Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

NIRMAL MANGAR GANGTOK, May 26: Asha, the miracle baby today blew her birthday candle and cut the birthday cake with the help of her mother at Mamtalaya where both of them are presently staying. It was a happy moment for both the mother and the child when the staff of Mamtalaya, a short stay home for destitute women today observed the first birthday of the child with joy and fanfare. Despite all odds and circumstances Asha, who turned one today, had underwent pains and sorrow ever since her birth. This girl, who was dumped by her very mother and her parents in a sewerage pipe in 6th Mile a year ago, was given a new lease of life with the efforts of many including Dr Priya Reddy. She was rescued by some of the people who heard her cries and was instantly taken to the nearby Manipal hosp...

GANGTOK, May 25: Governor Sudarshan Agarwal said the freedom of the press is the most integral part of democracy. He was speaking at the Ram Patro Memorial Award ceremony on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of SIKKIM EXPRESS as a daily newspaper at Mangla Mansion here yesterday. While stating that journalists have a greater role in leading society in the right direction, the Governor urged the local journalists to report on rural and social issues alongside carrying out initiated investigative journalism and emphasized reporting on the effective implementation of centrally sponsored schemes in particular the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for the welfare and betterment of the rural folks across the State. According to him, Mass Media are the shepherds of the society and that the shepherds depen...

A. CHATTERJEE Gangtok: Mr Sudarshan Agarwal, Governor of Sikkim, recalled that Edmund Burke, one of the foremost political thinkers of 18th Century England, attributed the coinage ‘Fourth Estate’ to journalism (press). He said ‘you can hold the other three – legislature, executive and judiciary – accountable. Quoting Oscar Wilde, an eminent 19th Century British writer, he said, ‘collect facts first, distort later. Recalling his personal experience of setting up a school for the downtrodden in Uttarakhand as Governor there, and a distorted report thereof by a national daily, Mr Agarwal said, ‘I have been a victim of media distortion’. Referring Press Council of India's observation he said, ‘media should work within a Lakshman Rekha to be drawn by themselves’ and advised not to take ‘liberty as licence’. The Governor was speaking as chief guest at the ‘Ram Patro Memorial Award’ function held by Sikki...

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SHIVADEEP RAI Gangtok: Government Fruit Preservation Factory (GFPF) in Singtam has launched Orange and Passion Fruit RTS (Ready to Serve) drink in 2 litre bottle, along with orange, mango, pineapple and passion fruit squash in 700ml plastic bottle with GFPF’s brand name - ‘Sikkim Supreme’. The design of RTS and quash bottle is reverted the original, old one, to maintain GFPF brand mark 200ml orange and passion fruit RTS are already available in the market. Besides, RTS and squash, Thot-ney pickle, Kapra pickle, Ningro pickle, Broccoli pickle and dried natal powder of Sishnu are also introduced by GFPF, which are available in the market in 400gm, 250 gm, 200gm and 50gm bottle and packet. The 2 litre RTS and plastic bottled squashes would be available in the market from May 24 (Saturday) at a very reasonable price, Ms Nima L Yethenpa, Managing Director of GFPF said. Altogether 57 GFPF pro...

Thursday, May 22, 2008 This spring the world’s attention was drawn to Tibet, where on 10th March this year the people commemorated the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan upheaval against the Chinese occupation. The protests spread from Tibet across the whole world and along the route of the torch relay for this year’s Olympic games people demanded: “Free Tibet!”. In the Southern part of the Himalaya another occupied territory did not attract any attention at all: Sikkim. The Kingdom which had defended its independence for 300 years against powerful neighbours was annexed by India in April 1975 and became the 22nd state of the Indian Union. The 85th birthday of the 12th Chogyal of Sikkim gives me the opportunity to focus on the fate of the tiny Himalaya Kingdom. Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal , Twelfth Consecrated Ruler of Sikkim, was born in Sikkim’s capital Gangtok on 22nd May 1923. The Denzong Chogyal was the second son o...

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GANGTOK, May 22: The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today called on Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in New Delhi to discuss various important issues pertaining to Sikkim. The meeting assumed greater significance in view of the long pending decision of the Government of India on one of the most crucial socio-politico-cultural issues of providing electoral reservation to Limboo and Tamang communities, which have since been included among the categories of Scheduled Tribes by providing for reservation of seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. During the deliberations with the Union Home Minister, the Chief Minister once again brought home the need for an early and amicable solution to the issue by the Government of I...

