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Kohima, March 19 – The 9th North East Youth Festival 2026, organized by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the State’s Department of Youth Resources and Sports, commenced at the Chumoukedima Football Stadium in Nagaland.Addressing the inaugural programme as...

Gangtok, March 19 Calling cinema a powerful medium that transcends borders, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said on Wednesday that the inaugural Sikkim International Film Festival marks a significant step towards positioning the state as a vibrant hub of art and culture.Addressing the opening...

Gangtok, March 19 The Sikkim government has announced a 5 per cent increase in the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for its employees and pensioners, respectively, according to an official notification.The increase will be effective from July 1, 2025, retrospectively...

Gangtok, March 18 The Sikkimese film 'Shape of Momo' has won two awards at the 'Spirit of Fire International Film Festival' in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where it was showcased under the International Debut Competition.Directed by Tribeny Rai, the Nepali-language film was awarded the 'Silver...

Gangtok, March 18 The Sikkim Prerna Sthal, a memorial honoring 22 Indian Army personnel who lost their lives in the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in October 2023, was inaugurated by Governor Om Prakash Mathur at Bardang, about 29 km from Gangtok, on Wednesday.The memorial was conceptualized by...

Gangtok, March 18 A 14-year-old girl from Sikkim has been rescued from Siliguri in neighboring West Bengal after she allegedly staged her own kidnapping and demanded Rs 3 lakh from her parents as ransom, police said on Wednesday.According to an FIR filed by her parents, the girl had left home...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for thunderstorms with hail over Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Vidarbha for today. The IMD has forecast thunderstorms with lightning and strong winds over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh...

Gangtok, March 16 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang congratulated Prakash Bhattarai on Monday for being selected for the Sahitya Akademi award for 2025.The Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 Indian languages recognized by it on Monday. Prakash Bhattarai has...

Gangtok, March 16 Power supply was disrupted in parts of Sikkim due to a severe thunderstorm, which led to the tripping of several 66 kV transmission lines, according to an official statement.Due to the thunderstorm on Sunday evening, a conductor of the 66 kV Rorathang-Rongli transmission line...

Gangtok, March 15 One person was killed as heavy rain, accompanied by hail, lashed several parts of Sikkim on Sunday evening, officials said.A 55-year-old woman, identified as Kala Devi Chettri, was killed after being trapped under a falling tree in Rakdong Kafer in the Tumin-Lingi assembly...

March 15, New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for thunderstorms accompanied by hail over several parts of north India on Sunday.The alert covers Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh (eastern parts), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir...

Gangtok, March 14 – Amidst the panic buying of LPG cylinders in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, in the backdrop of the war situation in West Asia, Gangtok District Superintendent of Police Mahendra Subba appealed to residents on Saturday not to believe rumors about a possible shortage of LPG...

New Delhi, March 13 A private hospital here has performed a complex laparoscopic surgery on a woman from Sikkim who had previously undergone unsuccessful surgical attempts and suffered severe intestinal complications.According to a statement by Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute (PSRI)...

New Delhi, March 14 Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India have announced the discovery of two new species of lichen moths, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Saturday."The discovery of Caulocera Hollowayi and Asura Buxa represents a significant contribution to...

New Delhi, March 14 The forest cover in the 13 states and Union territories of the Indian Himalayan region has decreased by 2.27% between 2021 and 2023, Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh said.In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, the minister stated that according to...

New Delhi, March 13 The forest cover in the 13 states and Union territories of the Indian Himalayan region has decreased by 2.27 per cent between 2021 and 2023, Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh said.In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, the minister stated that according to the India State...

Gangtok, March 13 The Gangtok Municipal Corporation (GMC) has made registration under the Sikkim Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 2024 mandatory for the issuance and renewal of trade licenses for hospitality establishments operating within its jurisdiction.According to a notice issued by the...

New Delhi, March 12 BJP Rajya Sabha member Dorjee Tshering Lepcha on Thursday sought a special incentive for young farmers to continue large cardamom cultivation in Sikkim.Raising the matter during the special mentions in the Rajya Sabha, Lepcha emphasised the need to revive and strengthen...

Gangtok, March 12 The first-ever Sikkim International Film Festival will be held in the state capital from March 19-22, officials said on Thursday.The film festival will be organized by the Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Sikkim, in collaboration with the Ministry...

Kolkata, March 11 Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered two new species of lichen moths in the eastern Himalayan region.The newly identified species – Caulocera hollowayi by S Singh, N Singh & Bhattacharya, 2026, and Asura buxa by Bhattacharya, S Singh & N Singh...