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
KOLKATA, SEPTEMBER 23 (IANS): Multiple landslides due to heavy rain have resulted in the closing of a stretch of a national highway that connects Sikkim with Darjeeling district of West Bengal, resulting in mas
Gangtok, September 19 (PTI): Three ministers of the Prem Singh Tamang government and two BJP MLAs have tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Saturday.
All legislators and staff of the state legis
Maligaon, August 26 (MExN): Sikkim, the only NE state without rail connectivity, could be added to India’s rail map by 2022.
According to a press release from Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) CPRO
Gangtok, August 26 (PTI): Sikkim on Wednesday recorded 11 new cases, taking the COVID-19 tally to 1,486, an official said.
All the new cases have come from East Sikkim district, Information, Education and Co
Gangtok, August 19 (PTI): Sikkim on Wednesday reported the third fatality due to COVID-19 when a 57 year-old man succumbed to the disease at STNM hospital here, an official said. Director General (DG)-cum-secre
GANGTOK, AUGUST 17 (PTI): Senior Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) leader Rup Narayan Rai was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at his residence where she was staying for month
Gangtok, August 17 (PTI): Sikkim on Monday reported 20 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the state''s tally to 1,187, an official said.
All the 20 COVID-19 positive cases have come from East Sikkim distr
Gangtok, August 15 (PTI): Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Saturday said his government will set up an education reform commission to draw a comprehensive policy in line with the NEP.
After unfurli
Gangtok, July 31 (PTI): The Sikkim government on Friday extended the complete lockdown in the state till August 3 in view of a spurt in COVID-19 cases, a senior official said.
As per the revised guidelines f
Gangtok, July 28 (PTI): Sikkim''s ruling SKM has attacked the opposition for "hitting below the belt" and "manipulating words" while accusing Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang of fail
New Delhi, July 27 (PTI): The highest decision-making body for SEZs will on July 31 consider a proposal for setting up a new special economic zone in Sikkim with an investment of around Rs 43 crore.
Sikkim
Gangtok, July 26 (PTI): Sikkim reported its first COVID-19 death on Sunday after a 74-year-old man succumbed to the disease at a state-run hospital here, a senior health official said.
The man was a resident
Gangtok, July 20 (PTI): The Sikkim government on Monday decided to impose a complete lockdown in the state from July 21 to July 27 in view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, officials said.
The decisio
Gangtok, July 14 (PTI): Sikkim on Tuesday reported its highest single-day spike of 45 new COVID-19 cases which pushed the tally in the state to 198, a health official said.
There are 112 active cases in th
Kolkata, July 14 (PTI): A two-lane steel structure in north Sikkim, touted to be the only arch-bridge in the country with the longest span of 217 metres between its two piers, is likely to be completed by March
Gangtok, July 1 (PTI): Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday announced a one-time incentive for doctors, nurses and other health workers in appreciation of their service in combating COVID-19 pan
Gangtok, June 28 (PTI): Nineteen houses and an old hostel of a senior secondary school have been damaged in a flash flood in upper Djongu region of North Sikkim district, an official said on Sunday. The flash f
Gangtok, June 27 (PTI): Heavy rains for the past one week have triggered a series of landslides snapping road links at several places between Gangtok and North Sikkim bordering China, and causing major damage t