Gangtok (PTI): Sikkim will miss the services of India captain Bhaichung Bhutia, who is doing national duty, during the 62nd National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy to be held in Jammu and Kashmir from May 25. Three more key players, besides Bhutia, would not be available for the same reason, SFA General Secretary Menla Ethenpa said today. The three are East Bengal player Nirmal Chhetri and two members of national under-16 team -- Ashish Chhetri and Bigendra Rai. Keeping these limitations in mind, the Sikkim Football Association has picked a 20-member squad, Ethenpa said adding the boys should do well in the national football tournament as it would be held in similar weather condition as prevailed back home. Sikkim has been drawn with Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Chandigarh in Pool A and play their lung opener with Tamil Nadu on May 26. A five-day training camp for the state team was held at Paljor Stadium recently. The squad: Bimal Bagdas, Karma Tsering Lepcha, Tashi Rapde...

SHIVADEEP RAI Gangtok: Paying tribute to Mary Scott, PNG School celebrated its 84th Founder’s Day in a befitting manner at the school premises on May 21. Mr. PS Tingbo, Reverend of EPCS Church (Gangtok) was chief guest on the occasion. During the function, a documentary video ‘The Touch’ was displayed to the gathering which included present and former students and teachers of PNG School and guests. The video narration revealed the journey of PNG School since its inception in the year 1924 till date. It was narrated that PNG School was founded by Mary Scott of Scotland in 1924 with the permission of the then King Chogyal. At that time there was lack of education for girls due to the ethics and culture of Sikkim. In such kind of circumstances, Mary Scott with the vision and hope to develop girls literally, visited every family and tried to convince them for girls’ education. Mary Scott...

The Union Tourism Ministry has been according top priority to development of tourism in the area, since tourism has great potential for employment generation and economic growth. This was stated by the Union Tourism Secretary Sh . S. Banerjee recently while reviewing the progress of projects sanctioned to the State Governments for development and promotion of tourism in the North-Eastern Region. He said during the 10 th plan period a total amount of Rs.319 crore was released to the North Eastern states including Sikkim , as against the mandatory provision of 10% amounting to Rs.269 crore . Similarly in the first year of the 11 th plan i.e. 2007-08, against the target of Rs.95.3 crore ( 10% allocation of the budget) the actual expenditure on the North East including HRD & publicity amounted to Rs.170 crore . Sh . S. Banerjee said out of this amount, the amount rele...

A fter Indian Idol's Prashant Tamang comes another talent, also named Prashant, from North East India. Prashant Rasaily was the runner-up in Gateway To Hollywood, a reality television show which gave a chance to budding filmmakers to go to Hollywood . Even though Prashant did not win, he bagged a prestigious project -- he will assist Anurag Basu in the Hrithik -starrer, Kites. Prashant speaks to Patcy N about his experience on Gateway To Hollywood, and the future. I am from Gangtok, Sikkim . I dropped out of school, as I was more interested in art and movies. My parents were supportive and at a very small age, I started singing and composing songs. I worked as disc jockey. I was interested in filmmaking, so I made a 24-minute film called Myth . It was very difficult to convince people to fund my film, so I produced it myself, on a very small budget. I hired the equipment from Kolkata and shot the film in Sikkim. I did the post production work in Kolkata. Myth is about the...

Gangtok, May 20 (ANI): Residents of Sikkim have reacted strongly to reports about China’s claim to a small tract of land in northern Sikkim. “On the one hand, China is trying to tell the international community that it has stepped back from laying claims on portions of Sikkim close to its borders, on the other hand, we keep hearing about military activities on Sikkim’s border with China,” said Ratan Gurung, a resident. “China is retracting on its commitment. It’s wrong on its part to lay claim on the area,” added Bhupal Basnett, another resident. China has made fresh claims with troops making an entry into the “finger area” which is the northernmost tip of Sikkim. The boundary area is demarcated by mounds of stones, which China has objected to. India though has told China it will not allow Chinese troops in the area, as it would mean a breach of treaty between the neighbours. The row has occurred even as the two Asian giants reopened trade across the 15,000-ft Nathu La Pass, 52 km eas...

A day after your channel reported China's attempts to lay claim to a strategically important area in North Sikkim, called the "Finger Area", TIMES NOW have gained access to the exclusive pictures of the Finger Area showing Indian patrol vehicles. Earlier, China surprised India by laying claims on a small tract of land in North Sikkim and threatened to demolish the existing stone structures there. India rebutted these claims, lodged an official protest and barred Chinese troops from entering the area. Referred to as the "Finger Area" by Indian armed forces, this territory falls north of Gyangyong in Sikkim and overlooks a strategically important valley known as the Sora Funnel. It contains several stone cairns, which are essentially heaps of stones that can be used for shelter. The exclusive pictures, which TIMES NOW have, depict the actual situation in the Finger Point area. The images, the first from Sikkim, show Indian military patrol vehicles on the Indian si...

