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A month of shutdown has forced lifestyle changes on a hill population short of food, transport and Internet services. A look at how Darjeeling is coping: Long marches Hill residents are walking the extra mile, literally, to keep their hearth burning. A vegetable trader who didn’t want to be namedContinue Reading

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Darjeeling: A police officer was today stabbed by protesters during fresh clashes that erupted in Darjeeling after the son of a lawmaker was arrested and a senior Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader’s house was allegedly vandalised last night. Both protesters and security personnel were injured in the clashes. A policeContinue Reading

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C.M. Paul Darjeeling — A lady philanthropist in Darjeeling helped put together for the first time a multi religious group of intellectuals to discuss fundamental questions of life in the current socio-religious scenario. The program christened “Modern man in the light of eternity” brought together leaders from civil society andContinue Reading

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Bhubaneshwar: Kandhamal has six new priests, including the first Salesian. The ordinations took place on Saturday and Monday in the presence of Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar. Their consecrations take an even greater significance since Kandhamal is the district in the State of Odisha (Orissa) that saw a pogrom byContinue Reading