The Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) is in a tight spot after one party activist Mahendra Chhetri met the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi yesterday as a general secretary of the party on the issue of the sixth schedule status for Darjeeling Hills.
The Indian army says the flooding occurred along the Teesta River in the Lachen Valley. It says army camps and vehicles were submerged under mud and search efforts are underway.
NEW DELHI (AP): A sudden heavy rainfall triggered flash floods Wednesday in northeastern India that swamped several towns, washed away a bridge and submerged army camps, killing eight civilians and leaving 23 soldiers missing, the army and news.
Gangtok, Oct 4: Five persons died and 23 army personnel went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin, officials said. The flood that started around 1.30 am was made worse by the release of water from Chungthang dam, they said. “Five bodies
A sudden heavy rainfall triggered flash floods Wednesday in northeastern India that swamped several towns, washed away a bridge and submerged army camps, killing eight civilians and leaving 23 soldiers missing, the army and news reports said. The flooding took place along the Teesta River in the Lachen Valley of India's state of Sikkim, and