Gangtok, July 26: The opposition Congress today released a 108-page booklet highlighting the alleged corruption of the chief minister, five ministers and seven former ministers who had misappropriated wealth worth Rs 113 crore between 1994 and 2009.
Around 40 pages of Sikkim Mahaloot, the booklet, are on chief minister Pawan Chamling. The booklet was [...]
GANGTOK, July 26: The three member team of Singapore Tour Operators on its final day of Sikkim visit met the members of Sikkim Association of Adventure Tour Operators (SAATO) in Gangtok on July 26 and discussed upon various aspects through which Sikkim tourism can be promoted in Singapore and vice versa.
The prime purpose [...]
Read More... KOLKATA: Sikkim’s Santosh Trophy campaign received a huge blow on Saturday with three of their players tested positive for swine flu.
Bikas Jairu, Sanjay Chhetri and Sagar Rai tested positive for the disease after they were admitted at the state-run Infectious Diseases Hospital this morning with high fever, according to the local manager of [...]
Bhutan stamp on Sikkim CD
July 25: A music album by two teachers in Sikkim to promote Yuksom and Tashiding has paid rich dividends with the Bhutan government releasing two postal stamps recognising the duo’s efforts to showcase Buddhist culture and heritage.
The songs in the video album, made to promote Yuksom and Tashiding as [...]
GANGTOK, July 24: Gangtok Sadar police today arrested five persons while they were trying to illegally sell 2.1 kgs of ‘Yarsa Gumba’ (Cordyceps Sinensis), a Himalayan medicinal herb famed for its aphrodisiac properties.
Police arrested Bhim Bahadur Rai (20), Pawan Pradhan (34), Bikash Gurung (27), Suk Bahadur Subba (26) and Nar Bahadur Gurung (47) in [...]
CHANDIGARH: Haryana’s skewed sex ratio, which has increasingly prompted boys to marry girls from outside the state, has now led to trafficking of women from as far as Sikkim. With the arrest of a woman on Thursday, the police claim to have smashed a trafficking ring. Police said on Saturday that they rescued a [...]
Read More... 04 August,Gangtok: An Assistant Branch Manager of State Bank of Sikkim (SBS) and a Class I-government contractor have been arrested by Sikkim Vigilance Police on charges of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy in faking Term Deposit Receipts (TDRs) from missing booklets of TDR forms of the bank. Sources informed …
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Justice PD Dinakaran Gangtok, Aug. 5: The Bar Association of Sikkim has decided to boycott the ceremony where Justice P.D. Dinakaranwill be sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court on August 9. Justice Dinakaran, who faces a probe by a panel of three Supreme …
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Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia is now pursuing a new passion — the dream to establish a football academy in his home state of Sikkim. Bhutia plans to set up a football academy in Sikkim, which would provide the best coaching and training facilities to youngsters. His plans have already …
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