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Police arrests two involved in Thanijhora gunpoint robbery

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Thursday, Jul 29, 2021
SBS rural branches resume service

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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2021
Sikkim lost an opportunity at Shillong: SDF

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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2021
Pocket guide to butterflies of Sikkim released

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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2021
Prabhakar Golay appointed West District Cricket Committee president

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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2021
SOA announces winners of slogan, poster writing competition

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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2021
Forum appeals support for Rabi Ghatraj

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Tuesday, Jul 27, 2021
SSB IG on inspection visit of Gangtok sector

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Tuesday, Jul 27, 2021
Martyr Suresh Chhetri remembered on Kargil Diwas

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Tuesday, Jul 27, 2021
Enough of whimsical and silly notifications: Chamling

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Monday, Jul 26, 2021
337 Covid cases, 16% positivity rate

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Monday, Jul 26, 2021
Sikkim CM welcomed at Assam enroute to Shillong

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Saturday, Jul 24, 2021
Mass testing in South villages

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Saturday, Jul 24, 2021
Jaguar On Sikkim Roads

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Saturday, Jul 24, 2021
Multiple Covid cases detected by Namthang PHC team

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Friday, Jul 23, 2021
Cash prizes presented to winners of SKM students wing online poem & essay contest themed ‘A Day for Mother Earth’

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Friday, Jul 23, 2021
Essential commodities at doorsteps of contained Pakyong residents

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Friday, Jul 23, 2021
Drikung Gyaltsey Charitable Trust donates dialysis machines to STNM Hospital

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Friday, Jul 23, 2021
Screening of tourists entering hills

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Friday, Jul 23, 2021
Substance abuse in Sikkim shifting from soft drugs to hard drugs

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Thursday, Jul 22, 2021

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Sikkim at a Glance

  • Area: 7096 Sq Kms
  • Capital: Gangtok
  • Altitude: 5,840 ft
  • Population: 6.10 Lakhs
  • Topography: Hilly terrain elevation from 600 to over 28,509 ft above sea level
  • Climate:
  • Summer: Min- 13°C - Max 21°C
  • Winter: Min- 0.48°C - Max 13°C
  • Rainfall: 325 cms per annum
  • Language Spoken: Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Tibetan, English, Hindi

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