If I were to play a game of word associations starting with the term "North-East", I wouldn't get too far. Which is why, despite the rainy season not being the best time to visit, a stay in Sikkim left me with memories to...
Gangtok, July 21 Mr Brahm Dutt, the Secretary in the Ministry of Surface Transport, called on Mr Pawan Chamling, the Sikkim Chief Minister, at his official residence at Mintokgang here on Saturday and discussed the relevant...
From The Indian Express: [caption id="attachment_1951" align="alignright" width="196" caption="Eastern Himalayas"][/caption] Normal gastronomical wisdom suggests that the more slender the chilli, the hotter it is. So, its...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed all States and Union Territories, except Sikkim, Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, to fully implement the 19 recommendations of the Justice Shetty Commission on...
The Sikkim government has scrapped 11 of the proposed 27 hydro power projects in the state, dealing a blow to infrastructure development in the state and setting off a blame game between the government and the developers, one...
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel at Tsongmo lake, Sikkim | July 14, 2008 Duba is a rosy-cheeked Sikkimese lad who lives and works at Tsongmo Lake, 20 kms from Nathu La, which is India's border with China. It is at 14,140 feet through the...
Sikkim's over dependence on the vital National Highway 31A for connectivity with the rest of the country may soon be over with an overseas construction company proposing to build a state-of-the-art underground expressway...
Sarikah Atreya Gangtok, July 7 Sikkim is all set to ink an agreement for construction of an underground expressway. An MoU to this effect will be signed on July 15 here between the State Government and Star Universal Resource...
With another round of deferment of indefinite Bandh, this time for a month (from 7th July to 7th August) has put a question mark on the future of the Statehood movement of Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (Morcha). Although I am not...
Gangtok (PTI): Journalists took out a rally in Sikkim's state capital here to protest the attack on their colleagues by masked men leading to serious injuries to them. The journalists took out the rally from the Press Club and...