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18 killed in India, Nepal

Star Report
At least 18 people were killed and over 100 injured as a powerful 6.8 magnitude quake jolted Sikkim and several areas of northeast India and neighbouring Nepal yesterday, causing extensive damage to several buildings.
The epicentre of the quake—the biggest in two decades—was located at Mangan and Sakyong areas, over 50 km from Gangtok on Sikkim-Nepal border.
The tremor, felt across as far as New Delhi, set off at least two aftershocks of the magnitude 6.1 and 5.3, Indian seismology official RS Dattatreyan said. He warned of more aftershocks, reports our correspondent in New Delhi.
Seven persons were killed in Sikkim, four perished in Paschimbanga state's areas adjoining Sikkim and two in Bihar.
At least five people were killed in Nepal, three of them outside the British Embassy in Kathmandu, when a high brick wall collapsed.
Many tall buildings shook and developed cracks in Gangtok and Darjeeling and window panes shattered as thousands of people ran out to the streets in panic.
TWo buildings of the Indo Tibetan Border Police collapsed in Pegong area though there was no immediate report of any casualty, a senior official said.
Communication links were
snapped with mobile towers getting damaged. Gangtokand several other areas were plunged in darkness following major power failures, reports Times of India.
Heavy rains and darkness hampered relief operations in the night.
Three army vehicles and a bus with soldiers were reported missing in the North Sikkim area, army officials said in New Delhi.
Around 200 people have been brought to the IndoTibetan Border Police relief camp in Gangtok Ranj it Sinha, DG ITBR said. He said some communication was being maintained with the head-quartersffirough wireless.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and offered to send troops to help the state
and summoned the National Disaster Management Authority for an emergency meeting. The Indian Air Force sent five planes to help with rescue and relief efforts in Sikkim.
Indian Cabinet Secretary A K Seth said army has been mobilised to help rescue and relief operations in Sikkim and Border Road Organisation deployed to restore normalcy on the only national highway connecting Sikkim to the rest oflndiabyroad.
Power lines snapped in Paschimbanga's cities of Darjeeling and Kalimpong which "are now in total darkness," Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.
Tremors were also felt in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh.