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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra deadline: Check important dates, new prices and other detailsThe Ministry of External Affairs has announced the registration for the 2026 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is open until May 19. Devotees must m...
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2026 registration opens; Check dates, routes, eligibility, selection process & fees to visit 'the abode of Shiva'Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2026 dates: Registration for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2026 has started. Pilgrims can apply online till May 19 for ...
28 stranded people, 20 army personnel airlifted from landslide-hit Chaten in north SikkimDue to heavy rain and multiple landslides in north Sikkim, 28 civilians and 20 army personnel were airlifted from Chaten after road connect...
Helicopter arranged for evacuation of stranded locals, taxi drivers from landslide-hit north SikkimThe Sikkim government has deployed a helicopter to rescue taxi drivers, local residents, and government officials stranded in Chaten, North...
Sikkim: State government rescues stranded locals, tourists, and taxi drivers in ChatenThe Sikkim government has arranged helicopter sorties to evacuate stranded locals, taxi drivers, and officials from Chaten due to disrupted...
IAF deploys Mi-17, Cheetah choppers for Sikkim relief opsSikkim's relief operations are underway. The Indian Air Force is using helicopters to rescue people and deliver supplies. Over a hundred su...
Sikkim: First batch of tourists from Chaten successfully evacuated at Pakyong AirportEvacuation efforts are underway in North Sikkim following severe weather conditions that triggered landslides and flash floods. Helicopters...
Sikkim landslides: IAF evacuates 33 people, including 2 US nationals, from Chaten regionFollowing devastating landslides in Sikkim, the Indian Air Force launched humanitarian assistance operations, evacuating 33 individuals, in...
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...
Sikkim floods: Dalai Lama's visit postponed to next monthThe death toll in the flash floods has gone up to 77, While Sikkim accounted for 37 deaths, 40 other bodies were found in the riverbed of a...
Central team visits North Sikkim to assess damagesThe central team members - power ministry director RK Meena, jal shakti executive engineer Sashwat Rai and SSDMA director Prabhakar Rai - f...
Inter-Ministerial Central Team to survey North Sikkim for damage assessmentThe Committee comprises senior officers of the BRO, and senior Engineers of the Roads and Bridges Department and Rural Development Departme...
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...
Flash floods toll in Sikkim, West Bengal climbs to 70Over 1,320 houses were severely damaged and 2,563 people were rescued. Around 26 people, who sustained grievous injury, were hospitalised. ...
Search for 22 missing army personnel continues in SikkimThe search for the missing Indian Army soldiers continues, with the focus on downstream areas of Teesta Barrage. Army vehicles and stores a...
Sikkim flash flood: Toll rises to 18; searches on for 98 missing peopleThe search for the 22 missing soldiers was continuing with a focus on the downstream areas as the fast-flowing river is likely to have carr...
Indian Army, IAF helicopters and Indian Army troops evacuated crew in SikkimImmediately on receipt of information, on May 7 , Indian Army rescue columns with personnel of ITBPs too, moved on foot, traversing dangero...
IAF Jaguar crashes in North Sikkim, pilot seriously injuredA Jaguar fighter aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed in a forest near Lik in Upper Dzongu in North Sikkim today, with the pilot suffering ...
In a first, IAF puts women pilots in attack modeAnother male bastion, this time in the air, has gone to women. For the first time ever, the Indian Air Force is preparing two of its women ...
- Sikkim earthquake: Army rescue team makes it to Dzonghu in north Sikkim
Twenty para-jumpers from the army's special force from Assam's Jorhat were flown into Sikkim to reach areas inaccessible since the earthqua...