Sikkim Chief Minister’s office gets new address; CM Pawan Chamling new office

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today took charge of the new Chief Minister’s Office at the new secretariat building. The new secretariat building was inaugurated in December 4 last year. Chief Minister Chamling was accorded a warm welcome by the cabinet ministers and chief secretary. In the first phase of the project, the new secretariat […]

Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling inaugurates new Secretariat building

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling inaugurated the new Secretariat building in Gangtok today. The new secretariat building replaces the historic Tashiling Secretariat which was damaged by the powerful 2011 earthquake that caused widespread destruction in the state. The building was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 264 crore.

Sikkim: CM Pawan Chamling inaugurates 135-feet Chenrezig statue

The world’s tallest statue of Chenrezig Singkham Riwo Potala standing tall at 135-feet was inaugurated today by Chief Minister Pawan Chamling at Pelling. Chenrezig Singkham, is one of the most important deities among three deities of Buddhism. The project that started in 2009, was sanctified by the Dalai Lama in March earlier this year. It […]

SKM accuses ruling SDF of displaying confusing hoardings across Gangtok

The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) on Friday accused the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) of displaying confusing hoardings across Gangtok saying that the award received by Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling in Rome for the organic initiative was given by the United Nations. SKM party member said that the award was given by the World […]

Sikkim celebrates Dashain

Sikkim celebrated Dashain of Dussehra, Dashain is one of the biggest and longest Hindu festivals in Sikkim and carries cultural and religious significance. It is a major Hindu festival celebrated in India and Nepal in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin, which typically falls in the months of September and October. The nine days of […]

Pawan Chamling honoured with FAO award for Sikkim becoming world’s first 100 pc organic state

Chief Minister Pawan Chamling received the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Future Policy Gold Award for Sikkim’s achievement in becoming the first totally organic state. The Himalayan state of Sikkim has been conferred with the prestigious World Future Policy award for promoting agro-ecology through policies and laws making it the world’s first ‘100 per cent organic agriculture […]

History scripted in Hill State, first flight lands in Sikkim’s Pakyong airport

The picturesquely aesthetic hill state of Sikkim scripted history today as the first flight from Kolkata landed at around 1:24 PM in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pakyong airport. The Spice Jet Flight number SG 3341 took one hour ten minutes to land in the Sikkim’s Pakyong airport. Earlier, PM Narendra Modi while inaugurating […]

Sikkim scripts aviation history

In a historic first, SpiceJet Q400 Bombardier became the first commercial Air craft to land at the Pakyong Airport today. The Spicejet 78 seater Bombardier Q400 aircraft made a successful landing. In terms of Sikkim’s civil & aviation history, it is the first civil fixed-wing flight to have landed in the airport. Initially, flights from […]