Sikkim Quake

Exactly a year after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale stuck Sikkim causing widespread devastation and left nearly 80 dead, a moderate tremor measuring 4.1 was again felt in the state today for a few seconds. No casualties or damage to properties have been reported as yet.

It is nearly a month since an earthquake measuring 6.9 in the Richter scale struck Sikkim bringing death and destruction to strategically located state on the India-China border. Reconstruction and rebuilding process is on but key military positions and villages along the Indo-China border are still cut off.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced Rs 1000 crore as relief funds for quake-hit Sikkim. The Prime Minister also announced houses for the homeless.

A week after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged its North district, Sikkim is limping back to normalcy with most of the connecting roads in the remote areas restored.

It's been an endless wait for the family of Subrata Ranjan Nath. Mr Nath, a senior official with a power company in north Sikkim, has been missing since a devastating earthquake rattled the state nearly a week ago.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is in Gangtok today to review the damages caused by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit northeast India, Tibet and Nepal on Sunday, claiming hundreds of lives. Chidambaram will visit quake victims at the hospitals.

Four days after a devastating earthquake measuring a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale struck large parts of north east India, rescue and relief teams are still trying to reach thousands of people trapped in remote areas.

There is still no trace of 120 residents of Bay village in North Sikkim, located between Lachung and Chungthang, after Sunday's powerful quake even as a flash flood at Lachung poses a fresh threat of landslides.

Indian soldiers in helicopters and driving heavy road clearing equipment scrambled on Wednesday to reach a hydroelectric project in northeast India where at least a dozen people died and 40 others were missing after a powerful earthquake.

Three days after a devastating earthquake measuring a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale struck large parts of north east India, rescue and relief teams are still trying to reach thousands of people trapped in remote areas.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today made an aerial survey of quake-hit North Sikkim. He also visited a hospital in Gangtok.

The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) is planning to organise a football match to raise funds for Sikkim earthquake victims, its president Bhaichung Bhutia said on Tuesday.

Over 50 people have died in India, most of them in Sikkim, in the devastating earthquake which measured a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale. The quake hit parts of North India at around 6 pm on Sunday and was centred on the Sikkim-Nepal border, 64 kilometres north-west of Gangtok. Casualties have also been reported from neighbouring Bihar and West ...

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale shook parts of Meghalaya today, the seismic observatory here said. The mild intensity quake was recorded at 12.52 am and its epicentre was located along the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border, officials at the observatory said.

Five people were killed as the Sikkim earthquake, with a 6.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale, shook nearby Nepal yesterday. Three of the five Nepalese quake victims were killed when a high brick wall of the British Embassy at Lainchaur in Kathmandu collapsed, the police said.

Exactly a year after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale stuck Sikkim causing widespread devastation and left nearly 80 dead, a moderate tremor measuring 4.1 was again felt in the state today for a few seconds. No casualties or damage to properties have been reported as yet.

It is nearly a month since an earthquake measuring 6.9 in the Richter scale struck Sikkim bringing death and destruction to strategically located state on the India-China border. Reconstruction and rebuilding process is on but key military positions and villages along the Indo-China border are still cut off.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced Rs 1000 crore as relief funds for quake-hit Sikkim. The Prime Minister also announced houses for the homeless.

A week after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged its North district, Sikkim is limping back to normalcy with most of the connecting roads in the remote areas restored.

It's been an endless wait for the family of Subrata Ranjan Nath. Mr Nath, a senior official with a power company in north Sikkim, has been missing since a devastating earthquake rattled the state nearly a week ago.

Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is in Gangtok today to review the damages caused by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit northeast India, Tibet and Nepal on Sunday, claiming hundreds of lives. Chidambaram will visit quake victims at the hospitals.

Four days after a devastating earthquake measuring a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale struck large parts of north east India, rescue and relief teams are still trying to reach thousands of people trapped in remote areas.

There is still no trace of 120 residents of Bay village in North Sikkim, located between Lachung and Chungthang, after Sunday's powerful quake even as a flash flood at Lachung poses a fresh threat of landslides.

Indian soldiers in helicopters and driving heavy road clearing equipment scrambled on Wednesday to reach a hydroelectric project in northeast India where at least a dozen people died and 40 others were missing after a powerful earthquake.

Three days after a devastating earthquake measuring a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale struck large parts of north east India, rescue and relief teams are still trying to reach thousands of people trapped in remote areas.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today made an aerial survey of quake-hit North Sikkim. He also visited a hospital in Gangtok.

The Football Players Association of India (FPAI) is planning to organise a football match to raise funds for Sikkim earthquake victims, its president Bhaichung Bhutia said on Tuesday.

Over 50 people have died in India, most of them in Sikkim, in the devastating earthquake which measured a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale. The quake hit parts of North India at around 6 pm on Sunday and was centred on the Sikkim-Nepal border, 64 kilometres north-west of Gangtok. Casualties have also been reported from neighbouring Bihar and West ...

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale shook parts of Meghalaya today, the seismic observatory here said. The mild intensity quake was recorded at 12.52 am and its epicentre was located along the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border, officials at the observatory said.

Five people were killed as the Sikkim earthquake, with a 6.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale, shook nearby Nepal yesterday. Three of the five Nepalese quake victims were killed when a high brick wall of the British Embassy at Lainchaur in Kathmandu collapsed, the police said.