Gangtok, Aug 7 : Sikkim’s contribution to India’s freedom struggle is now clearly established, thanks to the sincere efforts put in by the Sikkim chapter of the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (BGP). Till the recent research findings by the BGP members, not much was known about late Sabitri Devi (Helen …
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GANGTOK, 2 Aug (PTI) Celebrated mohan veena artiste, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt accompanied by tabla maestro, Pandit Ram Kumar Mishra delighted an audience here with an outstanding performance.Sharing his feelings about his short experience in Sikkim, the music maestro said last evening that the state's beauty inspired music and if …
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VISHNU NEOPANEY Gangtok: Dr Prodipto Ghosh, former Secretary of Ministry of Forest and Environment, Govt. of India said Sikkim should play a ‘vocal role’ in the issue of degradation of Himalayan eco-system. Dr. Ghosh was addressing the third Foundation day National Seminar on ‘Mountain Regions and Climate Change: Impact, Adaptations …
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bdnews24.com New Delhi correspondent New Delhi, Aug 7 (bdnews24.com)—India is reluctant to immediately speed up negotiations for an agreement with Bangladesh for sharing water of Teesta, because the ruling Congress in New Delhi and its ally Trinamool Congress do not want to put at risk their political fortunes in …
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Young author Yishey Doma in the acknowledgements section of her recently released book “Legends of The Lepchas: Folk Tales from Sikkim” (Westland and Tranquebar Press) writes “finally my mother and my late father — storehouse of folktales; if it weren't for you I wouldn't have grown up listening to stories.” …
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My wife shook me up at five in the morning. The flight to Bagdogra was scheduled at ten, but to make her pine for that pine paradise longer, it got delayed by two-and-a-half hours. Bagdogra is the nearest airport, and it took a good five hours to reach the Mayfair resort in Gangtok from [...]
Read More...New Delhi, July30 : The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, PD Dinakaran, is being transferred to the Sikkim High Court. Dinakaran faces impeachment proceedings in the Rajya Sabha for alleged corruption.
President Pratibha Patil has reportedly signed the transfer order.
Last year, charges of corruption emerged when Dinakaran was recommended for promotion to [...]
GANGTOK (SIKKIM) : P G Tenzing, the Kerala-cadre IAS officer who quit his job to go on a 25,320-km motorcycle ride across India, died of cancer in his hometown Gangtok on Monday. He was 46.Tenzing studied at Delhi University. He was in the Kerala cadre of the Indian Administrative Service for twenty years. His [...]
Read More... 24 July, New Delhi: The Speech of Hon’ble Chief Minister, Mr. Pawan Chamling at the 55th Meeting of National Development Council, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 24th July 2010.
Hon’ble Prime Minister, most respected Dr. Manmohan Singh ji, Hon’ble Union Ministers, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Hon’ble Chief Ministers of various States and distinguished guests [...]