Gangtok, February 3, 2014 Sikkim Chief Minister Mr. Pawan Chamling immediately rushed to Rhenock, East Sikkim to meet the victims of the fire incident which broke around 1 am in the morning of 2rd February 2014. Eleven houses were fully damaged and nine houses partially damaged due to the fire. …

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New Delhi, February 3, 2014 The 9th MGNREGA Divas was celebrated by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India on February 2, 2014. The Sikkim Mahatma Gandhi NREGA programme bagged two national awards for excellence fourth time in a row. The Lamten Tingmo – Gram Panchayat, Wok Block, South …

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Gangtok, 31 January, 2014: The delegation team congratulated Shri Kumar for being conferred with Sikkim Khel Ratna on Republic Day 2014 at Gangtok for his successful quest of Mount Everest. The team also briefed Shri Kumar about the social activities doing by AJKS for the welfare of SCs. Shri Kumar …

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Gangtok, January 28, 2014: The printing press of Sikkim Express and Himali Bela located at Daragaon, Tadong came under an outrageous attack from an armed person at around 4 am on Tuesday morning. There were five workers inside the press printing the Sikkim Express and Himali Bela papers of Tuesday …

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Ranipool, East Sikkim, January 10, 2014: A NGO named Adharshila Nari Sangathan has demanded that the murderer husband must be given life sentence imprisonment. The husband Somnath Sharma who has allegedly murdered his pregnant wife has been charged under section 302 and 201 of IPC. The police said that Somnath …

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Gangtok, 7th January 2014: Justice Narendra Kumar Jain was sworn in as Chief Justice of High Court of Sikkim, today. Governor of Sikkim Shrinivas Patil administered the oath of office to Justice Narendra Kumar Jain at a function organized at Ashirwad Hall, Raj Bhawan, Gangtok.

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Gangtok, December 26, 2013: Dup Tshering Bhutia, aged 41 years-old, resident of Phodong has been arrested at Sadar Police station for making MMS of 20 years-old young girl. The girl was searching for a rented room to stay in Gangtok for few days. Dup Tshering Bhutia met her on 17th …

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Gangtok, December 20, 2013 Sikkim girl Dew Kumari Sharma received her Ph.D degree in Plant Physiology and Quantitative Genetics from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, after successfully defending her Ph.D Thesis on October 18. Her Ph.D thesis entitled “Heat Tolerance in Wheat: Linking Physiological Phenoyping to Quantitative Genetics” focussed on …

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Gangtok, December 19, 2013 As a part of Water Conservation Year Celebration the Department of Irrigation and Flood Control in collaboration with Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of Sikkim organized an ‘Open Run’ for both men and women at Gangtok today. It may be mentioned here that the Government of …

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Rangpo, December 18, 2013 After a deliberate discussion with the Sikkim Democratic Front Party’s Incharge of West Pendam Constituency Mr Somnath Poudyal for 15 years long awaited development at the Lower Majhitar on December 17 with a ray of hope been lighted around the area. Mr Poudyal assured the public …

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