100-day Darjeeling strike ended

A 100-day strike in the Darjeeling region of India has come to an end.

The strike was called by separatists in the area, who want a separate state for majority Nepali-speaking Gorkhas.

The shutdown is believed to have hit the region hard, which sees most of its revenue come from tea-production and tourism.

The separatist movement was spurred on to initiate the shutdown after the West Bengal government decided to introduce Bengali as a compulsory subject in schools across the state, including in Darjeeling.

Local media reports claim the strike was called off after an appeal from the home minister, who said that "dialogue was the only way" to resolve problems.