Darjeeling Road

Torrential rains pounded the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim and the tea growing region of North Bengal, causing landslides which cut off National Highway-10, the main road linking Gangtok with the rest of the country.

Normal life was thrown out of gear in Sikkim on Wednesday as torrential rain caused landslides at several places, blocking the National Highway-10 and snapping the arterial road link with neighbouring West Bengal, officials said.

A section of a bridge on an arterial road in Kolkata next to the upmarket New Alipore area crashed down this evening just a little before 5 pm, killing at least one person and raising fears of others being trapped under the rubble. Police, army medics and locals, who rushed to the spot, have managed to rescue 24 people. The collapse sent shock wave...

A road in Darjeeling has been named after St. Teresa of Calcutta who was canonized at the Vatican on September 4. The renamed road -- earlier known as Rockville Road -- runs past a Missionaries of Charity home that was set up by Mother Teresa many years ago.

Normal life remained disrupted in Darjeeling hills and its foothills following heavy rains since last Tuesday which caused landslides at some places, snapping direct road link between Siliguri, Mirik and Dooars and damaging stretches along NH-10.

Incessant rains in Darjeeling hills have caused landslides in Darjeeling and Mirik, damaging vast stretches of National Highway 10 leading to Sikkim.

The app named 'Companion' is a crowd-based navigation service, and was developed by students at NIT.

A fresh landslip was today reported at Gayabari, 56 km from Darjeeling today, cutting off the road link between Darjeeling and Mirik which alone had accounted for 21 deaths in yesterday's landslides, an official of West Bengal's Disaster Management Department said.

At least 30 people are dead and nearly 20 missing in multiple landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling following heavy rains in the hills. Road connectivity to Sikkim has also been cut off due to landslides on National Highway 10, which connects it to the plains.

Land communication between Sikkim's capital Gangtok and its railhead Siliguri was snapped and the toy train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling disrupted on Thursday following landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, officials said.

Torrential rains pounded the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim and the tea growing region of North Bengal, causing landslides which cut off National Highway-10, the main road linking Gangtok with the rest of the country.

Normal life was thrown out of gear in Sikkim on Wednesday as torrential rain caused landslides at several places, blocking the National Highway-10 and snapping the arterial road link with neighbouring West Bengal, officials said.

A section of a bridge on an arterial road in Kolkata next to the upmarket New Alipore area crashed down this evening just a little before 5 pm, killing at least one person and raising fears of others being trapped under the rubble. Police, army medics and locals, who rushed to the spot, have managed to rescue 24 people. The collapse sent shock wave...

A road in Darjeeling has been named after St. Teresa of Calcutta who was canonized at the Vatican on September 4. The renamed road -- earlier known as Rockville Road -- runs past a Missionaries of Charity home that was set up by Mother Teresa many years ago.

Normal life remained disrupted in Darjeeling hills and its foothills following heavy rains since last Tuesday which caused landslides at some places, snapping direct road link between Siliguri, Mirik and Dooars and damaging stretches along NH-10.

Incessant rains in Darjeeling hills have caused landslides in Darjeeling and Mirik, damaging vast stretches of National Highway 10 leading to Sikkim.

The app named 'Companion' is a crowd-based navigation service, and was developed by students at NIT.

A fresh landslip was today reported at Gayabari, 56 km from Darjeeling today, cutting off the road link between Darjeeling and Mirik which alone had accounted for 21 deaths in yesterday's landslides, an official of West Bengal's Disaster Management Department said.

At least 30 people are dead and nearly 20 missing in multiple landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling following heavy rains in the hills. Road connectivity to Sikkim has also been cut off due to landslides on National Highway 10, which connects it to the plains.

Land communication between Sikkim's capital Gangtok and its railhead Siliguri was snapped and the toy train service between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling disrupted on Thursday following landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, officials said.