East Sikkim

Sikkim reports five new COVID-19 cases

10:56 pm March 20, 2021

Gangtok: Sikkim reported five fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the coronavirus caseload to 6,204, an official said on Saturday. State Information Education and Communication (IEC) member Sonam Bhutia said that four cases were reported from North Sikkim district and one from East Sikkim district. Sikkim now has 53 active COVID-19 cases, […]

Three Army personnel among four killed in Sikkim road accident

10:02 pm December 20, 2020

Gangtok: Four persons, including three Army personnel, were killed on Sunday in a road accident near the Sino-India border at Nathula, a police officer said. East Sikkim‘s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) S P Yellasari said that an Army vehicle skidded from a snow- laden Jawahar Lal Nehru Road at 17th mile near Nathula, and […]

Sikkim reports first COVID-19 death, 46 new cases

11:57 pm July 26, 2020

Gangtok: Sikkim on Sunday reported its first coronavirus death with an elderly man succumbing to the disease at a state-run hospital, a health department official said. The 74-year-old resident of Rongli Sub-Division in East Sikkim died this morning due to COVID-19. He was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension, Director General-cum-Secretary, Health, Pempa T Bhutia said. He […]

Part of ex-MP’s house collapses in Sikkim amid incessant rain

11:29 pm July 12, 2020

Gangtok: A portion of former Rajya Sabha member Leonard Soloman Saring’s house in Mangan, the district headquarters of North Sikkim, came crashing down on Sunday amid incessant rainfall, even as the state continued top grapple with landslides, officials said. Due to continuous rainfall over the last couple of days, Saring’s four-storeyed house in Mangan Bazaar […]

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East Sikkim residents ordered to stay home on Sunday

11:42 pm March 21, 2020

Gangtok: The ‘Janata Curfew’ will not be so voluntary in East Sikkim as the district magistrate issued an order, directing all residents to stay indoors from 7 am to 10 pm on Sunday. “All (residents) are directed to refrain from leaving their homes except emergency situations between 7 am and 10 pm tomorrow,” East Sikkim […]