The stranded tourists in Sikkim have been provided food, shelter and warm clothes by the Army. GANGTOK: The Indian Army has rescued over 3,000 tourists who were stuck near the India-China border in Sikkim’s Nathula Pass due to heavy snowfall. The jawans have…
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Indian and Chinese troops also celebrated the New Year in Bumla in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, 15,000 feet above the sea level and amid sub-zero temperatures, a defence communique said. NEW DELHI:  The armies of India and China…
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Nine years after the foundation stone of Sikkim’s first – and only – airport was laid, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pakyong airport today. The greenfield airport is expected to improve the connectivity to the land-locked state nestled in…
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KOLKATA: The newly unveiled airport near Pakyong in Sikkim will provide a fillip to tourism in the Himalayan state, attracting more tourists from Bengal, who will no longer have to travelthrough the often choked and landslide-prone National Highway 10. Sikkim received close to 1.5 million…
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Tue, Dec 19, 2017 GANGTOK: With an aim of mitigating future water shortage and provide clean and safe drinking water to the people of the State, the Water Security and PHE department has launched the Sikkim comprehensive water resources plan…
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