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A young scholar Vedant Basnett, a permanent resident of Reshep Bazaar, Mungpoo has performed exceptionally well in NEET 2025 exams

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MIRIK’S ELECTRICITY: A Love Story With Blackouts

MIRIK’S ELECTRICITY: A Love Story With Blackouts⚡️

✍️ Supram Bharatee

Welcome to Mirik, where the hills are alive, the tea is divine, the clouds hang poetic… and electricity plays the role of an elusive ex: always arriving late, staying briefly, and leaving without explanation.

Power here isn’t supplied, it’s teased.

A blink here. A flicker there. Sometimes it yawns mid-task, sometimes it disappears for hours, presumably off on a spiritual retreat.

Want to charge your phone?
Electricity: “LOL, try again.”

Boiling water for tea?
Electricity: “Let’s build some suspense.”

Streaming your favorite show?
Electricity: “Plot twist - blackout.”

It’s like a toxic relationship we didn’t sign up for but keep tolerating. It comes and goes all day like it owns the place. And somehow, we’ve made peace with the absurdity, lighting candles like it’s the 1800s and whispering “light aayo?” like it’s a prayer.

But here’s the tragedy -
We don’t protest.
We don’t rage.
We scroll, we sigh, we move on.

They call it load-shedding.

But let’s be honest, it’s dignity-shedding.

Every flicker is a reminder that we’ve normalized incompetence. That in 2025, a town nestled in beauty is still stuck playing hide & seek with the most basic utility of modern civilization.

Phones die.
Inverters cry.
Fridges sweat.

And the silence from those responsible? Louder than the blackout.

We call it power.

But what kind of power ghosts you 8 times a day and never says sorry?

So here’s a thought, next time the lights go out in Mirik, don’t just light a candle.

Light a fire if awareness. Of demand. Of refusal to settle for flickers when we deserve constancy.

Because electricity isn’t a luxury.

It’s a right.

And this hill town, with all its peace and promise, deserves better than a daily game of Now You See Me, Now You Don’t.

OPERATION SINDHU UPDATE: 296 Indian and 4 Nepales

OPERATION SINDHU UPDATE: 296 Indian and 4 Nepalese nationals have been safely evacuated from Iran.

They were brought back on a special flight that arrived in New Delhi from Mashhad.

JUST IN: High Court Orders Darjeeling Municipality

JUST IN: High Court Orders Darjeeling Municipality to Revisit Unauthorized Building Case

The High Court at Calcutta's Circuit Bench in Jalpaiguri has directed the Darjeeling Municipality to take fresh action regarding an unauthorized construction in Darjeeling. The court has set aside an earlier demolition order issued by the Chairman-in-Council, and instructed the Municipality’s Board of Councillors to issue a new decision within four weeks.

The order came in response to a petition filed by Ritesh Portel, a municipal councillor and former Chairman of the Darjeeling Municipality. He challenged the lack of action by the Municipality against a building located at Holding No. 5(5), D.B. Giri Road, Ward No. 12. While permission had been granted in 2021 for a building of up to three floors, the construction went up to six floors.

A demolition order was initially issued in September 2022 but was later set aside by a Civil Court in Darjeeling in June 2023. The court had stated that only the Board of Councillors had the authority to issue such orders under Section 218 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993.

Following which a writ petition had been filed in the Circuit Bench. The High Court had issued a directive in April 2024 to act under Section 218 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993, which the Municipality did not follow through. Instead, a new order issued by the Chairman-in-Council in June 2024, without Board approval. Which was once again stayed by the Civil Court in Darjeeling.

Justice Gaurang Kanth ruled that the Municipality failed to follow proper procedure and emphasized that the Board must now reconsider the issue and issue a reasoned order. The court also noted concerns about possible collusion between municipal officials and the builder.

The Court has ordered, "It is made clear that the directions contained in the earlier order shall be strictly complied with, and that the Board of Councilors are directed to pass an order within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order."

