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Sikkim News and Articles
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Sikkim set to host its first ever Ranji Trophy match this December
Gangtok (Sikkim), Nov 23 (IANS) Sikkim is set to host its first ever Ranji Trophy match this December after receiving the go-ahead from the BCCI.
2022-11-23
Category: India, Sikkim,Sports,Cricket
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Sikkim's Project 'Aagaz' to make schools safe amid pandemic
Gangtok, Nov 14 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Sunday launched Project "Aagaz" to make school environments safe, maintain health and hygiene measures, and extend psychosocial and nutritional support to students to strengthen their overall health and well-being in the wake of the ongoing Covid pandemic.
2021-11-14
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Education,Health/Medicine
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99 Buddhist monks test Covid positive in Sikkim
Gangtok, May 24 (IANS) As many as 99 Buddhist monks of two monasteries tested positive for Covid-19 in Sikkim, officials said on Monday.
2021-05-24
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Health/Medicine,Human Interest/Society
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Army rescues 450 tourists in Sikkim after severe snowstorm
Gangtok, April 1 (IANS) The army has rescued 450 tourists, including women and children, stuck near the India-China border in northern Sikkim, following a severe snowstorm, defence officials said on Thursday.
2021-04-01
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Defence/Security,Environment/Wildlife
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Commercial flight services resume in Sikkim after 19 months
Gangtok, Jan 23 (IANS) Commercial passenger flight services at Sikkims lone airport at Pakyong near Gangtok resumed on Saturday after a gap of about 19 months.
2021-01-24
Category: India, Sikkim,Business/Economy
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Sikkim Health Minister tests corona positive
Gangtok, Aug 21 (IANS) Sikkim Health Minister M.K. Sharma announced in a Facebook post on Friday that he has tested positive for Covid-19.
2020-08-21
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Health/Medicine
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Sikkim reports first Covid-19 death
Gangtok, July 26 (IANS) Sikkim on Sunday reported its first Covid-19 death even as the state's number of positive cases went up to 499, official said.
2020-07-26
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Health/Medicine
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Sikkim CM Golay wins from Poklok-Kaamrang
Gangtok/Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang alias P.S. Golay has won the Poklok-Kaamrang constituency on Thursday in the Assembly by-poll vote count in the Himalyan state.
2019-10-24
Category: India, Sikkim,National
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Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) sworn-in as new Sikkim CM
Gangtok, May 27 (IANS) Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) was sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Sikkim at the Paljor Stadium here on Monday.
2019-05-27
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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ALERT: Amit Shah leading with over 2.5 lakh votes from Gandhinagar
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2019-05-23
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Close fight between SDF, SKM in Sikkim
Gangtok, May 23 (IANS) The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), in power in the Himalayan state of Sikkim for nearly 25 years, was marginally ahead of its close rival Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) in the Assembly election as per trends from 11 seats in the 32-member House on Thursday.
2019-05-23
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Sikkim witnesses 15% polling in first 3 hours
Gangtok, April 11 (IANS) Around 15 per cent votes were cast in the first three hours of polling in Sikkim on Thursday in simultaneous eletions for a new 32-member state Legislative Assembly and to pick its only Lok Sabha member.
2019-04-11
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Dangal 2019,Politics
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Sikkim records over 74 pc polling
Gangtok, April 11 (IANS) Over 74 per cent votes were cast as polling continued beyond the deadline in Sikkim on Thursday in simultaneous elections for the 32-member state Assembly and the lone Lok Sabha seat.
2019-04-11
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Dangal 2019
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Chamling seeks sixth term as Sikkim Chief Minister
Gangtok, April 8 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling is seeking a record sixth term in office in the upcoming assembly elections that will largely see a three-way fight between his Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) led by P.S. Golay and the Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) of former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia.
2019-04-08
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Dangal 2019,Politics
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Sikkim CM Chamling files nomination from two seats
Namchi (Sikkim), March 25 (IANS) India's longest serving Chief Minister Pawan Chamling filed his nomination from Namchi Singithang and Poklok Kamrang assembly constituencies on Monday for the Sikkim assembly elections.
2019-03-25
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Dangal 2019,Politics
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Will give clean government, people believe my party: Bhaichung Bhutia (IANS Interview)
Gangtok, March 9 (IANS) Unfazed by recent desertions from his fledgling party, football icon-turned-politician Bhaichung Bhutia exudes confidence that the Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) would give a "new" and "clean" government if voted to power in the Himalayan state.
2019-03-09
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics,Sports
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Sikkim won't politicise religion, nor have dynastic politics: CM
Namchi (Sikkim), March 5 (IANS) Sikkim's five-term Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has said his state will never politicise religion, nor will it indulge in dynastic politics, in effect distancing it from both the BJP and the Congress for the upcoming assembly and parliamentary elections.
2019-03-05
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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SDF launches digital campaign, targets first-time voters
Gangtok, Feb 6 (IANS) The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), which has been in power since 1994, has launched a new digital campaign targeting first-time voters and urging them to vote for Chief Minister Pawan Chamling.
