Gangtok, October 21 (PTI): A Himalayan black bear was rescued from the Raj Bhavan complex in Gangtok on Thursday after a gruelling operation that lasted for hours, officials said.
The bear was first spotted
Gangtok, October 19 (PTI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's Sikkim visit has been postponed by two days owing to inclement weather.
Naidu will now be visiting the Himalayan state on Friday instead of We
Gangtok, October 18 (PTI): Classroom teaching for students from Lower KG to Class 8 in Sikkim resumed on Monday with strict adherence to the COVID-19 guidelines, an official said.
Physical classes have
Gangtok, October 12 (PTI): The Sikkim government on Tuesday lifted inter-state travel restrictions in the festive season allowing people to enter the state without producing negative RTPCR test reports or vacci
Gangtok, October 3 (PTI): Sikkim on Sunday reported 18 new COVID-19 cases, seven less than the previous day, with the tally increasing to 31,525, a health department bulletin said.
The death toll remained at
Gangtok, September 26 (PTI): Sikkim''s COVID-19 tally rose to 31,266 on Sunday as 40 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the Himalayan state''s coronav
Gangtok, September 21 (PTI): Sikkim on Tuesday reported 43 new COVID-19 cases, 27 more than the previous day, with the tally increasing to 31,014, according to a health department bulletin.
East Sikkim regis
Gangtok, September 20 (PTI): Sikkim reported 16 new COVID-19 cases, which raised its tally to 30,971, while one more fatality pushed the toll to 380, according to a bulletin issued by the health department on M
Gangtok, September 19 (PTI): The Sikkim government has declared ''Cooper Mahseer'' locally named ''Katley'' as the state fish, an official of the Fisheries department said.
Th
Gangtok, September 11 (PTI): The Sikkim government on Saturday announced that all schools and colleges in the state would be shut down after COVID-19 cases were found among students.
Education Secretary GP U
Gangtok, September 8 (PTI): Sikkim recorded a slight dip in new COVID-19 cases as 54 new infections were detected in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 30,384, a health department bulletin said on Wednesda
Gangtok, September 7 (PTI): Sikkim's COVID-19 tally rose to 30,330 on Tuesday as 74 more people tested positive for the infection, while one fresh fatality pushed the Himalayan state''s coronavirus
Gangtok, March 1 (PTI): Sikkim's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 6,145 on Monday as eight more people tested positive for the infection, an official said.
South Sikkim reported five new cases, while East Si
Gangtok, February 23 (PTI): In the light of post COVID scenario a unique initiative ‘Udbhav’' has been launched to promote hygienic practices at all levels for school going children in Sikkim on
Gangtok, February 14 (PTI): Schools in Sikkim will reopen onMonday for pre-primary and primary students after a gap of 11 months with strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocol, the state government said.
Gangtok, January 22 (PTI): To boost rural, religious and adventure tourism in Sikkim, the state government has decided to open the Ramam checkpost for entry of foreign tourists from March 1, an official said.
Gangtok, January 11 (PTI): The Sikkim assembly on Monday adopted a resolution for granting Scheduled Tribe status to 11 left-out communities of the state.
The resolution will now be forwarded to the Centre f
Gangtok, October 4 (PTI): At least one person was killed and three others were injured after heavy rains triggered a landslide at Tafil village in West Sikkim district, an official said on Sunday.
Personnel
Gangtok, September 23 (PTI): A major landslide, triggered by heavy rains, on the National Highway 10 cut off Sikkim from the rest of the country on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The landslide happened a
Gangtok, September 23 (PTI): Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang''s wife Krishna Rai and some of her family members have tested positive for COVID-19.
In a Facebook post she said: "We made a