Tag: Sikkim

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

MLA claims Centre nod to Karmapa Sikkim visit

MLA from Sangha constituency in Sikkim, Sonam Lama, on Thursday claimed that the union Home Ministry has given the nod to Karmapa Ogyen Trinlay Dorje’s visit to Sikkim. “The Cabinet Committee on Security (headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi) has given the approval, and this is great news for Sikkim. However, I have learnt that the …

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March 30, 2018

Sikkim plans to develop ‘hubby-wife lakes’ in West

Sikkim’s tourism department plans to bring in more development in the tourism sector around the twin lakes- Noonthalay-Jorpokhari located at 9,314 feet above sea level in West Sikkim. Sikkim officials said tourist so far are not aware of the beautiful lakes located under a reserved forest called Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary, a two-and-a-half-hour trekking route. Local …

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March 27, 2018

Sikkim youths in bid to promote river rafting

With a view to promoting adventure tourism, unemployed youths of Melli in South Sikkim have started ‘professional rafting’ in the Rangit river. The group, Rangit Triveni Rafting and Rescue Team, has become the first such group to take up professional rafting in the river. “This is our effort to promote adventure tourism in the region. …

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March 21, 2018

Sikkim’s ‘Iron Man’ retires from police service

Sikkim’s ‘Iron Man’ has taken voluntary retirement from his service at the police department to work for youths and to promote ‘iron sports’ in the state. Pema Dorjee Bhutia, 49, who was a head constable with the Sikkim Armed police (SAP) on Friday told the Press that he took voluntary retirement this month. He served …

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March 17, 2018

Sikkim-Bengal transport pact: SKM seeks papers

The Opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) has demanded that the state government make public the transport agreement signed between Sikkim and West Bengal. The party has further urged the government to immediately make amendments if there was any “mistake” in the agreement in the interest of drivers of Sikkim. Addressing a press conference here today, …

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March 16, 2018

CMs may talk Sikkim rail project

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling may seek West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s cooperation in obtaining a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for implementing Sikkim’s first railway line, the Sevoke-Rangpo railway project. The project that will include Sikkim in the railway map of the country for the first time was stalled …

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March 16, 2018

Mamata, Chamling to talk Darj dev issues

The ‘unpredictable’ Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, once again sprung a good surprise as she attended the second and closing day of the Hill Business Summit here on Wednesday and announced investment from industrialists to the tune of Rs 2000 crore in the Hills. She dropped a bombshell when she announced that she will be holding …

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March 15, 2018

No official word on transport pact row: Sikkim

Sikkim’s Transport Department Secretary SBS Bhaduria on Tuesday said the Himalayan state has not yet received an official confirmation on neighbouring West Bengal cancelling a transport agreement between the two states. Mr Bhaduria convened a meeting of Transport Department officials to take stock of the situation amid media reports that the Bengal government has stopped …

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March 14, 2018

Sikkim notice bans sale of non-organic produce

The Sikkim government has issued a notification that seeks to restrict the sale of non-organic agriculture and horticulture commodities with effect from 1 April. The government says that in doing so, it plans to prevent health hazards for humans and animals alike and save the environment. “The state government hereby restricts the sale of non-organic …

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March 14, 2018

Sikkim-Rangpo rail line to kick off in Bengal ‘after land acquired’

Work on the proposed railway connectivity between West Bengal and Sikkim, the Sevoke-Rangpo rail line, will start once the land acquisition process is over, General manager (Construction), of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), Nilesh Kishore Prasad, said on Monday. Mr Prasad, who also said that air-conditioned coaches for the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) may be …

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March 13, 2018

Sikkim wins Centre award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday awarded 10 districts across the country, including North Sikkim, for outstanding contribution to ‘effective community engagement’ under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ (BBBP) scheme. The award was received by the District Collector of North Sikkim, Karma R Bonpo. As the country marked International Women’s Day on Thursday, Mr Modi …

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March 10, 2018

Pakyong airport to be operational soon: Sikkim CM Chamling

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has said the newly-constructed airport at Pakyong will soon become operational. “The Pakyong airport is now ready and will be operational soon,” he told the state Assembly yesterday. Expressing happiness over the successful landing of an Indian Air Force Dornier aircraft on March 5, the first-ever landing of an …

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March 8, 2018

Axe falls on nine Sikkim BJP members

The Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Sikkim unit has expelled nine party workers who were involved in attacking their fellow party members at the Singtam party office on 29 January. BJP’s Sikkim unit president DB Chauhan told a press conference here today that “hooligans” from their party have been expelled for six years and that the …

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March 8, 2018

Sikkim tables youth-centric budget; discussions on Wednesday

Chief Minister and leader of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly Pawan Chamling, who is also the Minister-in-charge of Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Department, on Tuesday, placed a general budget Rs 7051.09 Crore in the 7th session of the Ninth Assembly (Budget Session 2018-19) of the House presided over by Speaker KN Rai. The CM presented the …

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March 7, 2018

Sikkim BJP celebrates Northeast victory

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Sikkim Pradesh on Tuesday marked ‘Badhai Diwas’ to celebrate the historic victory of the party in Assembly elections Northeastern states. In a statement, the BJP said that a function to mark the victory was on Tuesday presided over by senior party leader and library in-charge Bhanu Bhakta Sharma and conducted …

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March 7, 2018

Aircraft lands at Pakyong airport, creates history

The first fixed-wing aircraft, the Dornier 228 (19-seater) of the Indian Air Force, made a successful landing at the newly constructed Pakyong Airport in Sikkim on Monday. Chief Secretary AK Shrivastava said the trial landing at 3.25 pm was historic and the first such landing of such an aircraft in Sikkim soil. “This was possible …

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March 6, 2018