administrators will undertake development works in the...

September 21, 2017