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Surya Gangadharan / CNN-IBN New Delhi: It would seem China is determined to broaden the areas of territorial dispute with India. To their claims on areas in Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing wants to add Sikkim, which China had accepted as part of India only a few years ago. The area being claimed by the Chinese is a sliver of territory jutting into Tibet – the Indian Army refers to it as the ‘Finger Area’. Chinese troops were trying to lay a road cutting through the Finger Area that would link up their locations on either side of it. The Indian Army objected when China claimed this area during flag meetings and also diplomatically in Beijing. “This is a flat area, same height as the Tibetan plateau from where forces can be launched to cut of the Shigatse-Yatung highway,” said Lt Gen Sheru Thapliyal, explaining why the area was crucial to India. China-watchers in India say this is part of Beijing's tactics against India, probing Indian military defences on the ground, gauging the respon...

Pranab Dhal Samanta Beijing sends ‘informal’ threat to demolish stone structures in Finger Area, India protests, bans Chinese troop entry New Delhi, May 17: China has surprised India by laying claim on a small tract of land in North Sikkim, even threatening this week to demolish existing stone structures there. India has strongly rebutted these claims, lodged an official protest and barred Chinese troops from entering the area. Referred to as the “Finger Area” by Indian armed forces, this territory falls north of Gyangyong in Sikkim and overlooks a strategically important valley known as the Sora Funnel. It contains several stone cairns, which are essentially heaps of stones that can be used for shelter. The area is in the northernmost tip of Sikkim, north of a place called Gyangyong, and appears like a protruding finger on the map — hence the name Finger Area. On Thursday, at the periodic division commander-level flag meeting in Nathu La, India made it clear that it will ...

Gangtok May 14: Star Universal Resource Company Inc an American company with headquarters in New York, that specializes in making express highways, tunnels Airports the world over made a presentation on Sevok-Gangtok -Nathula expressway to the Chief Minister Mr Pawan Chamling at Chintan Bhawan here in the capital. The company that will also finance the entire project said that the total cost of this express highway will come to about Rs 1550 Crores.  The express highway will have tunnels and bridges with two lanes and the slope of the tunnel will be less than 3 % it will be all-weather concrete roads, open around the clock. Before coming here this project was presented to Minister DONER Mr Mani Shankar Iyer, and only about 30 km of the highway will be in West Bengal and the company h...

Gangtok, May 16: Sikkim paid rich honor to the 1973 pro-demoracy martyr Birkha Bahadur Gurung who led to the erstwhile Chogyal kingdom becoming the 22nd state of India on this day. Chief Minister Pawan Chamling posthumously awarded the L D Kazi award for Democratic Movement to martyr Gurung, who sacrificed his life in the 1973 uprising. The award carried a citation and a cheque of Rs one lakh. On the occasion of 34th State Day, Chief Minister unveiled a life size statue of Kazi Lhendup Dorji Khangsherpa, Father of Democracy of Sikkim, at Chintan Bhawan here today. "Mr Kazi's contribution was immense for Sikkim and we must take inspiration from him. Credit for today's developed Sikkim goes to him and his democratic soldiers," Chamling said. It...

NAMCHI, May 14: The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today visited various places in and around Namchi, in order to take stock of the various developmental projects currently under progress here. He was accompanied by the minister, Rural Management and Development Department, KN Rai, Area MLA, Melli, Girish Chandra Rai, secretaries of all the government departments along with the officials from the South District. Mr. Chamling started his inspection from the construction site of the Ropeway near Gandhi Park here. He directed the engineers of the concerned department to ensure that the ropeway meets top standards. He also directed them to look for a good parking area near the site. During his visit to the Jorethang Road, the CM dire...

GANGTOK, May 12: Prashant Rasaily, the first runner up of the television reality show “Gateway to Hollywood” was felicitated in glittering function held at Nepali Sahitya Parishad Bhawan here today. The ceremony was organized by the Sikkim Filmmakers and Artist Society for his landmark achievement in the show. Shyam Pradhan, a film maker based in Sikkim and Chandra Prakash Ghimirey, a cinematographer also from Sikkim chaired the occasion as the chief guest and guest of honour respectively. Prashant was felicitated with a citation, shawl and a memento. Expressing his gratitude towards the Association, Prashant said he was touched with the gesture and the support that he received from the people of Sikkim. The young director said that there are very talented youths in Sikkim who are in desperate need for proper guidance and mentoring, especially in the area of filmmaking. He further expressed his desire to make a film on Sikkim for which he sought the support of the people. In his addres...

   source: you tube son3775 A shame on you INDIA...im apalled by this behaviour of the bengal force on the ex servicemen...ambo this is ridiculous,cudnt stop tears comin out of my eyes, how i have started hating these so called bongs...yes i accept i have become a racist but its for a reason....I hope tht bimal da and party will keep their movement consistent nd non violent and acheive the dreams of the highlanders...our own Gorkhaland... Samadrusti what else do u expect from those who raised their sticks on old women and aimed their guns at little children in singur & nandigram? it is not only wb police but the police of india... just imagine what they would be doing in rural areas and situations where there is no media...

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