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...
08 Jun, 2025, 11.06 AM IST
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...
08 Jun, 2025, 09.18 AM IST
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...
05 Jun, 2025, 10.06 PM IST
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...
05 Jun, 2025, 10.09 AM IST
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...
04 Jun, 2025, 04.55 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
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...
11 Oct, 2023, 06.20 PM IST
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...
10 Oct, 2023, 11.34 PM IST
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...
10 Oct, 2023, 08.16 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
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. ...
08 Oct, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
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...
06 Oct, 2023, 09.56 AM IST
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...
05 Oct, 2023, 10.43 PM IST
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...
08 May, 2020, 10.15 PM IST
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 ...
30 Nov, 2012, 04.23 PM IST
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 ...
08 Oct, 2012, 12.59 PM IST
- 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...
24 Sep, 2011, 06.00 AM IST