Sikkim Government

People of the Himalayan idyll of Sikkim yearn for a "corruption and violence-free" government in elections to the state assembly slated to be held early next year, said ace footballer-turned-politician Bhaichung Bhutia.

Sikkim on Sunday unveiled a scheme to empower mothers in the state by opening savings accounts in "every mother's name".

After days of protest across Sikkim, the state government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court's for rectification of the court's observation that Sikkimese Nepalis were people of foreign origin.

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has launched an initiative under which 100 trees will be planted for every child born in the Himalayan state.

Ganesh Rai, co-ordinator and defacto leader of the new party released a vision document of the new party on Thursday.

DB Chauhan says resigned from Sikkim BJP chiefship as party did not take up demand of 12 BJP MLAs to join state government

The Sikkim government announced a ban on the release of "Kabaddi 4" today amid a massive controversy around the film.

BOSSE was founded in September 2020 with the objective to impart universal school education along with skill and vocational education for strengthening the social fabric of democracy through the provision of quality education.

Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang on Sunday said education and health sector are the chief focus area of his government.

In a development that has set alarm bells ringing in the Sikkim government, the highly-transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 was detected in 97 out of the 98 samples sent by the state for genome sequencing.

The Sikkim government on Sunday extended the statewide lockdown for one more week till June 14 in view of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, an official release said.

Nearly 100 Buddhist monks have tested positive for coronavirus in Sikkim. The state government is closely monitoring each and every Buddhist monastery, officials said.

Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Sikkim Government has decided to close down all educational institutions till May 31.

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday announced that the state government will provide free COVID-19 vaccine to all citizens between 18 to 45 years.

The government has sanctioned a dozen fresh battalions of the Sashastra Seema Bal or SSB, comprising over 13,000 personnel for the force that guards the Nepal and Bhutan borders, to "fortify" defences along these fronts including the tri-junction area in Sikkim that adjoins Bhutan and Tibet, news agency PTI reported quoting officials said.

People of the Himalayan idyll of Sikkim yearn for a "corruption and violence-free" government in elections to the state assembly slated to be held early next year, said ace footballer-turned-politician Bhaichung Bhutia.

Sikkim on Sunday unveiled a scheme to empower mothers in the state by opening savings accounts in "every mother's name".

After days of protest across Sikkim, the state government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court's for rectification of the court's observation that Sikkimese Nepalis were people of foreign origin.

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has launched an initiative under which 100 trees will be planted for every child born in the Himalayan state.

Ganesh Rai, co-ordinator and defacto leader of the new party released a vision document of the new party on Thursday.

DB Chauhan says resigned from Sikkim BJP chiefship as party did not take up demand of 12 BJP MLAs to join state government

The Sikkim government announced a ban on the release of "Kabaddi 4" today amid a massive controversy around the film.

BOSSE was founded in September 2020 with the objective to impart universal school education along with skill and vocational education for strengthening the social fabric of democracy through the provision of quality education.

Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang on Sunday said education and health sector are the chief focus area of his government.

In a development that has set alarm bells ringing in the Sikkim government, the highly-transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 was detected in 97 out of the 98 samples sent by the state for genome sequencing.

The Sikkim government on Sunday extended the statewide lockdown for one more week till June 14 in view of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, an official release said.

Nearly 100 Buddhist monks have tested positive for coronavirus in Sikkim. The state government is closely monitoring each and every Buddhist monastery, officials said.

Amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Sikkim Government has decided to close down all educational institutions till May 31.

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday announced that the state government will provide free COVID-19 vaccine to all citizens between 18 to 45 years.

The government has sanctioned a dozen fresh battalions of the Sashastra Seema Bal or SSB, comprising over 13,000 personnel for the force that guards the Nepal and Bhutan borders, to "fortify" defences along these fronts including the tri-junction area in Sikkim that adjoins Bhutan and Tibet, news agency PTI reported quoting officials said.