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Topic: Sikkim

Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang launches free-ride scheme for women at night

At a time the country has been protesting about the Hyderabad and Unnao rape, the Sikkim govt has devised a scheme that aims to help women stranded due to the lack of a vehicle between 10 pm to 6 am.

Sikkim CM Tamang pledges to ‘protect & conserve’ state’s special status

The revocation of Article 370 raised apprehensions across several northeastern states that also enjoy similar special status provisions in the Constitution.

BJP uses its favourite defection strategy to breach final northeast frontier Sikkim

With 10 of 13 Sikkim Democratic Front MLAs joining BJP, the party has now become the main opposition in a state where it traditionally had no foothold.

Why Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang’s appointment has been challenged, and what do rules say

SKM chief Prem Singh Tamang took oath as CM on 27 May this year. The appointment has been challenged due to his conviction in a 2016 corruption case.

After Andhra, Sikkim to scrap regulations to allow CBI probes in the state

The previous Sikkim Democratic Front government had in 2010 mandated CBI to seek prior consent before taking up an investigation against a state officer or public representative.

Sikkim’s new CM Golay announces 5-day working week for state govt employees

Reducing working days in a week to five, from a six-day week earlier, was part of Chief Minister P S Golay's election promises.

P S Golay, chief of SKM party, takes oath as Sikkim chief minister

P. S. Golay’s Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won the assembly election by a slim 2-seat margin.

Meet the IIT grad and IFS officer who helped save Sikkim’s forests & dying springs

Sandeep Tambe’s proactive policy-making has also been instrumental in making Sikkim one of India’s most successful states in implementing MGNREGA.

These are the four states that will have assembly elections along with Lok Sabha polls

Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will have simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

UP on a high: Govt study shows most cannabis users are in the populous state

A study covering all 36 states and Union territories found nearly 3% of Indians between ages 10 and 75 used cannabis, with UP topping the list.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.