The Lepchas, one of the three major ethnic communities of the Sikkim-Darjeeling region, have started a movement for the inclusion of their language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The ...

Days after the formation of the Gorkha hill council, Lepchas, the ethnic group of the Himalayas, are fighting against the "marginalization" of their community. KOLKATA/ DARJEELING: A new unrest is ...

HT Image The Lepchas - the indigenous tribals of the Darjeeling and surrounding Hills - have been demanding the setting up of the Lepcha Development Council (LDC) or Board for the protection of ...

Lepchas, an indigenous tribe in Darjeeling, have called for a boycott of the assembly polls. The Hills, which comprises the three seats of Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling, would go to polls in ...

As the road to Darjeeling leaves the roasting plains north ... The square was filled with Tibetan refugee women in striped aprons, Sikkimese Lepchas in colorful silk dresses, Sherpas in shopworn ...

Kalimpong, Aug. 26: Mamata Banerjee’s insistence that she be felicitated in Darjeeling for forming a development board for the Lepchas has put the community in the soup as they apprehend that this may ...

The Nepali language has acted as a common thread connecting people of various tribal origins in the Darjeeling hills 1961: Nepali language is recognised as one of the Official Languages of West ...

Lepchas of Kalimpong asked to be excluded from the political mishmash over the felicitation of the CM on September 3. DARJEELING: Finding themselves in an awkward situation after inviting chief ...

Not many visitors are even aware that while Darjeeling was initially inhabited by the Lepchas/ Rongpas, this beautiful hill town and its surrounds have served as home to many communities including ...

Darjeeling is a melting pot of cultures characterised by communities such as Nepalese, Lepchas, Bhutias and Tibetans living ...