Around 1,200 tourists were stranded in north Sikkim as most parts of the region remained cut off because of damages on roads, bridges amid heavy rainfall leading to landslides (PTI Photo)

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Updated on Jun 20, 2024 08:18 PM IST

Sikkim landslides: Stranded tourists being evacuated by road

tranded tourists being evacuated in rain-hit Sikkim's Mangan district on Tuesday. (PTI)

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Updated on Jun 18, 2024 05:00 PM IST

Unabated rains hit Sikkim rescue ops, 1,200 tourists stuck

The section of a road damaged due to landslides triggered by incessant rainfall at Mangan in North Sikkim on Thursday. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Jun 17, 2024 04:56 AM IST

Sikkim landslides:1,200 stranded tourists to be airlifted; IMD issues red alert

People cross water on a temporary wooden bridge after a landslide following incessant rainfall in Sikkim’s Mangan on Thursday. (ANI)

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Published on Jun 15, 2024 01:05 PM IST

Nine dead as landslides, triggered by incessant rains, hit Sikkim

A house in North Sikkim upturned due to incessant landslides. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Jun 14, 2024 05:38 AM IST

Landslides cut off North Sikkim; swollen Teesta leaves hundreds homeless

Landslides damaged houses in the Upper Gyathang and Tarag villages. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jun 13, 2024 11:27 AM IST

Sikkim opens all tourist destinations except for extreme northern parts

Sikkim opens all tourist destinations except for extreme northern parts after floods

travel

Published on Nov 21, 2023 03:55 PM IST

Road to north Sikkim restored as Indian Army completes Chungthang Bailey Bridge

Large parts of north Sikkim ahead of Mangan had remained cut off since October 4. (Indian Army)

kolkata news

Published on Nov 16, 2023 03:19 PM IST

Sikkim’s aboriginal inhabitants suffer major damage in flash flood

On Tuesday night, a flash flood was triggered by an outburst of the Lhonak glacial lake in north Sikkim (File Photo)

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Updated on Oct 08, 2023 11:13 AM IST

Sikkim town that bore the brunt of flood fury

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Satellite images showed that the town developed rapidly at the confluence of Lachen and Lachung rivers, where the Teesta dam was built, and has grown faster since the dam construction started in 2009 (AFP)

india news

Updated on Oct 09, 2023 03:50 PM IST

Video shows flood fury in Sikkim after cloud burst over Lhonak Lake | WATCH

Twenty-three army personnel have been reported missing and 41 vehicles submerged under the slush.

india news

Published on Oct 04, 2023 02:51 PM IST

Glacial lake outburst in north Sikkim, 30 missing, six bridges washed away

The flash flood occurred due to the bursting of a glacial lake in north Sikkim. (HT photo)

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Updated on Oct 04, 2023 11:24 AM IST

Over 2,000 tourists stranded in North Sikkim as heavy rain triggers landslides

Sikkim government and the Border Roads Organization (BRO) have started the rescue work (Twitter Photo)

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Updated on Jun 18, 2023 11:16 AM IST

North Sikkim's road blockades post heavy rainfall strands over 2,400 tourists

North Sikkim faces road blockades due to incessant rainfall, over 2,400 tourists stranded

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Published on Jun 17, 2023 06:03 PM IST

Are we at greater risk of avalanches?

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Rescue team members search for survivors after an avalanche in Sikkim on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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Published on Apr 05, 2023 08:08 PM IST

16 jawans killed as Army truck falls into gorge in Sikkim; ‘Pained': PM Modi

The remains of the Army truck which met an accident in Sikkim on Thursday killing 16 soldiers and injuring 4.

india news

Updated on Dec 23, 2022 04:48 PM IST

Landslides in north Sikkim hamper army movement near Indo-China border

A village in Dzongu in North Sikkim hit by landslides. Five major landslides took place between Dikchu to Chungthang on Saturday.

india news

Updated on Jun 29, 2020 07:30 PM IST

Army officer killed in avalanche in Sikkim laid to rest in Manipur

Thirty-eight-year-old Lt. Col. Robert joined the Indian Army in June 2000. The officer left behind his wife and two daughters, parents and four siblings.

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Updated on May 16, 2020 08:26 PM IST

‘Should work together, fight Covid-19’: China to India after Sikkim face-off

Reports of the clash brought back memories of the 73-day face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in 2017 near the Sikkim border in Doklam, which plunged bilateral ties into a chill for months. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

india news

Updated on May 11, 2020 04:35 PM IST