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97 Government Schools To Be Shut Down In Sikkim Due To Low Student Numbers
The Sikkim government has decided to close 97 schools after the current semester due to low student enrolment, Education Minister Raju Basnet said on Thursday.
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Sikkim Manipal University, TISS Invite Applications For PhD Programmes, Check Details
Sikkim Manipal University PhD Admission 2024: The deadline for application submission is November 16. Applicants can make corrections to their forms between November 17 and November 19.
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Sikkim's Lifeline Now Under National Highway Body, Not Bengal Government
BJP MP from Darjeeling Raju Bista has announced that National Highway 10 has been handed over to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL). Earlier this road was maintained by the PWD West Bengal.
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A Sweet Gesture Of Indian, Chinese Soldiers, Week After Disengagement Pact
Indian and Chinese troops haveexchanged Diwali sweets on five locations long the Line of Actual Control, including two in Ladakh.
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2 Candidates Withdraw Nomination, Sikkim Assembly To Remain Opposition-Less
The Sikkim Assembly will continue to remain opposition-less with candidates from the Sikkim Democratic Front withdrawing their nominations for bypolls for two Assembly seats a day after the nominations of leaders from another party were rejected.
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Doctors Leave Pair Of Scissors In Woman's Abdomen, It Is Found 12 Years Later
Having undergone surgery to remove her appendix, a woman from Sikkim continued to suffer for over a decade more and several doctors failed to diagnose why. When the diagnosis was finally revealed earlier this month, it shocked her and her family.
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Early Snowfall In North Sikkim, Heavy Machinery Deployed To Clear Roads
The heavy rainfall over the past three days has resulted in the season's first snowfall in Thangu (3900 metres) and Gurudongmar Lake (5425 m) in the tundra belt of North Sikkim.
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Bridges, Roads Damaged After Heavy Rain Triggers Landslides In Sikkim
Heavy rains have triggered multiple landslides in several areas of Sikkim over the last three days. Many roads have been blocked due to landslides, hampering road connectivity in the state, show visuals.
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Man Rapes 15-Year-Old Daughter In Sikkim, Arrested: Police
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in Sikkim's Namchi district, police said on Thursday.
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4 Army Personnel Killed In Road Accident In Sikkim
Four Army personnel were killed in a road accident in Sikkim's Pakyong district on Thursday, police said.
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4 Army Personnel Killed After Vehicle Skids Off Road In Sikkim
Four army personnel died after a vehicle they were travelling skidded off the road in Sikkim and fell in a gorge approximately 700 feet deep.
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Army Defuses Bomb Swept Away From Ammunition Depot In Sikkim Flood 10 Months Ago
A bomb, swept away from the Army's ammunition depot at Bardang in East Sikkim district during a flood around 10 months ago, was defused on Thursday, the police said.
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Major Glacial Lake Surveys In Arunachal, Sikkim Areas Bordering China
As a part of the national survey to preempt the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has started surveying the Eastern Himalayas to map all glacial lakes in the country.
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Seasoned Bureaucrat Govind Mohan To Take Charge As Union Home Secretary Tomorrow
A 1989 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre, Mohan has already joined the Union Home Ministry as an Officer on Special Duty.
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Video: Teesta Dam Power Station Destroyed After Major Sikkim Landslide
A massive landslide has destroyed the power station of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation's (NHPC) Teesta Stage 5 dam in Sikkim on Tuesday morning
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97 Government Schools To Be Shut Down In Sikkim Due To Low Student Numbers
The Sikkim government has decided to close 97 schools after the current semester due to low student enrolment, Education Minister Raju Basnet said on Thursday.
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Sikkim Manipal University, TISS Invite Applications For PhD Programmes, Check Details
Sikkim Manipal University PhD Admission 2024: The deadline for application submission is November 16. Applicants can make corrections to their forms between November 17 and November 19.
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Sikkim's Lifeline Now Under National Highway Body, Not Bengal Government
BJP MP from Darjeeling Raju Bista has announced that National Highway 10 has been handed over to the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL). Earlier this road was maintained by the PWD West Bengal.
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A Sweet Gesture Of Indian, Chinese Soldiers, Week After Disengagement Pact
Indian and Chinese troops haveexchanged Diwali sweets on five locations long the Line of Actual Control, including two in Ladakh.
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2 Candidates Withdraw Nomination, Sikkim Assembly To Remain Opposition-Less
The Sikkim Assembly will continue to remain opposition-less with candidates from the Sikkim Democratic Front withdrawing their nominations for bypolls for two Assembly seats a day after the nominations of leaders from another party were rejected.
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Doctors Leave Pair Of Scissors In Woman's Abdomen, It Is Found 12 Years Later
Having undergone surgery to remove her appendix, a woman from Sikkim continued to suffer for over a decade more and several doctors failed to diagnose why. When the diagnosis was finally revealed earlier this month, it shocked her and her family.
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Early Snowfall In North Sikkim, Heavy Machinery Deployed To Clear Roads
The heavy rainfall over the past three days has resulted in the season's first snowfall in Thangu (3900 metres) and Gurudongmar Lake (5425 m) in the tundra belt of North Sikkim.
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Bridges, Roads Damaged After Heavy Rain Triggers Landslides In Sikkim
Heavy rains have triggered multiple landslides in several areas of Sikkim over the last three days. Many roads have been blocked due to landslides, hampering road connectivity in the state, show visuals.
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Man Rapes 15-Year-Old Daughter In Sikkim, Arrested: Police
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in Sikkim's Namchi district, police said on Thursday.
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4 Army Personnel Killed In Road Accident In Sikkim
Four Army personnel were killed in a road accident in Sikkim's Pakyong district on Thursday, police said.
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4 Army Personnel Killed After Vehicle Skids Off Road In Sikkim
Four army personnel died after a vehicle they were travelling skidded off the road in Sikkim and fell in a gorge approximately 700 feet deep.
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Army Defuses Bomb Swept Away From Ammunition Depot In Sikkim Flood 10 Months Ago
A bomb, swept away from the Army's ammunition depot at Bardang in East Sikkim district during a flood around 10 months ago, was defused on Thursday, the police said.
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Major Glacial Lake Surveys In Arunachal, Sikkim Areas Bordering China
As a part of the national survey to preempt the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has started surveying the Eastern Himalayas to map all glacial lakes in the country.
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Seasoned Bureaucrat Govind Mohan To Take Charge As Union Home Secretary Tomorrow
A 1989 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre, Mohan has already joined the Union Home Ministry as an Officer on Special Duty.
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Video: Teesta Dam Power Station Destroyed After Major Sikkim Landslide
A massive landslide has destroyed the power station of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation's (NHPC) Teesta Stage 5 dam in Sikkim on Tuesday morning
