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Sikkim flash flood: 77 missing people presumed dead, says CS
Gangtok: The 77 people who went missing in the flash flood in Sikkim have been presumed dead as they could not be found even after two months of the disaster, Chief Secretary VB…
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Sikkim flash flood: CM takes stock of situation in worst-affected Chungthang
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Sunday visited the state’s biggest hydroelectric power project Sikkim Urja Limited, a part of which was washed away by the recent flash flood that…
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Sikkim flood: Part of NH-10 restored for 4-wheeler movement
Gangtok: Over two weeks after parts of Sikkim were devastated by a flash flood, the authorities have opened the damaged National Highway 10 for one-way movement for four-wheelers, according to a government…
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After flu, Dalai Lama’s office cancels his visit to Sikkim, Bylakuppe
Bylakuppe Dharamsala: In view of the Dalai Lama’s bout of flu, his office here on Friday announced cancellation of his planned visits to Sikkim, Bylakuppe and Hunsur till mid of December. However,…
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After flash flood damages, Sevoke-Sikkim road to reopen on Thursday
Kolkata: The Sevoke-Sikkim road, an important road link between Siliguri in North Bengal and Gangtok in Sikkim, that got devastated by the recent flash flood there, is reopening on Thursday. The state…
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CM announces housing schemes for those who lost homes in Sikkim flash flood
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang on Monday announced two housing schemes for those who lost their homes in the flash flood that ravaged the northern part of the Himalayan state. The…
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Flash flood: Sikkim CS seeks relief, restoration reports from collectors of affected dist
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Secretary V B Pathak on Saturday sought ground reports on relief and restoration work from collectors of four districts worst affected by the recent flash flood in the Himalayan…
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409 more people evacuated from flood-hit North Sikkim
Gangtok: The Indian Air Force on Friday evacuated 409 tourists and local people from flash flood-affected areas in North Sikkim, officials said. They said that 18 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and two…
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160 Assam students stranded in flood-hit Sikkim evacuated
Guwahati: At least 160 students from Assam who were stranded in the flood-ravaged Sikkim, were successfully evacuated and have returned to the state, officials said on Monday. Six buses from the Assam…
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Toll rises to 33 in Sikkim flash flood, search on for those still missing
Gangtok: Thirty-three bodies, including those of nine Armymen, have been recovered so far from the slush and debris of the flash flood in Teesta river that devastated Sikkim, while the search continued…
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Sikkim flash floods: Mortal remains of 8 Army personnel recovered
New Delhi: The mortal remains of eight Army personnel, who were part of a group of soldiers that went missing following flash floods in Sikkim, have been recovered, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said…
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Central team to visit flood-hit Sikkim to access damage
Gangtok: An inter-ministerial central team will visit flood-ravaged Sikkim from Sunday to assess the damage due to the natural calamity, Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said here. Mishra, the union minister of state…