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Namchi, February 4, 2014 The Gram Swaraj Mela or Janata Mela organized by RMDD was held today for South District at Assangthang Helipad Namchi. Today under the governance of the present government, progress has reached the nooks and corners of Sikkim and in the same way the government has also …

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Nyingma Monlam Chenmo holds Heavenly Virtues: Sikkim CM


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Gangtok, February 4, 2014 Following is the message of Sikkim Chief Minister Mr Pawan Chamling on the occasion of Silver Jubilee Celebration of Nyingma Monlam Chenmo at Bodhgaya being observed from 31st January till 10th February 2014. It is with great pleasure and immense admiration that I address this message …

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He has defeated dead. Believe it or not but it is true, one of its kind of story in the world- a man from an Indian army in a Nathula border is still doing his duty even after his death some three decades back. 60 km from Gangtok towards the …

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Kohima, November 26, 2013 A considerable number of cultural and tattoo enthusiasts from the region marked the success and added fuel to Mo Naga’s initiative to protect, revive and promote the tribal tattoos of north-east here in Kohima. The three day educational seminar cum workshop – “Tattoos and Art Culture …

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PARAKHA (East Sikkim), October 31, 2013 Social Welfare additional director P.P. Neopaney yesterday said that only Sikkim Subject holder Buddhist and Christians are counted as minorities in Sikkim for availing of different scholarships under Prime Minister’s 15 points programme for the welfare of minorities. Addressing the technical session on Prime …

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Gangtok, October 3, 2013 Chief Minister Pawan Chamling laid the foundation stone of Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim (EPCS) Church in the compound of Palzor Namgyal Senior Secondary School (PNGSS) here in the capital today. Mr. Chamling and his government have always given equal importance, value, respect, safety and security …

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Sikkim: Bethsaida Christian Church held Ordination Ceremony


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Singtam, September 26, 2013 Bethsaida Christian Church of Sikkim, Sawney-West Pendam has organised the Ordination Ceremony at the Church premises yesterday. The 54-year-old founder of the Church, elder Chandra Prakash Rai, who is currently working as a private secretary in the Forest & Wildlife Department was ordained for a pastor …

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Gangtok, September 23, 2013 Sikkim Chief Secretary R. Ongmu, IAS formally inaugurated National Handloom Expo 2013 at the premises of Directorate of Handicrafts and Handlooms, Zero Point, Gangtok on September 21. The National Handloom Expo 2013 is being organized by the Sikkim Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd and has …

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Gangpo, September 18, 2013 Rangpo correspondent Mr Sanjay Agarwal has received Maharana Pratap Rastriya Ekta Samman by Rastriya Kala and Sanskriti Parisad at Haldighati Rajasthan on the eve of Hindi week. Agarwal received the award in the presence of more than 400 renowned social workers, spiritual leaders, writers, poets from …

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Gangtok, September 17, 2013: Three female poets of Sikkim, Sudha M. Rai, Apsara Dahal and Meena Subba, were honoured with Kamala Aanshu Smriti Sahitya Puraskar and Sahitya Samman by Littérateur Kamala Aanshu Memorial Trust here on September 15, 2013 at Nepali Sahitya Parishad Bhavan. Poet Sudha M. Rai from Gangtok …

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