Assam bandh turns violent, one killed
August 28th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 28 (IANS) Tension gripped many parts of Assam, including the troubled Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD), following fresh incidents of violence Tuesday in which at least one person ... Read more...
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Action Aid India helps quake-hit Sikkim victims
September 26th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Action Aid India, a non-government organisation whose members visited quake-hit Sikkim recently, has said there is need for immediate intervention as basic support is yet ... Read more...
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Sikkim quake toll 78, Chidambaram promises all help (Lead)
September 22nd, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Sep 22 (IANS) The death toll in the earthquake in Sikkim mounted to 78 even as Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday announced Rs.500 million central assistance for the ... Read more...
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Sikkim quake toll reaches 78
September 22nd, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Sep 22 (IANS) The death toll in the killer earthquake in Sikkim Thursday mounted to 78 even as landslides in several places cut off road links between the ... Read more...
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Quake toll in Sikkim mounts to 68
September 21st, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok/New Delhi, Sept 21 (IANS) The deaths in the killer earthquake in Sikkim have mounted to 68, with more than 300 injured, while rescue workers Wednesday battled against ... Read more...
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After quake, tour operators get calls from anxious tourists
September 20th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) After Sunday's earthquake, tour operators have been receiving hundreds of anxious calls about the conditions in Darjeeling and Sikkim from tourists who have done advance ... Read more...
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Quake kills 10, injures over 200 in Bengal
September 19th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and over 200 injured in West Bengal's northern districts following the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that jolted large parts of ... Read more...
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More than 400 rescued in Sikkim: ITBP
September 19th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) More than 400 people, including 26 tourists, have been rescued in Sikkim after Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said Monday. However, ... Read more...
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25 dead in earthquake: Home secretary
September 19th, 2011 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 25 people have died and over 100 were injured in the 6.8 Richter earthquake that rocked large parts of northern and eastern India, ... Read more...
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Quake-hit Sikkim puts toll at 23, surveys horror
September 19th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 23 dead and 200 injured, cracks in 25 road bridges, mudslides, snapped road links... Sikkim Monday surveyed the horror of the powerful earthquake that ... Read more...
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35 killed, hundreds injured in Sunday’s quake in north, east India
September 19th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok/Kolkata/Patna, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 35 people were killed and hundreds injured in India in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that wreaked havoc in the Sikkim-Nepal border region Sunday, officials ... Read more...
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Army fans out for relief operations
September 19th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Sep 19 (IANS) A day after a powerful earthquake of 6.8 magnitude ravaged the Sikkim-Nepal border, killing at least 30 in India, the army Monday was busy carrying ... Read more...
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Quake kills six, injures over 100 in north Bengal
September 19th, 2011 - 4:21 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata/Siliguri, Sep 19 (IANS) The toll in Sunday's quake, which had its epicentre in adjoining Sikkim, rose to six with over 100 injured in the northern districts of West Bengal, ... Read more...
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Quake kills four, injures over 100 in north Bengal
September 19th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata/Siliguri, Sep 19 (IANS) Four people were killed, over 100 injured and power supply disrupted in parts of northern West Bengal as a powerful quake, epicentred in adjoining Sikkim, ... Read more...
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Landslide snaps Siliguri-Sikkim highway link
July 20th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, July 20 (IANS) The road link between Siliguri and Sikkim was snapped for about six hours Wednesday after heavy overnight rains triggered a landslide on National ... Read more...
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National highway blocked to protest lawyer’s killing
February 16th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 16 (IANS) Hundreds of lawyers blocked a national highway in Bihar's Begusarai district Wednesday to enforce a day-long strike to protest the killing of Additional Public Prosecutor Shyam Narayan Yadav.Lawyers ... Read more...
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Abducted Bihar policeman’s village people hold highway protest
September 4th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 4 (IANS) Hundreds of people from the village of abducted policeman Abhay Kumar Yadav Saturday blocked a national highway to protest the Bihar government's failure to rescue the sub-inspector who ... Read more...
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Landslide blocks National Highway in Sikkim
September 1st, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
By Tashi PradhanTopakhani (Sikkim), Sep 1 (ANI): Frequent landslides due to heavy rains in Sikkim have blocked the National Highway 31-A, the Mangan-Singtam highway and have disrupted movement on roads."Due to landslides ... Read more...
