34-year-old Esther Lepcha batting for change

Indegenous Lepcha Tribal Association (ILTA) today made a formal announcement of support for TMC in the upcoming LS election at a public meeting held here at the Mela Ground. Representatives of Tamang Youth Association and Mangar Samaj, who shared ...

Kalimpong, April 10: The Lepcha tribe in the Darjeeling hills today said it would support the Trinamul Congress in the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat as a mark of gratitude towards the Mamata Banerjee government for setting up a development board for them.

Sikkim assembly polls 2014 has turned very interesting with the one-year old Sikkim Krantikari Morcha(SKM) party, led by its president Prem Singh Golay, announcing the final list of candidates late in the evening of 24th March. The last date for ...

The Darjeeling police today produced Dawa Lepcha, accused of using a firearm to intimidate Gorkha Janmukti Morcha president Bimal Gurung on Thursday, before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court. The police first detained Lepcha for questioning on ...

The Limbus, who are demanding a development board for their community on the lines of the Lepcha Development Board, has announced their decision of boycotting the Lok Sabha election this time. Speaking over phone from Kalimpong, Yakthung Shong ...

The Sukhay block committee of the hill TMC has accused rival parties of hijacking its agenda. Committee secretary Pemba Lepcha said NBDD minister Gautam Deb had directed for timely disbursal of old age and widow pensions at the first convention of ...

TMC candidate from Darjeeling Baichung Bhutia addresses a press conference in Gangtok, on Monday. Tshering Lepcha, General Secretary of TMC's Sikkim unit looks on. PTI Summary GJM president Bimal Gurung called me yesterday (Sunday) and assured ...

In a major jolt to the Congress Party ahead of the election, Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee president Kunga Nima Lepcha and 17 other leaders have resigned from the party. Along with Lepcha, senior Congressmen Anil Lachenpa, Youaraj Rai, KB Rai, ...

Lepcha students of the state government-run schools of north Sikkim have bagged the top three positions in the Chief Minister's Merit Scholarship examinations held last December. Mongmit Lepcha of north Sikkim's Mangan Senior Secondary School topped the list ...