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Topic: Sikkim

Meet Em Prasad Sharma – A Proactive MLA On A Mission To Fast-Track Development & Growth In Namcheybong, Sikkim

Em Prasad Sharma, advisor of the excise branch, Government of Sikkim, is on a mission to empower the people in Namcheybong, Sikkim by fast-tracking the rural development.

DR Thapa, who led protests against SC’s ‘foreign’ tag for Sikkimese Nepali, is new BJP state chief

Tribal leader N.K Subba was appointed as BJP's legislature party leader. Appointments come at a time when there's a perception of central leadership's apathy towards state unit.

Special pay hike, free child attendants — How Sikkim plans to address falling fertility rate

Special increment to women employees giving birth to a second baby & two increments for a third child. Steps are in contrast to states like UP that are trying to stem population.

‘Marriage can’t take away identity’: SC order scrapping ‘discriminatory’ tax law for Sikkim women

Women are 'not chattel' said SC bench, adding that there was 'no justification shown' to exclude women married to non-Sikkimese from tax relief rule & that it violated basic rights.

16 Army personnel killed in road accident in North Sikkim

The accident took place when their vehicle tried to negotiate a sharp turn on the winding road.

‘Indecision is still a decision’— Politics behind BJP ‘apathy’ that made its Sikkim chief resign

Sikkim BJP chief D.B. Chauhan quit his post Tuesday, claiming high command ignored his plea to take up party MLAs’ cause with CM. But 2024 polls could be factor, party leaders say.

‘Made me go on my knees’: Bengal BJP leader accuses colleague, bodyguards of sexual assault

The survivor was allegedly attacked in Sikkim between 27 and 29 October by BJP’s state legal cell convenor Lokenath Chatterjee and his CISF bodyguards.

After EC delists Sikkim ex-CM Bhandari’s party, Bhaichung Bhutia lays claim to flag & legacy

Sikkim Sangram Parishad (SSP) V-P handed over party's flag to Bhutia Wednesday. Bhutia's Hamro Sikkim Party expects several SSP members to join it in the coming days.

Sikkim policeman shoots 3 colleagues dead at Delhi water plant, alleges ‘mental harassment’

Accused L. Naik Prabin Rai & victims Pinto Namgyal Bhutia, Indra Lal Chhetri, Dhanhang Subba were deployed at Haiderpur water plant as part of India Reserve Battalion.

How a tiny, remote Sikkim district became the world’s leading producer of black cardamom

Organic, fair-trade and sustainable, Sikkim currently holds a monopoly over black cardamom. And the district producing it has a population less than Lajpat Nagar in Delhi.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.