2019-02-06
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Sikkim Governor unfurls tricolour
Gangtok, Jan 26 (IANS) Governor Ganga Prasad Aunfurled the tricolour and took the salute as Sikkim joined the rest of India in celebrating the nation's 70th Republic Day on Saturday.
2019-01-26
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Safeguarding Sikkim's special status top priority: SDF MP
Gangtok, Jan 19 (IANS) Amid concerns about the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Lok Sabha MP of Sikkim Democratic Front's (SDF) P.D. Rai on Saturday asserted that safeguarding the special status of the state is the "top priority".
2019-01-19
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Sikkim CM launches 'One Family, One Job' scheme
Gangtok, Jan 12 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling on Saturday launched the 'One Family, One Job' scheme that envisions jobs to a member of every family which does not have a government job in the state.
2019-01-12
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Business/Economy,Human Interest/Society,Politics
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Sikkim CM launches 'One Family, One Job' scheme
Gangtok, Jan 12 (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling on Saturday launched 'One Family, One Job' scheme that envisions employment to a member of every family which does not have a government job in the state.
2019-01-12
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Business/Economy,Politics
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Sikkim Police safest, says CM
Gangtok, Jan 11 ((IANS) There has been no communal incident in Sikkim in the 25-year rule of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government, according to Chief Minister Pawan Chamlilng.
2019-01-11
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Italy to adopt Sikkim model of organic farming
Gangtok, Jan 9 (IANS) Italy will be transformed into an "organic country" by adopting the farming policy of Sikkim, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling said quoting a communication received from Rome.
2019-01-09
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Business/Economy,Environment/Wildlife,Human Interest/Society,Politics
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Army rescues 300 more stranded tourists in Sikkim
Gangtok, June 18 (IANS) The Indian Army on Sunday rescued around 300 more tourists, including women and children, stranded in Sikkim due to landslides and roadblocks triggered by torrential rains, defence officials said.
2023-06-18
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Defence/Security,Environment/Wildlife,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Bhaichung Bhutia flags rising violence in Sikkim
Gangtok, March 22 (IANS) Former India footballer-turned-politician Bhaichung Bhutia said on Wednesday that Sikkim has acquired the image of a violence-ridden state in the last two years due to the politics of violence unleashed against opposition parties.
2023-03-22
Category: India, Sikkim,National,IANS Special Series,Politics
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Sikkim Shocker: 11-yr-old girl raped, strangled to death
Gangtok, April 18 (IANS) Sikkim has been left horrified after an 11-year-old girl from Gangtok was sexually assaulted and then strangled to death.
2023-04-18
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Bhaichung Bhutia joined hands with regional political outfit in Sikkim
Gangtok, Jan 4 (IANS) India football legend Bhaichung Bhutia, who heads the Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP), on Wednesday joined hands with a regional political outfit Sikkim Republican Party (SRP), to jointly campaign for implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the northeastern state.
2023-01-04
Category: India, Sikkim,National
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JAC calls for Sikkim bandh on Wednesday
Gangtok, Feb 6 (IANS) The Joint Action Council (JAC) has called a Sikkim bandh on Wednesday to register a strong condemnation of the 'immigrant' tag on Sikkimese Nepali and dilution of 'Sikkimese' definition in the January 13 Supreme Courts verdict.
2023-02-06
Category: India, Sikkim,National,IANS Special Series,Politics
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Sikkim wears deserted look, bandh evokes good response
Gangtok, Feb 8 (IANS) Normal life came to a standstill during the 12-hour-long bandh in the state on Wednesday called by JAC to protest Supreme Court verdict labelling Sikkimese-Nepaleese "foreigners".
2023-02-08
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Sitharaman to visit Sikkim for four days from Feb 27
Gangtok, Feb 20 (IANS) Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reach Sikkim on February 27 for a four-day visit to the state, a state government statement said on Monday.
2023-02-20
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Centre committed to development of border villages to stop migration: FM
Gangtok, Feb 28 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on her second day of Sikkim visit, has left for Lachen, a remote settlement in North Sikkim close to the Indo-China border. She is expected to reach the border village in the late afternoon hours.
2023-02-28
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Human Interest/Society,Politics
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Between food and the mouth - identity, history and religion
Yuksam (Sikkim), May 7 (IANS) If we are what we eat, then what are we? This collection of essays, 'Turmeric Nation: A Passage Through India's Tastes' (Speaking Tiger) looks at food through tradition, religion, history, habits, genetics, geography and habits by author Shylashri Shankar, a Delhi-based senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research serves as an assertion that it is only through hybridity and not uniformity that the true essence of India comes forth.
2023-05-07
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Art/Culture/Books
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Former Sikkim BJP president D.B. Chauhan resigns
Gangtok, March 20 (IANS) Former Sikkim BJP president D.B. Chauhan on Monday resigned from the party's primary membership ending all ties with the national party.
2023-03-20
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Drugs abuse a matter of national concern: Om Birla
Gangtok, Feb 24 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday urged the elected representatives and legislatives to undertake a 'Jan Andolan' in their respective states to collectively eradicate drugs abuse in India.
