The President of India conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award on Shri Naren Gurung from Sikkim in recognition of his ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday conferred the prestigious Padma Awards to 71 distinguished individuals at the Civil Inv ...

The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, organised a two-day ...

Last month, Kalimpong mourned the passing of its famous citizen, Gyalo Thondup, elder brother of the Dalai Lama. Thondup ...

Over subsequent travels, I learned rhododendrons weave through Himalayan cultures, and are known by various names: talisfer ...

The CM made the announcement while attending the 'Shared Vision for Viksit Bharat 2047 – Military-Civil Fusion 2025" here. Tamang said in Sikkim Police constable recruitment there would be a 20 ...

He was accompanied by SDM Chungthang, representatives of DDMA Mangan, Pipons of Lachung Dzumsa, and members from the Travel Agents Association of Sikkim and the Driver Association. The two major ...

Chungthang in the Mangan district of northern Sikkim is nearly 100 km away from the State capital Gangtok. The vehicles carrying hundreds of stranded tourists have left for Mangan from Chungthang via ...

Sandeep Roy, a tourist from West Bengal, has gone missing while trekking towards the high-altitude Goechala in West Sikkim.

Around 1,000 tourists were stranded in picturesque North Sikkim following landslides in the Himalayan state which is also witnessing heavy rain. "Around 200 tourist vehicles were stranded at ...

BJP accuses BKU president of speaking "language of Pakistan" over Indus Waters treaty suspension post-Pahalgam terror attack.

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