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Four army personnel died and two others were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell down a hillside at 6 Mile between Gangtok and Nathu-la on Wednesday morning. ...

A sizable number of 800-odd ad hoc schoolteachers who had been appointed last year gathered in front of the Tashiling Secretariat in Gangtok on Monday to protest against the decision of the Sikkim gov...

Dr Phurba Lepcha, the deputy director of Mother Dairy Farm at Karfectar in South Sikkim, was recently named as one of the recipients of the Best Veterinarian Award by the Indian Veterinary Association...

The Sikkim government on Thursday extended the closure of all schools and colleges till July 31 to prevent the possibility of students getting struck by Covid-19 even though the rate of infection in t...

Sikkim Assembly on Tuesday approved two bills, paving the way for the setting up of two private universities in West Sikkim, and amended another bill to revive a defunct private university based origi...

Sikkim chief minister P. S. Tamang (Golay) on Monday said that his government planned to provide universal health insurance coverage to the entire population of the state post the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

One person died, th­ree received injuries and a number of houses suffered da­mage as heavy rain triggered landslides at numerous places in and around Gangtok on Tuesday night. Bimla Chettri, ...

Heavy rain over the past 24 hours in North Sikkim triggered landslides and damaged roads at many places in the district. The major impact was bo­r­ne by Bringbong Government Primary School in...

Former footballer and leader of the Hamro Sikkim Party Bhaichung Bhutia on Monday assailed the Sikkim government for building a hospital at the playing field of the state’s veterinary department...

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