Tag: Sikkim

Pakyong Airport | 10 major facts about Sikkim’s first greenfield airport

Pakyong airport is spread over an area of 201 acres and is located on top of a hill about two km above Pakyong village.

September 24, 2018

Landslides affect traffic movement in Sikkim, Bengal

"Work is going on to clear the road and the damaged stretches need to be rebuilt. It will take two days to resume vehicle movement," an official said.

September 15, 2018

AR Rahman appointed Sikkim government’s brand ambassador

Famed Indian composer and singer-songwriter A.R. Rahman has been appointed the brand ambassador of the Sikkim government, a senior minister said on Wednesday. “We have appointed Rahman as the state government’s brand ambassador for a year,” Sikkim Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation and Commerce and Industries Ugen T Gyatso, said. As the government’s brand ambassador, …

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June 20, 2018

Sikkim MPs seek Rajnath help in Limboo-Tamang seat issue

Two Members of Parliament from Sikkim, PD Rai and Hishey Lachungpa, on Tuesday, called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his North Block Office in New Delhi. The two leaders presented Mr Singh a memorandum, seeking his intervention in resolving the protracted Limboo-Tamang seat reservation issue in the Himalayan state. In the memorandum, the …

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May 23, 2018

43rd State Day | Sikkim institutes award for journalists

On 43rd State Day on 16 May, CM Pawan Chamling and Governor Srinivas Patil also awarded farmers, young entrepreneurs, former bureaucrats and educators among others.

May 18, 2018

Sikkim group marks ‘Samjhauta Diwas’ in Gangtok

The Nationalist Sikkimese United Organisation (NSUO) marked Samjhauta Diwas-2018 at Bhanu Park here on Tuesday. The day commemorates the historic 8- May Tripartite Agreement signed in 1973 among the Indian government, the Chogyal of Sikkim and three political parties, which envisaged a democratic set-up and administrative reforms for Sikkim. The coordinator of the NSUO, Tshering …

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May 9, 2018

Meet Pawan Chamling — India’s longest serving CM

The 68-year-old completed 23 years, four months and 17 days in office on 29 April

April 30, 2018

Bhutia calls for ‘clean politics’ in Sikkim

As former Indian football skipper Bhaichung Bhutia announced a new political party for Sikkim, he called upon “good people and youths” to come forward to practice “clean politics” in the state. Announcing that he would be floating ‘Hamro Sikkim,’ Mr Bhutia told a press conference at the Press Club of India in Delhi in Delhi …

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April 28, 2018

Tamang to attend litterateur anniversary in Sikkim

The chairman of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Board of Administrators, Binoy Tamang, is scheduled to visit Sikkim on 26 April on the invitation from Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling to attend the 100th birth anniversary of literary and political figure Shiva Kumar Rai there. With the relationship between Darjeeling Hills and Sikkim getting better …

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April 25, 2018

Chamling sets eyes on 6th term

Chief Minister Pawan Chamling on Monday expressed confidence that people of Sikkim would elect him for the 6th straight term. As part of his state-wide tour called ‘Jan Seva Abhiyan,’ Mr Chamling on Monday began his trip to the East district from Simik Gumpa (monastery) in the Khamdong Singtam constituency. Addressing the huge gathering on …

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April 17, 2018

Sikkim bins seized inorganic vegetables

The state government on Wednesday disposed of inorganic vegetables that it had seized from markets in Gangtok on Monday. The vegetables seized from different shops at Lall Bazaar here were brought from Siliguri and were worth over Rs 2,50,00. The veggies were buried in the ground at Majhitar in East Sikkim this afternoon. While a …

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April 12, 2018

Bengal-Sikkim ropeway in offing

The state tourism department is planning to introduce ropeway services between Bengal and Sikkim. According to tourism minister Gautam Deb, his department will hold discussions with the Sikkim government on this issue. The decision comes at a time when the chairman of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Board of Administrators, Binoy Tamang, has said that …

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April 11, 2018

Sikkim oppn parties decry veggie ban

The opposition Sikkim National People’s party (SNPP) has demanded that the government roll back its decision to ban import of inorganic vegetables to the state. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, SNPP leaders said the local organic produce is insufficient to feed the state’s population and the huge number of tourists who visit the …

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April 6, 2018

Tamang plans four routes to connect Darj with Sikkim

The chairman of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), Binoy Tamang, has proposed four alternative routes that would connect Darjeeling with Sikkim. Mr Tamang proposed the routes to Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling during a meeting the two leaders had in Gangtok on 27 March. Addressing reporters here on Sunday night, Mr Tamang also said that …

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April 4, 2018

Chamling begins 32-day Sikkim tour

Chief Minister Pawan Chamling on Monday kicked off his 32-day tour of Sikkim. He reached North Sikkim on Monday and will wrap up his visit there in three days. As he spoke in the north, the CM said that Sikkim’s first airport at Pakyong would be opened in June. “I have come here to meet …

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April 3, 2018

Elated, Sikkim lauds Centre’s Karmapa decision

It’s elation and excitement in the Himalayan state of Sikkim. Thanks to the central government, the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje is finally visiting the state, albeit with a rider that he would not go to the Rumtek Monastery, the seat of the 16th Karmapa in exile, which is a subject of legal contest, given …

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March 31, 2018

CM Mamata Banerjee may visit Kalimpong, Sikkim in May

Despite her busy schedule in national politics, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Kalimpong in May, and if sources are to be believed, she has “multiple objectives,” including indirect campaigning for rural polls in north Bengal. An official source said Miss Banerjee, after her successful visit to Darjeeling for the Hill Business Summit, …

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March 31, 2018