India's government launched a Vibrant Villages Programme almost four years ago. But as China steadily builds up its side, ...

Sikkim is witnessing an alarming shortfall in rainfall during the first two months of 2026, with all districts reporting large deficits, according to data released by the Meteorological Centre, ...

GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least ten people were killed in India's state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, were missing after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak lake to ...

The Sikkim-Darjeeling region was recently upgraded to the highest seismic risk zone VI. The epicentre of the first earthquake at 1.09am was Gyalshing in Sikkim ...

Condemning the protests by Youth Congress members at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Saturday said such disruptions risk undermining India’s credibility at a ...

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Five people have died and 23 Indian Army personnel are missing in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim after a cloudburst led to flash floods. The flooding happened in the Teesta River in Lachen ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India's ...

Sikkim was an independent kingdom before merging with India in 1975. As part of this merger agreement, the state retained certain privileges, including income tax exemption for its residents. This ...

KOLKATA-It was in May 1955 that a British mountaineering team successfully climbed Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain at 8,586m, for the first time. But members of this expedition did ...