Sikkim

Gangtok: Bhutan King's emissary and Dzongdag (District Governor) of Samtse, Minjur Dorjee, called on Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang here on Wednesday to express sympathy to the families affected by the recent floods in the state.The District Governor, on...

Gangtok: Chief Minister PS Tamang has conveyed a condolence message on the demise of Rinpochey in New Delhi on Tuesday.'It is with profound sadness that I received the news of the physical renunciation of his dharma body by His...

Gangtok: The Chief Minister PS Tamang, called Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya,on Saturday at Raj Bhawan, here.CM Tamang wished happy Navratri to the Governor.He also apprised the Governor about the natural disaster and the present situation. He also brought home...

Gangtok: The State Cabinet on Wednesday approved a number of schemes to alleviate the losses suffered by the people because of the flash floods earlier this month.The cabinet gave its approval to the Sikkim Punarvaas Awaas Yojana, under which...

Gangtok: The Citizen Action Party has demanded a white paper on the state of the rehabilitation work following the flash floods in Sikkim earlier this month.A CAP delegation, led by Ganesh Rai - the outfit's founder cum Chief Coordinator...

Gangtok: The Sikkim government will engage a multi-disciplinary expert team to inquire into the causes of the collapse of the Chungtham dam following the abrupt eruption of the South Lhonak Lake in the northern part of the state, a...

Gangtok: The October 4 disaster in Sikkim as a result of overflow of South Lhonak Lake, killed scores of people. This is being closely monitored with the help of different satellite data, a Sikkim government communique said on Monday."...

Gangtok: Nineteen Indian Army personnel were among the 30 people confirmed dead in Sikkim's natural disaster, the Defence Ministry and state government said on Sunday.The banks of the glacier-fed Lhonak Lake broke open in north Sikkim and inundated the...

Gangtok: The Sikkim flood toll rose to 19 on Friday, the dead including seven Army personnel, while 88 people continued to be missing, Chief Minister P S Tamang said here.Tamang, who visited some of the affected areas and met...

Siligiri/Gangtok: Jalpaiguri district police on Friday alerted people living along the banks of Teesta river flowing in the northern districts of West Bengal not to touch any India Army weapons and ammunition flowing in the water body in the...