Landslides kill at least 20 people in India’s Darjeeling

Commuters pass an idol of Hindu goddess Durga on a parked truck, wrapped in plastic sheets awaits immersion, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

• Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 20 people in Darjeeling in northern India, a lawmaker from the region said Sunday

KOLKATA: Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 20 people in Darjeeling in northern India, a lawmaker from the region said Sunday.
“In the wake of last night’s heavy cyclone in the Darjeeling hills, over 20 people have lost their lives,” said Harsh Vardhan Shringla, a lawmaker in India’s upper house.
“Areas across the hills have been cut off and roads destroyed.”