People got frightened and rushed out of their houses but no loss of life or property has been reported so far, an official said.

The earthquake measured 4.6 on the Richter scale, at 5:15 on Wednesday morning.

A majority of these places are in the Himalayas, one of the most seismically active regions in the world. These cities have a combined popu...

Monsoon has detached the entire Himalayan state from the rest of the country and hit its fast growing economic activities.

More than 57 persons are reported to have been killed and several others injured following the temblor, which also caused large-scale destr...

The Bureau of Indian Standards has grouped the country into four seismic zones, from Zone V, the most active, to Zone II, the least active.

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

Centre has constituted an inter-Ministerial team amid fresh reports that 400 foreign tourists were stranded in worst-hit North Sikkim.

More than 3,000 people were rescued in quake-hit areas of Sikkim by defence forces which scrambled hard to clear debris.

"We are with our brothers and sisters of Sikkim at this hour of distress," Banerjee said on way to Gangtok through landslide-hit NH 31A.

While the bulk of the casualties was in Sikkim, two deaths were reported in Bihar and seven in West Bengal.

Landslides, weather hampered rescue ops in Sikkim as death toll in the 6.8 magnitude quake mounted to 66, including 39 in the Himalayan sta...

At least 50 people, including 23 in Sikkim, have been killed in the powerful earthquake that triggered widespread landslides and road block...

The casualties have occurred mostly in the North District and in towns and villages like Rangpo, Dikchu, Singtam and Chungthang located alo...

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police immediately launched search and rescue operations in Pegong area of north Sikkim, badly affected by the quak...

Five IAF aircraft have been pressed into service for relief operations in quake-hit Sikkim where at least two persons died in the tremors.

Over 50,000 people in about a dozen areas in Sikkim are living under constant spectre of natural disasters like earthquake and landslide, a...