Four Indian Army personnel killed in road accident while travelling from West Bengal to SikkimFour Indian Army personnel lost their lives in a road accident while traveling from Pedong to Zuluk along the Silk Route in Pakyong Distric...
05 Sep, 2024, 05.15 PM IST
BJP's DT Lepcha wins Sikkim Rajya Sabha seat uncontestedBJP did not win any seat in the last assembly elections, in which the SKM came to power. Lepcha along with nine MLAs of the SDF switched ov...
12 Jan, 2024, 05.41 PM IST
BJP set to win Sikkim Rajya Sabha seat uncontestedBJP did not win any seat in the last assembly elections, in which the SKM came to power. Lepcha along with nine MLAs of the SDF switched ov...
09 Jan, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
IAF evacuates 461 more tourists from North SikkimIAF helicopters evacuated another 75 people, including 17 tourists, 55 locals and three labourers, to Ringhim helipad in Mangan. Over the l...
12 Oct, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
176 tourists airlifted from disaster-hit North Sikkim176 tourists were airlifted from North Sikkim due to flash floods in the Teesta river. In total, 690 tourists, including 26 foreigners, hav...
10 Oct, 2023, 08.29 PM IST
Central team visits North Sikkim to assess damage caused by flash floodsMembers of the central team on Monday visited the affected areas in Gangtok, Pakyong district. Among the areas they visited were IBM, Rangp...
10 Oct, 2023, 02.13 PM IST
Army begins operations to reconnect villages in SikkimA list of 2,000 tourists, including 63 foreign nationals, has been compiled and assistance in the form of food, medical aid, accommodation,...
09 Oct, 2023, 11.37 PM IST
Central team visits flood-hit Sikkim; over 350 stranded tourists rescuedAn inter-ministerial central team has begun visiting Sikkim, which was hit by a flash flood that resulted in at least 70 deaths and left 80...
09 Oct, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Toll rises to 32 in Sikkim flash flood, search on for those still missingThe flash flood in the Teesta river in Sikkim has resulted in the recovery of 32 bodies, including nine Armymen, with over 100 people still...
08 Oct, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
ITBP rescues 56 people in North Sikkim, search continues for those missingFifty-six people have been rescued in North Sikkim's Chungthang following a flash flood, according to the ITBP. 81 people are still missing...
08 Oct, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
Sikkim flash flood: Toll rises to 22, searches on for 103 missing peopleThe death toll from the flash flood in Sikkim's Teesta basin has risen to 22, including seven army personnel. The bodies of seven army men ...
06 Oct, 2023, 03.56 PM IST
Authorities evacuate residents near Shako Cho Lake as it nears bursting pointThe district magistrate of Gangtok, Tushar Nikhare, said that the discharge from the lake is less so far, but the advisory for evacuation h...
05 Oct, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang congratulates winning candidates of the recently held local body electionsHe also expressed gratitude to all the candidates and the people who wholeheartedly participated in this historic independent, party-less P...
15 Nov, 2022, 10.09 PM IST
Construction of 21 greenfield airports approved, says President KovindThe greenfield airports will also come up in Datia (Gwalior) in Madhya Pradesh, Kushinagar and Noida (Jewar) in Uttar Pradesh, Dholera and ...
31 Jan, 2022, 02.50 PM IST
People entering Sikkim need to produce negative RT-PCR test reportWorkers and technicians working with pharma industries, power projects, railway project and other such projects where workers can be quaran...
25 Jan, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Sikkim government proposes to create two more districtsExplaining the government's objectives and reasons for the proposal, he said the new districts will strengthen governance in the backdrop o...
07 Dec, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
- Harvard scientist on trail of new species of butterflies
A Harvard University scientist is on a tour of Sikkim to find new species of butterflies in the Himalayan state which has a rich repository...
06 Jun, 2011, 10.46 AM IST