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

BY SHITAL PRADHAN --> --> This is a list of twelve news that i felt was the highlight of the year. It was not easy to pick up single news from each month but if my fellow readers help me to make another list of events that was missed i am sure it would be a nice idea. January : 10-kg radish grown in Sikkim February : The Best Tourism Performing State March : 1st International Flower Show concludes April : Bhaichung Bhutia a hero for Tibetans May : Prashant Rasaily loses in the finals of Gateway Acclaimed director Anurag Basu presents the young filmmaker from Sikkim with a Bollywood script June : Rousing homecoming reception for the Everesters July : UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS ATTACK "HAMRO PRAJASHAKTI" OFFICE SEVEN JOURNALISTS GRIEVOUSLY INJURED August : Gompa Dara Lake in West Sikkim disappearsLake disappearance in Uttarey leaves villagers baffled September: Sikki...

GANGTOK, July 15: All five persons arrested in connection with the attack on local journalists at the Hamro Prajashakti office on July 4 have been granted bail by the Lower Court here yesterday. Those five persons are as Suraj Gurung (29), Ashish Subba (24), Milan Rai (27), Roshan Gurung (23) and Rupesh Gurung (23), who were arrested on July 7 from Syari in the Capital. Another accused, Dawa Tshering Bhutia was arrested later. However, these five were rearrested today in another case. They have been arrested under the Arms Act and the Sikkim Anti Drugs Act, based on the evidences recovered from the room in Syari at the time of their arrests on July 7. from Sikkim Express

MINGMA BHUTIA GANGTOK, July 09: Even as Sikkim Police produced six suspects yesterday morning before the deadline set by the Press Club of Sikkim, journalists in the State are questioning the way the Police acted on the case. Reacting over the display of five colourful plastic masks supposedly seized from the suspects along with drugs and knives to the journalists yesterday, some of the journalists here said that the Police failed to produce the weapons of offence-iron rods and hammers. “I do not think that the masks, which were shown by the Police yesterday are the right ones,” Bijoy Gurung, Correspondent, United News of India (UNI) told SIKKIM EXPRESS. He was seriously injured in the July 4 attack in the Hamro Prajashakti office. He said that the per...

Press Club of Sikkim sets deadline of Tuesday 10 am for the Police to arrest culprits GANGTOK, July 07: Journalists representing the Press Club of Sikkim submitted a letter to the Director General of Police and the State Home Secretary this morning. The letter informs that the press fraternity would be condemning all the State Government functions if the suspected culprits are not arrested and interrogated by 10 am Tuesday morning. The journalists have decided to boycott the swearing in ceremony of the new Governor of Sikkim, which is scheduled to be held on July 9 at Raj Bhawan. Further, the Press Club has decided to send a memorandum to the Press Council of India at the earliest. http://www.sikkimexpress.com/topstories.ht...

Gangtok, July 06: A protest dharna was organised by media persons at Titanic park of Gangtok here today to voice their concern over attacked on seven journalists on last Friday evening. ‘Who will guard the guards', ‘Stop targeting journalist' and ‘We want freedom of Press' are mentioned in their placard. Disruptive mask personals had beaten journalists here yesterday while working in office of Hamro Prajashakti where Shekhar Khawas, reporter of Himalaya Darpan and Vijay Gurung, reporter of UNI was severely injured. In this incident Anjan Upadhyaya, Editor of two local dailies suffered serious injuries. Other injured journalists are Pabitra Bhandari, Anup Rai, Thakur Subedi. Newspapers and all agencies in Gangtok will boycott all government functions Gangtok, July 06: A meeting of Press Club of Sikkim along with the working journalists, editors and publishers of all the local dailies as well as the regional newspapers representatives was he...

Media fraternity demand immediate arrest of culprits GANGTOK, July 06: Journalists affiliated to various organizations yesterday picketed outside the Police Headquarters here in protest against the assault on local journalists on July 4 and sought swift action to bring the culprits to book. The journalists also took out a silent rally from the Press Club of Sikkim here and marched through the Mahatma Gandhi Marg to the Central Referral Hospital in Tadong demanding strong action against the culprits. The media persons wore black armbands and carried banners and hoardings condemning the attack and seeking an assurance from the State government that the right of expression of the media would be protected. The rally saw a ...

GANGTOK, July 04: A group of masked men in black leather jackets armed with hammers and iron rods entered the office of “Hamro Prajashakti” around 8:30 pm today evening and attacked the journalists present in its office in Gairi Gaon, Tadong. Seven journalists associated with the Nepali daily, Hamro Prajashakti and Himalayan Mirror, an English daily were seriously injured in the attack. The injured include the Editor and Publisher of Hamro Prajashakti and Himalayan Mirror, Anjan Upadhaya and reporters and office staff. Shekhar Khawas, Bijay Gurung, Pavitra Bhandari, Anup Rai, Thakur Subedi and Raj Kumar, were present in the office during the time of the attack. All the injured persons were rushed to the Sir Thutob Namgyal Memorial (STNM) Hospital and were under...