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Gangtok, March 8 The Mangan district administration and Tourism department will issue permits to tourists to visit popular North Sikkim destinations like Lachen and Gurudongmar lake starting March 9, an official said on Sunday.Tourists and travel agencies can apply for permits through the...

Gangtok, March 6 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang announced on Friday that 500 constables would be recruited into the state police, and 30 per cent of the vacancies would be reserved for women.Tamang made the announcement at the 18th Raising Day of the third Indian Reserve Battalion in...

Gangtok, March 6 Anniela Sherpa from Sikkim has cleared the Civil Services Examination 2025, the results of which were announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday.Sherpa, who is from Rai Gaon in Gangtok, is the only candidate from the Himalayan state to have cleared the...

Gangtok, March 6 A 44-year-old man has been arrested in Sikkim for allegedly defrauding a woman by pretending to be interested in marriage, police said on Friday.The woman, who lives in Khamdong in Gangtok's Singtam, filed a police complaint, stating that her engagement with the man took place...

Gangtok, March 6 Sikkim Chief Secretary R Telang reviewed the progress of the Sevok-Rangpo railway line construction on Friday, which is expected to be completed by the end of next year, an official said.During the review meeting held at Teesta Lounge here, Special Secretary, Transport, M D...

Gangtok, March 5 Former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling alleged on Thursday that the Prem Singh Tamang government has disrupted Sikkim's developmental trajectory.He claimed that Sikkim is experiencing uncertainty and decline in many areas, and the situation on the ground is deeply...

Gangtok, March 4 Former Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling urged party workers on Wednesday to join him in rebuilding his party, the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), as a strong political force in the state.The Chamling-led SDF, which governed Sikkim for 25 years from 1994, has no...

Gangtok, March 4 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and Governor Om Prakash Mathur joined the public in celebrating Holi at MG Marg in Gangtok on Wednesday.The event was also attended by High Court Chief Justice Muhamed Mustaque, along with state ministers and MLAs.The program was...

March 04, New Delhi - The Meteorological Department has issued a new weather forecast for various parts of the country. According to the department, light rain is expected in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh today.Dense fog is likely in some areas of Sikkim this morning, which may affect...

Gangtok, March 3 The BJP Sikkim unit submitted a representation to the Election Commission of India on Tuesday to protect the indigenous identity and constitutional rights of the Sikkimese people during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Himalayan state.The...

Gangtok, March 1 Hyatt Hotels Corporation will enter Sikkim with a new 150-room property in Gangtok, officials said.Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang virtually laid the foundation stone for the property on Sunday, which will be part of the Suryavilas mixed-use project in Mintokgang, about 2 km...

Gangtok, March 1 Three people were killed when a truck plunged into a gorge in the Gyalshing district of Sikkim in the early hours of Sunday, police said.The truck was traveling from Dentam to Gyalshing with construction materials when the accident occurred near Tikzeck Veer, they said.The...

Gangtok, February 28 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Saturday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching the nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign for girls, stating that the initiative will protect their health and future."In a significant step towards...

Gangtok, February 27 Fifty-seven earthquakes have been recorded in the Sikkim-Nepal-Bhutan-Tibet region since February 9, of which 41 originated in Sikkim, a top official said on Friday.Addressing a press conference, State Relief Commissioner, Land Revenue and Disaster Management Department...

Haringhata (West Bengal), February 27 – The National Capacity Building Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) Competition 2026 concluded successfully on Friday.The competition was hosted by the 2nd Battalion of the NDRF at its campus in Haringhata, in...

Gangtok, February 26 – The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has successfully restored the critical Chungthang-Lachen axis in North Sikkim, marking a major milestone in post-disaster recovery efforts following a series of natural calamities over the past two years, officials said on Thursday...

New Delhi, February 26 – Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth inaugurated the Chungthang-Lachen axis and a 400 ft Bailey Suspension Bridge over the Taram Chu River in North Sikkim, which were restored by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), an official said on Thursday."This is a major...

Gangtok, February 26 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang announced on Thursday that the Pakyong Airport, the only such facility in the Himalayan state, will be renamed after freedom fighter Trilochan Pokhrel.Trilochan Pokhrel, popularly known as "Gandhi Pokhrel," and considered the first...

Gangtok, February 26 Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth inaugurated the newly-constructed Taram Chu steel bridge on Thursday to restore connectivity along the Chungthang–Lachen Road in North Sikkim.In his address after inaugurating the steel bridge in Chungthang town, North Sikkim, he...

Gangtok, February 26 Two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 4.6 and 3.5, struck Sikkim on Thursday, officials said.The first earthquake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale, occurred at 11:24 am. The epicenter of the quake was located 4 km northeast of Yuksom in the Gyalshing district, at a depth...