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Apex court issues contempt notice to Gorkha group
June 11th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued a notice of contempt to the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) for repeatedly blocking the National Highway 31-A connecting Siliguri in West Bengal ... Read more...
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Sikkim cut off from West Bengal due to landslide
June 11th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, June 11 (IANS) The Himalayan state of Sikkim was cut off from West Bengal after landslides blocked National Highway 31 A in Darjeeling district Friday.
The landslide occurred at Hatisura under Kurseong ... Read more...
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Six killed, 20 injured in West Bengal accident
June 6th, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), June 6 (IANS) Six people were killed and 20 injured when a pick-up van overturned in the Seven Mile area of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Sunday, police said.
Police said ... Read more...
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18 arrested for burning police outpost in Darjeeling
February 22nd, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Feb 22 (IANS) Eighteen Gorkhaland activists were arrested Monday after a mob set a police outpost in Darjeeling district afire Sunday following the rejection of their demand that a murder accused ... Read more...
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GJM students wing begins relay hunger strike
January 3rd, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by ANI
Darjeeling, Jan 3 (ANI): Members of the Vidyarthi Morcha of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) began a relay hunger strike in Darjeeling pressing for the creation of separate Gorkhaland state on Sunday.Earlier, ... Read more...
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GJM wants Gorkhaland Bill in next session of parliament
December 29th, 2009 - 10:07 pm ICT by ANI
Silguri (West Bengal), Dec 29 (ANI) : The Gorkha community members from Darjeeling region of West Bengal demanded the Union Government to table the bill to create the separate Gorkhaland state in ... Read more...
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Shutdown paralyses normal life in Assam’s Nalbari district
November 23rd, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Nalbari (Assam), Nov 23 (ANI): Normal life has been paralysed in the Nalbari district of Lower Assam due to a dawn to dusk shutdown call given by the All Assam Students Union. ... Read more...
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BRO joins hands with Sikkim Government to improve connectivity
November 17th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
Bardang (Sikkim), Nov 17(ANI): The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the officials have developed a collective mechanism for protection of environment in the State as Chief Minister Pawan Chamling laid the ... Read more...
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Car falls into Teesta river, four feared drowned
August 7th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Aug 7 (IANS) At least four people were reported missing after a passenger car fell into Teesta river in West Bengal's Darjeeling district Friday. Officials fear that the missing people may ... Read more...
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GJM relaxes restrictions on key highway to Sikkim
July 18th, 2009 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), July 18 (IANS) The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), spearheading a protest demanding a separate Gorkhaland state, Saturday partly opened the National Highway 31-A, a key route connecting West Bengal ... Read more...
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Shutdown paralyses hills, GJM sets conditions for talks
July 15th, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri (West Bengal), July 15 (IANS) Life was paralysed in three hill subdivisions of West Bengal's Darjeeling district on day three of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM)- sponsored indefinite shutdown, as the ... Read more...
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Sikkim to lose Rs.87.3 mn daily due to Darjeeling shutdown
July 14th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, July 14 (IANS) Snaking queues were seen at petrol stations here Tuesday as Sikkim got cut off from the outside world due to the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) sponsored indefinite shutdown ... Read more...
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Darjeeling highway blocked by landslides
July 4th, 2009 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Darjeeling, July 4 (ANI): Landslides following heavy rains have snapped road links between the hills of West Bengal and Sikkim.Twenty houses along National Highway-31 near Sevoke have also collapsed. Several vehicles ... Read more...
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Sikkim gears up for Gorkha group’s shutdown threat
June 25th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, June 25 (IANS) The Sikkim government has inititated steps to stock essential commodities after the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) threatened an indefinite shutdown in the Darjeeling hills in West Bengal, an ... Read more...
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Protests in Bihar town after jewellers’ killing
June 2nd, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Hundreds of people, mostly traders, took to the streets in Bihar's Begusarai town Tuesday, protesting the killing of the owners of a jewellery shop.
Kundan Sony and Chandan Sony, ... Read more...
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25 people, policemen injured in clash in West Bengal
January 16th, 2009 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Jan 16 (IANS) At least 25 people, including two senior police officials, were injured Friday in a clash between Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is spear-heading a movement for a separate ... Read more...
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23 killed in Assam bus accident
October 14th, 2008 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and 40 others injured early Tuesday when an overcrowded bus hit a stationary truck in Assam's Dhubri district, police said.The accident took ... Read more...
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