2023-02-24
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Human Interest/Society,Politics
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Sikkim: Residents asked to deposit only segregated waste to garbage collectors
Gangtok, Dec 9 (IANS) In a push for scientific and sustainable management of solid waste, the civic authorities have directed the residents of seven municipal bodies of Sikkim to deposit segregated waste only to the garbage collectors.
2022-12-09
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Information technology should be used to improve efficiency in governance: Om Birla
Gangtok, Feb 23 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Thursday that the information technology should be used to improve efficiency in governance and for improving lives of people.
2023-02-23
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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India's first Avalanche Monitoring Radar installed in Sikkim
Gangtok, Sep 23 (IANS) The Indian Army and the Defence Geoinformatics and Research Establishment (DGRE) have jointly installed the Avalanche Monitoring Radar, first of its kind in India, in north Sikkim, defence officials said on Friday.
2022-09-23
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Defence/Security,Technology
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BRO rescues 40 tourists stranded in Sikkim after heavy rainfall
Gangtok, May 2 (IANS) The Border Road Organisation (BRO) rescued 40 tourists stranded in Sikkim's Nathu La after they were stuck due to heavy rainfall, defence sources said on Tuesday.
2023-05-02
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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Scores of tourists feared dead in Sikkim avalanche
Gangtok, April 4 (IANS) Scores of tourists were caught by an avalanche on Tuesday while taking photos along the snow-covered hill side of Jawaharlal Nehru Marg which connects Gangtok to the tourism spots of Tsomgo Lake and Nathula border. Casualties are feared even though relief and rescue operations are going on a war-footing to extract the trapped tourists under the avalanche.
2023-04-04
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Human Interest/Society
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Army rescues 350 tourists stranded in Sikkim after sudden snowfall (Ld)
Gangtok, April 4 (IANS) The Border Road Organisation (BRO) on Tuesday rescued a total of 350 tourists stranded in east Sikkim after they were stuck in a sudden avalanche, defence sources said.
2023-04-04
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident
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7 tourists killed in Sikkim avalanche; 350 rescued (2nd Ld)
Gangtok, April 4 (IANS) At least seven tourists were killed on Tuesday in Sikkim after a massive avalanche hit a section of National Highway 310, an official said.
2023-04-04
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Environment/Wildlife
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From Nalanda to Himalayas and beyond
Gangtok, Dec 4 (IANS) The Himalayan region from Tawang, Sikkim, Lahaul-Spiti, Kinauur, Uttrakhand to Ladakh, are a rich repository of the cultural heritage of Buddhist traditions.
2022-12-04
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Human Interest/Society
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Walking through fog with author Anuja Chauhan
Yuksam (Sikkim), May 10 (IANS) A permanent gray envelopes everything around. Clouds, an arm's length away are doing somersaults on the mountains wearing thick greens. The light is tricky for a photo shoot, but author Anuja Chauhan is game -- like her writing, she believes in chance.
2023-05-10
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Art/Culture/Books
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Feral dogs emerge as dominant predator in Sikkim
Gangtok, Dec 5 (IANS) As their population grows unchecked, feral dogs have emerged as the dominant predator in Sikkims wildlife landscape posing a grave risk to high altitude endangered species like snow leopard and red panda, a senior forest officer said here on Monday.
2022-12-05
Category: India, Sikkim,National
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Sikkim govt bans use of glue traps for rodent control
Gangtok, June 30 (IANS) The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services (AH & VS) Department of the Sikkim government asked the District Collector (DC) of Gangtok to ensure strict enforcement of the state's 2016 notification prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and use of glue traps for rodent control, officials said on Thursday.
2022-06-30
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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Army rescues 400 tourists stranded in Sikkim after heavy snowfall
Gangtok, March 12 (IANS) Army personnel rescued around 400 tourists stranded in Sikkim following heavy snowfall and later provided emergency assistance, including medical care and food, to them, defence officials said on Sunday.
2023-03-12
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Defence/Security,Environment/Wildlife
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Centre of Excellence for football to come up in Sikkim
Gangtok, Nov 17 (IANS) An AIFF Centre of Excellence and the FIFA football for schools programme in Sikkim have been announced by AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey. The AIFF president made the announcement after meeting Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang at Gangtok on Wednesday evening.
2022-11-17
Category: India, Sikkim,Sports,Football
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We never came across campaigns like 'Meet The Champion' to make us understand the value of balanced diet: Tarundeep Rai
Namchi, Sikkim, July 20 (IANS) Carrying forward the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on creating a new, healthier and fitter India, Tokyo Olympian Tarundeep Rai interacted with students from 75 schools during the campaign on Santulit Aahar (balanced diet) - 'Meet The Champion', here on Wednesday.
2022-07-20
Category: India, Sikkim,Sports,Other Sports
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Govt committed to increase domestic dairy market to Rs 30L cr: Amit Shah
Gangtok, Oct 7 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the government is committed to increase the domestic dairy market of Rs 13 lakh crore to Rs 30 lakh crore by 2027, adding India has a huge opportunity to supply milk to countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
2022-10-07
Category: India, Sikkim,National,Politics
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