MEANWHILE IN WEST BENGAL: ED Attaches Tea Garden P

MEANWHILE IN WEST BENGAL: ED Attaches Tea Garden Properties Linked With Teachers' Recruitment Ghotala Money Laundering Case is - ₹636.88cr Seized So Far

The Enforcement Directorate has attached bungalows, tea factories, and vehicles linked to three tea estates allegedly used to launder the Teachers' Recruitment Ghoyala bribe money valued at ₹ 27.19 crore.

The ED’s Kolkata zonal office has confirmed that the properties were held under the names of M/s Samsing Organic Tea Pvt Ltd, M/s Yangtong Organic Tea Pvt Ltd, and M/s Bamandanga Tea Estate Pvt Ltd. These firms are allegedly linked to Prasanna Kumar Roy, who is now in jail.

Illegally collected cash from thousands of undeserving candidates allegedly funded the real estate empire of Prasanna Kumar Roy, identified as the primary middleman for all Group C and D government recruitment.

“The attached assets include several luxury bungalows, industrial plants, and vehicles, purchased with cash siphoned off from desperate job seekers who were promised government posts in exchange for money," an ED official has been quoted in News18

In a statement on Tuesday (June 24), the ED said it had earlier attached properties worth Rs 219.91 crore in this case and arrested Roy and Chandan Mondal (Roy’s main agent; both are presently in judicial custody.

“In a related case of Assistant Teacher Recruitment Scam (SSC Asst. Teachers 9th to 12th), the ED has earlier attached properties worth Rs. 238.78 crore. In another case of Primary Teachers Recruitment Scam in the state, ED has already attached and seized properties worth Rs. 151 Crore. Thus, the total attachment by ED Kolkata in the recruitment scam cases now stands at Rs. 636.88 Crore," said a statement.

MEANWHILE IN ASSAM: 6-yr-Old Raped and Murdered T

MEANWHILE IN ASSAM: 6-yr-Old Raped and Murdered

Thousands of residents from Karbi Anglong District, Assam, took to the streets demanding justice for a six-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered.

The protest, spearheaded by the All Adivasi Students Association of Assam Karbi Anglong District Committee (AASAA-KADC), Adivasi Jani Sakti Sangati, and other organisations, called for the death penalty for the accused.

MONSTER FATHER: Teen Killed by Father for Scoring

MONSTER FATHER: Teen Killed by Father for Scoring Low on Mock NEET test

In a horrifying act of violence, 17-year-old Sadhana Bhosale, a Class 12 student from Sangli, Maharashtra, was brutally beaten to death by her father, Dhondiram Bhagwan Bhosale, for scoring low in a NEET mock test.

This barbaric act, committed by a school principal, is a stark reminder of the toxic pressure on students and the unacceptable resort to violence.

Sadhana, who dreamed of becoming a doctor, deserved support, not cruelty.

Dhondiram has been arrested, but this tragedy demands collective reflection on the kind of pressure we are putting on our children.

The murderous father deserves nothing less than the death penalty. No child should have to go through this.

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JUST IN: SpaceX Crew Dragon Successfully Docks with International Space Station for Axiom-4 Mission

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, carrying the Axiom-4 mission crew, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after a 24-hour orbital journey.

The mission,…

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Another major incident waiting to happen.?

Harihar Fort weekend crowd surge is death trap!!

This needs to be stopped/moderated else One minor stampede or someone loosing balance and it will have cascading effect and hundreds will will fall to there death.

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In the ongoing 2026 @afcasiancup qualifiers, India defeated Mangolia 13-0, with Pyari Xaxa scoring 5... Her 2nd goal is phenomenal...

We are so proud of National Coach #CrispinChettri, who is a Gorkha from Kharsang in Darjeeling

Play well Team India

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Hello @PChidambaram_IN : Listen to this German lady who just returned from an India tour - Indian digital payment system is so much more advanced than Germany

Remember your infamous “old lady village fair speech in Parliament?” You owe Modi an apology

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