Tag: Sikkim

Subhranshu Senapati
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: All-round Odisha drub Sikkim

Odisha romped home easily in 15.2 overs with the loss of only one wicket.

  • Tuesday, 11 October 2022
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Priority to be on better banking facilities in rural India: Naveen

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik chosen by the Centre as a member of the Committee of Chief Ministers to prepare roadmap for promotion of digital payment systems in the country today said he would ensure improvement of banking facilities in rural parts. Commenting on the Centre’s decision, Patnaik said here, “I will work towards […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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More than 2,900 tourists stranded in Sikkim due to heavy snowfall

Gangtok: As many as 2,946 tourists are stranded in Sikkim due to heavy snowfall which is hindering vehicular movement, an official said on Saturday. “Heavy snowfall occurred in the upper reaches of Nathula, Changu, Ganeshtok and other places on Friday,” he said. Around 400 tourist vehicles were stranded. The tourists are being evacuated through joint […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Chamling receives FAO award for Sikkim becoming world's first organic state

United Nations: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling received the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Future Policy Gold Award from its Deputy Director Maria Helena Semedo, who commended the Himalayan state for setting an example to the world by becoming first totally organic state. Accepting the award at the FAO headquarters in Rome on […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Grant ST status to Sikkim's all indigenous communities: Gangtok Resolution

Gangtok: Calling upon the Central and Sikkim governments to consider granting the ST status to all the indigenous communities of the state in alignment with a constitutional provision, a resolution has affirmed that it would ensure lasting peace and prosperity. “We recommend to the government of Sikkim and the government of India, that the Scheduled […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
India, China agree to 'disengage' in Doklam

New Delhi: India and China have agreed to “disengage” in Doklam area in Sikkim sector where the armies of both countries have been on a standoff since the middle of June, sharply escalating tensions. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement said that during bilateral communications, “we were able to express our views and convey […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Chinese troops transgress border in Uttarakhand

New Delhi: Chinese troops transgressed almost a kilometre into Indian territory in Barahoti of Uttarakhand last week, even as a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops is on in Doklam in the Sikkim sector. While the Indian Army has refused to comment on the incident, an official said that transgressions occur due to different perceptions […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
China bound to be a future threat to India: Army Vice Chief

New Delhi: China is bound to be a threat to India in the years to come, Indian Army’s Vice Chief Sarath Chand said on Tuesday as a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops continues along the border in the Sikkim sector. Addressing a joint seminar of the Army’s Master General Ordnance and Confederation of Indian Industry, […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Rajnath to chair first CMs' meeting on India-China border issues

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair a first security review meeting on May 20 with Chief Ministers of five Himalayan states on the India-China border during his three-day visit to Sikkim, an official said on Thursday. Mehbooba Mufti, Virbhadra Singh, Trivendra Singh Rawat, Pawan Kumar Chamling, and Pema Khandu, who are Chief […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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WB to get security personnel from Assam, AP, Odisha and Sikkim for Monday panchayat polls

Kolkata: Around 1,500 security personnel from four neighbouring states like Assam, Odisha, Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh will be arriving to West Bengal for the panchayat elections scheduled on Monday, a senior official said on Friday. While ten companies (each company comprising of 80 personnel) of forces will be arriving from Andhra Pradesh while the North-Eastern […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Sikkim woman raped in Delhi, five arrested

A 25-year old woman from Sikkim, brought to Delhi on the pretext of getting her a job, was raped here by a young doctor who has been arrested along with four others, police said today

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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74 per cent voter turnout in Sikkim

Gangtok: An estimated 74 per cent of the voters in Sikkim have exercised their franchise on Thursday to elect members of the state Legislative Assembly as well as the lone Lok Sabha MP from the state, an official said. A total of 4,32,306 voters comprising 2,20,305 males and 2,12,001 females were eligible to exercise their […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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300 yaks starve to death in North Sikkim

Gangtok: Nearly 300 yaks have died due to starvation following heavy snowfall in North Sikkim district since late last year, an official has said. The North Sikkim District Magistrate Raj Yadav confirmed the death of around 300 yaks due to starvation during heavy snow fall in Mukuthang and Yumthang regions since December 2018. While carcasses of […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Army Rescues 1,500 Tourists Stranded In Sikkim

Gangtok: The Indian Army has rescued about 1,500 tourists who were stranded in Nathu La in East Sikkim, an official release said on Saturday. Some 1,500 to 1,700 tourists travelling in about 300 vehicles from Gangtok got stranded at various stretches of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Road between 13th Mile and Nathu La on Friday […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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Govt extends 'work from home' connectivity norms for IT, BPO firms till Jul 31

New Delhi: The government has extended the relaxed connectivity norms for ‘work from home’, applicable on IT and BPO companies, till July 31, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline for the easier norms was to end on April 30. Industry body Nasscom said the decision to extend the timelines on relaxed norms for other service […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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