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Gangtok, April 5 Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur interacted with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel in Chungthang, Mangan district, on Sunday."I have come here not just as a governor, but as a friend, to understand your challenges and to boost your morale in recognition of your...

New Delhi, April 4 In a significant step towards India's first fully digital census, PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, completed his "self-enumeration" for Phase-I of the 2027 Census (House Listing and Housing Census) on Saturday.The development was announced by...

Gangtok, April 4 The ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won 58 out of 63 wards in nine urban local bodies in the Himalayan state unopposed on Saturday, while its alliance partner BJP secured four, according to the State Election Commission.The opposition Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) and...

New Delhi, April 2 The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said that Digital Bharat Nidhi, a rural telecom development fund under the Department of Telecom, should recover liquidated damages and non-performance penalty of Rs 8.49 crore from Bharti Airtel, which has been pending for the...

New Delhi, April 2 The second edition of the Sikkim Arts and Literature Festival will host a range of acclaimed writers, thinkers, and artists from across the country, with a focus on the northeastern states.An initiative of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, along with the Students'...

Gangtok, April 1 Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur and Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang began the self-enumeration exercise for the 2027 Census on Wednesday, officials said.Mathur and Tamang completed the process here through the newly launched online census portal, in the presence of...

The first phase of the 2027 Census will begin tomorrow. The 2027 Census will be the largest census in the world. For the first time, the census will be conducted digitally, and the option of self-enumeration will also be available. Self-enumeration will begin from tomorrow until April 15th, and...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Kerala, Mahe, and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal today. The weather agency has also forecast thunderstorms with hail over Delhi, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Odisha for...

Gangtok, March 30 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Monday emphasized the need for increased vigilance regarding the availability of essential commodities in the Himalayan state and directed officials to strengthen monitoring mechanisms and strictly curb hoarding, black marketing, and...

Gangtok, March 30 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for launching the "Pride of Hills" initiative under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) framework.This significant...

Gangtok, March 30 Sikkim MP Indra Hang Subba has submitted a memorandum to Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, seeking the establishment of a separate bar council for the northeastern state.A statement from the MP's office said that in his submission, Subba highlighted that currently, the legal...

Gangtok, March 28 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Saturday.The two leaders met in Siliguri, in northern West Bengal.Tamang said that during Acharya's tenure as the governor of Sikkim, he served as a guiding force and a guardian for both...

Gangtok, March 27 Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur and Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang extended greetings to the people of the Himalayan state on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami on Friday.In his message, the governor said that the holy occasion of Ram Navami symbolizes the birth...

The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, and Sikkim for today. The weather agency has predicted thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Telangana, and Uttarakhand until tomorrow. Similar...

In Sikkim, the Namchi District Police organized an awareness campaign under the "Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan" (Drug-Free India Campaign) yesterday at Tendong Hill, Namchi District. The campaign aimed to raise awareness about preventing alcohol and drug abuse while promoting a healthy and...

Gangtok, March 26 – The Citizen Action Party (CAP) announced on Thursday that it will boycott the upcoming Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections in Sikkim if they are conducted on a party basis, reiterating its long-standing demand for non-party grassroots democratic processes.CAP spokesperson...

Gangtok, March 26 Governor Om Prakash Mathur expressed confidence on Thursday that Sikkim would make a significant contribution to a developed India, and said that the Himalayan state was on track to achieve its own development goals with assistance from the central government."Sikkim is...

Gangtok, March 26 Governor Om Prakash Mathur expressed confidence on Thursday that Sikkim would make a significant contribution to a developed India, and said that the Himalayan state was on track to achieve its own development goals with assistance from the central government."Sikkim is...

Gandhinagar, March 26 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the longest-serving head of an elected government in the country, serving for 8,931 days across his tenures as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Prime Minister, state BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma said on Thursday.Addressing a...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim until tomorrow. The weather agency has predicted thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir for...