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Gangtok, November 25, 2013 The National Level Special Handloom Expo’ 2013 was inaugurated on November 23, 2013 by the area MLA, Dorjee Namgyal Bhutia, at the roof top of Kanchandzonga Shopping Plaza for the period of twenty days. He was accompanied by the Secretary Commerce and Industries P.T Euthenpa, Director, …

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Gangtok, October 21, 2013 Mrs. Nim Yethenpa, Development Commissioner cum Secretary D.P.E.R & NEC Affairs inaugurated the Special Handloom Expo 2013 today organised by Sikkim Handloom and Handicraft Development Corporation Ltd (SHHDC) at its premises sponsored by the Office of the Development Commissioner Handloom, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. …

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Namchi , June 17, 2013 The Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling yesterday attended  the valedictory function of the five-day workshop and training on Namchi Designer Candle Making (NDCM), a CSR Initiative of the NEDFi, here in Community Hall Namchi. “I have come here to motivate and inspire the people towards adopting …

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Gangtok, March 13, 2013 Training on Bamboo Craft has been organised under Capacity Building of Integrated Watershed Management Programme I and II East District by the State Level Nodal Agency, Department of Forest, Environment and Wildlife Management for the duration of 45 days has been executed on 11th March here …

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Manipur launches Bamboo Cycles


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IMPHAL, November 29, 2012 Manipur Cycling Club has launched two models of bicycle made of bamboo in the ongoing Manipur Sangai Festival. The models, which were designed by Bangalore based designer Vijaykumar, were launched by Industries Minister Govindas Konthoujam and Tourism Parliamentary Secretary M Prithviraj at the stall of Commerce …

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Gangtok, October 31, 2012: Sikkim has a rich culture and National School of Drama is committed to promote cultural diversities of India through theatre.   So the Sikkim centre of the National School of Drama (NSD) is actively promoting theatre in the region to encourage budding actors. Recently, NSD Sikkim came out …

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Priyanka, Ranbir fall in love with Darjeeling over Barfee


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Darjeeling February 23, 2012: “The best thing which I liked about Darjeeling is the weather and I am impressed with the misty day where we hardly get to see” said Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra on Thursday in Darjeeling. Bollywood hearthrob Priyanka had come to Darjeeling for the shooting of Anurag …

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School days drawings of Sikkim’s Bollywood celebrity Danny


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Rajen Upadhyay Sikkim’s Tshering Pintso Bhutia popularly known as Danny Denzongpa is a famous name in the Bollywood. We have seen him in many Indian movies as a deleterious villain and also have listened to many songs sung by him in Indian and Nepali films. I still can remember a …

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Jorethang, January 12,2012 The final meeting of approaching maghey mela at Jorethang concluded today in the presence of area MLA Madan Cintury. The concluding meeting gave rise to a new organising committee. MLA Madan century has been nominated as the chief patron, Kewal Sharma as general secretary accompanied by panchayats …

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Sikkim girl Sonam is Femina Miss India East 2012 runner up


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22 years old Sonam Pachey hailing from Rumtek, East Sikkim has been chosen as the 1st runner up in the Pantaloon Femina Miss India East 2012. The winner of the PFMI 2012 is Himakshi Agarwala. Himakshi is a counsellor of Fashion Studies and a part-time model. After the results were …

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