Sikkim

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a financial aid package totaling Rs 11,500 crore for flood-affected states including Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and Assam in the Union Budget.

All tourist vehicles entering Sikkim will now have to mandatorily carry a large garbage bag, according to an official order.

The body of former Sikkim minister RC Poudyal was found in a canal near Siliguri in West Bengal nine days after he went missing, police said on Wednesday.

One person was killed today when a taxi travelling on National Highway-10 from Lingi to Singtam in Sikkim's Gangtok was hit by a large boulder. The accident was caused due to a landslide.

Tenzing Norbu Lamtha, the lone Sikkim Democratic Front MLA on Wednesday joined the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha claiming that the public mood is overwhelmingly in favour of the SKM led by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang.

Army engineers of Trishakti Corps constructed a 70 feet Bailey Bridge on Gangtok's Dikchu-Sanklang road within 72 hours to restore connectivity to areas cut off due to recent floods in Sikkim.

Bhaichung Bhutia, the Indian football legend, has quit electoral politics, he announced today. Mr Bhutia said he is quitting politics after the 2024 election results in Sikkim and added that "electoral politics is simply" not for him.

In its second day of rescue operation, the Sikkim administration on Tuesday evacuated 1,225 tourists from Lachung and nearby areas of Mangan district which was hit by a series of landslides and rain leaving at least six people dead, an official said.

The very-much delayed evacuation of 1,200 stranded tourists in rain-hit Sikkim's Chungthang began from Toong via Mangan through roads today afternoon.

Over 1,200 tourists stranded in Sikkim's Mangan district due to disruption in road and communication network may be evacuated on Sunday if the weather permits, an official statement said.

Incessant rains caused by a cloudburst in Sikkim's Mangan district - measuring over 220.1 mm - on Wednesday night killed six people, the state's government said.

At least six people were killed and 1,500-odd tourists stranded as massive landslides triggered by incessant rainfall caused devastation in northern Sikkim's Mangan district, officials said on Thursday.

In a confounding move, Krishna Kumari Rai has quit as the MLA from Namchi Singhithang just a day after she took the oath of office. Ms Rai is the wife of CM Prem Singh Tamang, whose party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), swept the recent elections.

Heavy rain in Sikkim has led to flash floods and landslides, killing three and damaging several houses. Debris from the landslides have blocked National Highway-10, which serves as a lifeline between Sikkim and Kalimpong in West Bengal, said official

Two people have been killed, one is missing, and several homes have been damaged in Sikkim as heavy rains triggered a flash flood in the Majua village in the state's Namchi district this morning around 5:30 am.

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a financial aid package totaling Rs 11,500 crore for flood-affected states including Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, and Assam in the Union Budget.

All tourist vehicles entering Sikkim will now have to mandatorily carry a large garbage bag, according to an official order.

The body of former Sikkim minister RC Poudyal was found in a canal near Siliguri in West Bengal nine days after he went missing, police said on Wednesday.

One person was killed today when a taxi travelling on National Highway-10 from Lingi to Singtam in Sikkim's Gangtok was hit by a large boulder. The accident was caused due to a landslide.

Tenzing Norbu Lamtha, the lone Sikkim Democratic Front MLA on Wednesday joined the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha claiming that the public mood is overwhelmingly in favour of the SKM led by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang.

Army engineers of Trishakti Corps constructed a 70 feet Bailey Bridge on Gangtok's Dikchu-Sanklang road within 72 hours to restore connectivity to areas cut off due to recent floods in Sikkim.

Bhaichung Bhutia, the Indian football legend, has quit electoral politics, he announced today. Mr Bhutia said he is quitting politics after the 2024 election results in Sikkim and added that "electoral politics is simply" not for him.

In its second day of rescue operation, the Sikkim administration on Tuesday evacuated 1,225 tourists from Lachung and nearby areas of Mangan district which was hit by a series of landslides and rain leaving at least six people dead, an official said.

The very-much delayed evacuation of 1,200 stranded tourists in rain-hit Sikkim's Chungthang began from Toong via Mangan through roads today afternoon.

Over 1,200 tourists stranded in Sikkim's Mangan district due to disruption in road and communication network may be evacuated on Sunday if the weather permits, an official statement said.

Incessant rains caused by a cloudburst in Sikkim's Mangan district - measuring over 220.1 mm - on Wednesday night killed six people, the state's government said.

At least six people were killed and 1,500-odd tourists stranded as massive landslides triggered by incessant rainfall caused devastation in northern Sikkim's Mangan district, officials said on Thursday.

In a confounding move, Krishna Kumari Rai has quit as the MLA from Namchi Singhithang just a day after she took the oath of office. Ms Rai is the wife of CM Prem Singh Tamang, whose party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), swept the recent elections.

Heavy rain in Sikkim has led to flash floods and landslides, killing three and damaging several houses. Debris from the landslides have blocked National Highway-10, which serves as a lifeline between Sikkim and Kalimpong in West Bengal, said official

Two people have been killed, one is missing, and several homes have been damaged in Sikkim as heavy rains triggered a flash flood in the Majua village in the state's Namchi district this morning around 5:30 am.