Efforts to rescue stranded tourists from Chaten in north Sikkim resumed on Friday (June 6,2 025), with three helicopters taking off from the Pakyong Greenfield Airport, officials said. Altogether ...

Fifty-nine tourists were brought back to Gangtok from the rain-ravaged north Sikkim on Thursday (June 5, 2025) morning as the rescue operations resumed after the weather cleared, officials said.

34 Airlifted From North Sikkim After Landslide, More Rescuers Flown In The SSDMA is working closely with Mangan district officials and residents in Lachen to restore the road connection to Chhaten ...

"In response to the devastating landslides in Sikkim, Indian Air Force Mi-17 helicopters rapidly launched HADR Ops -- air-dropping relief supplies, inserting NDRF teams, and evacuating 33 stranded ...

A Buddhist "purification ritual" will be held on June 15 to seek the forgiveness of the locals' guardian deity. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sikkim to replace bulky chopper with light ones to run between Bagdogra and Gangtok Tourism and civil aviation department decides to replace 23-seater MI-172 helicopter with 10-seater light choppers ...

Three bodies were recovered from Chaten in North Sikkim, where a landslide triggered by heavy rain had hit an army camp on June 1, taking the total death toll to six, police officials said. Three ...

Bhutan Christians Feel Secure In Sikkim Share this article : Catholics in Sikkim say Christians feel at ease in this tiny Himalayan state in eastern India. "We feel welcome and secure everywhere we go ...

GANGTOK: The Sikkim Education Department has issued an advisory to all government and private schools in the state to take precautionary measures in the wake of the outbreak of COVID-19, officials ...

Gangtok, The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee on Saturday appealed to the Nepal government and the Nepal Mountaineering Association to immediately halt a planned expedition to Mt Kangchenjunga ...

Army Leads Search And Rescue Operations In North Sikkim, 6 Still Missing Among those rescued were injured army personnel currently undergoing medical treatment, their family members, and tourists ...

The Sikkim Tourism and Civil Aviation Department has urged all travelers to exercise caution and plan their trips based on the latest road and weather updates from official sources. With the onset ...