Sikkim extends coronavirus lockdown till August 1
India | Jul 26, 2020, 04:05 PM ISTA complete, six-day lockdown, imposed by the hilly state, was scheduled to end on Sunday.
A complete, six-day lockdown, imposed by the hilly state, was scheduled to end on Sunday.
Sikkim government has decided to impose a week of complete lockdown in the state in light of the COVID-19 situation. The lockdown will come into effect from July 21. During the lockdown government and private offices, shops, business establishments, schools will remain closed.
Days after Indo-China clash in the Galwan Valley in Eastern Ladakh, an undated video of soldiers of both the armies, has surfaced showing Chinese soldiers being punched by Indian soldiers in a snow-covered high-altitude face-off in Sikkim.
The Sikkim government has deferred reopening of educational institutes by a month due to the COVID-19 outbreak and decided to resume classes inschools, colleges and universities in the first week of August this year, officials said.
Three more states -- Odisha, Sikkim and Mizoram -- have joined the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' scheme, taking the number of states and union territories (UTs) which have joined the scheme to 20, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Monday.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday announced suspension of an employee responsible for showing Sikkim as an 'independent nation,' but the map row escalated: the Sikkim government has now written to the Delhi Chief Secretary objecting to the state being referred to as an independent country in one of the Delhi government advertisements, calling it "hurtful".
Sikkim reported its first COVID-19 case on Saturday as a 25-year-old student who recently returned from Delhi tested positive for the disease, a senior official said.
An avalanche has hit Lugnak La region in Sikkim. As per initial reports, a patrolling cum snow clearance party of 17-18 soldiers came under the avalanche. An army officer and a soldier lost their lives while others were rescued after an intense search operation.
The Ministry of External Affairs organises the Mansarovar yatra from June-September each year through two different routes -- Lipulekh Pass (Uttarakhand) and Nathu La Pass (Sikkim). Kailash Mansarovar is in Tibet.
Over 4.06 lakh passengers arriving in the state have been screened so far for coronavirus infection, but no positive case has been detected.
BJP's Madhya Pradesh general secretary and MP from Khajuraho, Vishnu Dutt Sharma has been appointed as the state unit chief of the party.
Luxury travel platform Vista Rooms on Tuesday announced the opening of three exquisite properties in the state of Sikkim, marking its debut in the northeast India.
In the Martam Rumtek Assembly seat, Sonam TSH Venchungpa of the BJP is leading over his nearest rival Nuk Tshering Bhutia of the SDF by 5,977 votes.
Democratic Front (SDF) by a margin of 8,727 votes in the by-poll to the Poklok Kamrang Assembly constituency in the state.
Brisk polling is recorded in the first six hours in the three Sikkim Assembly constituencies where bye-elections are underway on Monday, election officials said.
The 1986-batch IAS officer will take charge as the chief secretary on October 1 upon the superannuation of present Chief Secretary A K Shrivastava on September 30, the notification issued by Principal Secretary Tenzing Gelek said.
Chief Minister P S Golay directed the authorities to clear the road as soon as possible for the passage of the vehicles carrying tourists to their respective destinations.
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Counting has begun for the 32 seats of the Sikkim state assembly. Follow live updates here.
"It appears that these dead yaks had got nothing to eat during the prolonged period of snowfall since December last year," Raj Yadav said.
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