Gangtok: The Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Sikkim, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, and the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), will organise the inaugural Sikkim International Film Festival (SIFF) from March 19-22 in Gangtok. The four-day festival will present a curated programme of.
Gangtok: Amid panic buying of LPG cylinders in Gangtok, the state capital of Sikkim, in the backdrop of the war situation in West Asia, Gangtok District Superintendent of Police Mahendra Subba on Saturday appealed to residents not to pay heed to rumours about a possible shortage of LPG cylinders in the district, assuring that supply.
Indian Army's Trishakti Corps has launched a pilot project for home delivery of essential medicines to eligible veterans in Sikkim, officials said on Saturday.
Gangtok: Sikkim is grappling with its most severe monsoon shortfall in five years, registering a 35% deficit in rainfall between June 1 and July 8, 2025, according to the latest data from the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Meteorological Centre in Gangtok. GN Raha, Director of the Meteorological Centre Gangtok, confirmed that five of the six.
Gangtok: Amid relentless rainfall and landslides wreaking havoc across Sikkim, the Indian armed forces have intensified their Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations to aid the affected population in the northeastern state. On Wednesday, the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully rescued 33 people, including two US nationals, from the remote Chaten region of North.
Mangan (Sikkim): Three army personnel died and six others went missing after a landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, struck the Indian Army military camp at Chaten in Lachen town in Sikkim on Sunday evening. Four individuals have been rescued with minor injuries, while the mortal remains of three brave personnel–Havaldar Lakhbindar Singh, Lance Naik Manish.
Gangtok: Sikkim reeled under relentless rain on Sunday, causing the Teesta River’s water level to surge, even as the search for nine missing persons remained suspended following a tragic accident earlier this week. A tourist vehicle carrying 11 people veered off the road and plunged nearly 1,000 feet into the Teesta near Chubombu in Mangan.
Nathula Pass (Sikkim): The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is all set to resume through Nathula from June this year, marking the end of a five-year suspension caused by the Doklam standoff in 2017 and the COVID-19 pandemic, for which the route through the Indo-China border in Sikkim is undergoing final preparations, with infrastructure development nearing completion..
