<p>Ambulance services were hit and TV cable connections snapped in some areas as the GJM- sponsored indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling hills entered the eight day today.<br /><br />No untoward incident was reported from anywhere in Darjeeling which had witnessed widespread clashes between GJM activists and security forces on Saturday.<br /><br />Ambulance operators were refusing to carry patients due to fear of harassment.<br /><br />Since morning, local cable TV connections were snapped in a section of the hills.<br /><br />Internet services also remained suspended for the fifth day today to stop the spread of rumours that incite violence.<br /><br />Police patrolling was intensified in the hills since morning.<br /><br />Although the West Bengal government has called an all-party meeting in Siliguri today, all the Hills parties have decided to boycott it.<br /><br />As normal life continued to be crippled, the GJM yesterday offered a 12-hour "window" on June 23 to schools to evacuate students safely to Siliguri and Rongpo.<br /><br />The GJM is leading an agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of West Bengal.</p>
<p>Ambulance services were hit and TV cable connections snapped in some areas as the GJM- sponsored indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling hills entered the eight day today.<br /><br />No untoward incident was reported from anywhere in Darjeeling which had witnessed widespread clashes between GJM activists and security forces on Saturday.<br /><br />Ambulance operators were refusing to carry patients due to fear of harassment.<br /><br />Since morning, local cable TV connections were snapped in a section of the hills.<br /><br />Internet services also remained suspended for the fifth day today to stop the spread of rumours that incite violence.<br /><br />Police patrolling was intensified in the hills since morning.<br /><br />Although the West Bengal government has called an all-party meeting in Siliguri today, all the Hills parties have decided to boycott it.<br /><br />As normal life continued to be crippled, the GJM yesterday offered a 12-hour "window" on June 23 to schools to evacuate students safely to Siliguri and Rongpo.<br /><br />The GJM is leading an agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state to be carved out of West Bengal.</p>