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Vice president in Sikkim to lay foundation for rail link

Gangtok:   Vice President Hamid Ansari arrived here Wednesday on a hectic three-day visit to Sikkim during which he will lay the foundation stone of a rail link between Rangpo in the Himalayan state...

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Ansari lays foundation for Sikkim rail link

Rangpo (Sikkim):  Initiating the process of bringing Sikkim onto the country's railway map, Vice-President Hamid Ansari Friday laid the foundation stone of the Rs.1,400 crore project for a rail link...

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Dalai Lama greets people of Sikkim

Dharamsala:   Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Saturday greeted the people of Sikkim on the occasion of a five-day 'Tibet Festival' in Gangtok."I send my greetings on the occasion of a Tibet...

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Knight Riders start IPL campaign with a stunning win

Mumbai: A stunning display of powerful batting from Angelo Matthews and Owais Shah guided Kolkata Knight Riders to a comprehensive 11-run win over defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening...

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Landslides kill four, snap links to Sikkim

Siliguri: Four members of a family were Friday killed when their house in West Bengal's Darjeeling district collapsed in a landslide. Another landslide snapped road links to neighbouring Sikkim.  Heavy...

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Tourist killed as vehicle falls into ravine in Sikkim

Gangtok: One tourist was killed and nine others were injured when their vehicle fell into a 150-metre-deep ravine while on way to a temple from Nathula pass near the Indo-Chinese border in Sikkim,...

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Dinkaran resigns as Sikkim Chief Justice

Gangtok: Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, facing impeachment on charges of graft and land grabbing, has resigned, official sources here said.Speaking to Times Now TV channel, Dinakaran...

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Sikkim quake toll rises to 18

Gangtok: The toll in Sikkim following Sunday's powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake rose to 18 Monday, an official said here.The high-intensity quake was followed by two after-shocks and had its epicentre...

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Quake-hit Sikkim puts toll at 23, surveys horror

Gangtok: At least 23 dead and 200 injured, cracks in 25 road bridges, mudslides, snapped road links... Sikkim Monday surveyed the horror of the powerful earthquake that originated along the border of...

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Disaster response teams yet to reach quake-hit areas

Gangtok/New Delhi: Ten teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and a team of doctors were unable to reach quake-affected areas in Sikkim by Monday afternoon as landslides had blocked the...

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Quake claims 42 lives in India, landslides hit rescue work

Gangtok/New Delhi: By Monday at least 42 people had perished across north and east India in the powerful earthquake that originated at its border with Nepal even as rescue and relief operations were...

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Sikkim quake toll rises to 40

Gangtok: The toll in the devastating weekend earthquake in Sikkim Tuesday went up to 40 with five more bodies being recovered during overnight operations from separate places, an official said.Workers...

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Sikkim quake unusual, say geologists

Bangalore: The earthquake that rocked Sikkim Sunday is unusual in terms of its magnitude and nature of origin, say leading geologists.   "There is nothing surprising in this earthquake as the region...

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Manmohan announces Rs.1,000 crore for quake-hit Sikkim

Gangtok: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday announced a Rs.1,000 crore grant to Sikkim to tide over the devastation caused by the Sep 18 earthquake that killed 80 people and caused large scale...

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Sikkkim wins top rural development award

New Delhi: Sikkim has won the 'best state' award for strengthening its panchayati raj institutions.Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Union Minister of Panchayati Raj and Tribal...

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