"Even during such tense times, whatever I heard and saw on the stand-off was from television and newspapers," Chamling said.

The maximum forest cover reduction in the north-eastern states has been reported by Mizoram (531 sq km), Nagaland (450 sq km) and Arunachal...

In winter the placid lake remains frozen with the area around it covered in snow while in late spring the profusion of flowers in bloom add...

64-year-old Chamling first assumed office on December 12 in 1994 when his Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won the Assembly elections.

Sikkim has become the leading state of producing organic fruits and vegetables with a total 58,168 hectare of land under organic cultivatio...

Pradesh Congress president A D Subba alleges that Teesta and Rangeet rivers have been badly hurt due to dams and powerhouses.

Human activities including mining, quarrying or setting up new ‘major’ hydro-electric projects will not be allowed around areas up to 200 m...

The ongoing political turmoil in northern West Bengal has badly influenced festive season tourism business prospect of adjoining state Sikk...

Sikkim has become the only state to have increased its forest cover in the past two decades and has launched an ambitious Rs 31 crore proje...

The forest cover in Sikkim has been increased to 47.34 per cent in 2013 from 43.95 per cent in 1993, the only state to achieve this.

Inclusion of well deserving high altitude lakes of tiny Indian Himalayan state Sikkim into the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Imp...

Uttarakhand has been rated top in the Planning Commission's green ranking based on quality of air and water, waste management, forest cover...

Uttarakhand has been rated top in the Plan Panel's green ranking based on quality of air and water, waste management, forest cover and clim...

While southern part of West Bengal is suffering from less than normal rainfall, sub Himalayan northern part of the sate has received much h...

Himalayan state Sikkim is going to be one of the largest beneficiaries of GoI’s ongoing initiative to promote adventure tourism in India.

Nationally, Assam has lost the maximum forest cover in the entire country of the very dense category of forest, 17 sq km in last two years.

To give a fillip to eco-tourism in the state, Sikkim has launched the third stage of its green mission.