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Stones hurled at former Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling's convoy; 4 arrested

Chamling has alleged that the top leadership of the SKM instigated the attack, a charge rubbished by the ruling party.

Former Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling (HT Photo)

Published on Mar 29, 2022 04:54 PM IST

PTI | , Gangtok

Sikkim govt to auction more than 50 luxury cars as part of austerity drive

During the election campaign, Golay had announced that the luxury cars purchased for the ministers and MLAs by the erstwhile government would be converted into ambulances.

The Sikkim chief minister had earlier said that his government would focus on austerity measures and no minister and legislator would travel in luxury cars. (Image used for representational purpose).(HT PHOTO.)

Updated on Aug 28, 2019 09:42 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gangtok | ByPramod Giri

Sikkim’s new govt cancels 40% recruitment under ‘one family one job’ scheme

The department of personnel ordered cancellation of the appointment of those who joined duty after the model code of conduct came into force on March 10.

The ‘one family one job’ scheme launched by the Pawan Chamling government in Sikkim questioned with the new administration cancelling more than 40% of the appointments.(AFP File)

Updated on Jun 12, 2019 11:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Siliguri | ByPramod Giri

In Naveen Patnaik’s new team, every second minister is first-time lawmaker

So far only two chief ministers: Jyoti Basu of West Bengal and Pawan Chamling of Sikkim have been at the helm for five terms.

Naveen Patnaik took oath as Odisha chief minister for the fifth term on Wednesday.(ANI / Twitter)

Updated on May 17, 2020 07:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | ByDebabrata Mohanty

Sikkim gets new chief minister after 25 years, moves to five-day week

Immediately after being sworn in, the new chief minister declared a five-day week for the state government employees. Earlier, only the second Saturday of each month was a government holiday.

Prem Singh Tamang, popular as P S Golay, became the sixth chief minister of Sikkim when he was sworn in by governor Ganga Prasad at Gangtok’s Paljore stadium(Twitter/@amritdahal_09)

Updated on May 27, 2019 06:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gangtok | ByPramod Giri

Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP retains power in Arunachal Pradesh, SDF may lose Sikkim

Meanwhile in Sikkim, Indra Hang Subba of the SKM won the lone Lok Sabha seat, by a margin of over 11,000 votes.

If Chamling retains Sikkim, he will become the longest serving chief minister in the country having served six terms already. In Arunachal Pradesh, till 10pm, BJP won 23 of the 60 assembly seats and was leading in 7.(Ht Photo)

Updated on May 24, 2019 12:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times, GUWAHATI/SILIGURI | ByUtpal Parashar and Pramod Giri

Assembly election results highlights: ‘I want to congratulate Smriti Irani, take good care of Amethi,’ says Rahul Gandhi

Will Pawan Chamling, India’s longest serving chief minister, continue to occupy the hot seat in the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim, or will PS Golay, once Chamling’s most trusted man, edge him out him is the question being asked all around the state.With exit poll predictions not providing a clear picture, one will have to wait till Thursday when the results of Sikkim’s 32 assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha seat would be announced along with the election results for the entire country.Click here for election results 2019 live updatesThe Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday said it would support any party or combination forming the next government at the Centre if they agree to settle some of the long pending issues of Odisha.BJD spokesman Amar Patnaik said chief minister Naveen Patnaik has already made BJD’s position clear when he launched the party’s electoral campaign from Nayagarh district in March this year.Follow updates here:

Updated on May 24, 2019 02:28 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Will Pawan Chamling, ruling Sikkim since 1994, be CM the sixth time in 2019?

Chamling, 69, the president of the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), has been ruling Sikkim uninterrupted since 1994.

With the exit poll projections for the state’s lone Lok Sabha seat varying, it has become difficult to predict who would emerge the winner.(HT Photo)

Updated on May 23, 2019 06:30 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Siliguri | ByPramod Giri

Election Results 2019: Sikkim is SDF’s pocket borough

Sikkim is one of the four states where parliamentary and assembly elections are being held simultaneously on April 11.

Mumbai, India - February 21, 2017: People cast their vote during the BMC elections at Ghodapdeo in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times)(Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 23, 2019 03:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent

Sikkim elections 2019: Bhaichung Bhutia’s party promises basic income of Rs 1,500 a month

Hamro Sikkim Party that the footballer set up in 2018 is contesting the assembly polls in the Himayalan state on April 11

Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia’s Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) said it would ensure a basic income of Rs 1,500 a month in the state.(PTI file photo)

Updated on Mar 28, 2019 07:15 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Siliguri | ByPramod Giri

Eyeing sixth term, Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling promises 100 years of life expectancy

Sikkim is supposed to hold assembly elections along with the Lok Sabha polls in April-May.

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling said the life expectancy of the state is now 71 years, up from 60 years in 1994.(AFP)

Updated on Mar 06, 2019 10:55 AM IST

Namchi (South Sikkim) | ByPramod Giri

Sikkim opposition parties set for pre-poll alliance against Chamling

If the tie-up eventually materialises, it will be the first time an alliance of opposition parties will be forged in the 44-year history of Sikkim. The state is due to hold assembly elections this year.

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling during a meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.(PTI File Photo)

Published on Jan 16, 2019 09:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByPramod Giri, Siliguri

Eye on sixth term, Sikkim CM Chamling rolls out government job scheme in state

In the process, Sikkim sees 0.1 million of its 0.62 million population, or every one in six persons, holding a state government job.

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling on Saturday launched a new government job scheme, that will make every one of every six people in the state a state government employee (File Photo)(AFP)

Updated on Jan 13, 2019 07:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Siliguri | ByPramod Giri

Centre did not inform Sikkim about Doklam stand-off, says CM Chamling

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling says “even during such tense times, whatever I heard and saw on the stand-off was from television and newspapers.”

A Chinese soldier (L) next to an Indian soldier at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in Sikkim.(AFP file photo)

Updated on Aug 21, 2018 05:32 PM IST

Gangtok | ByPress Trust of India

Sikkim govt to hold Lama Mela to appease influential monks, woo Buddhist voters

Though the Sikkim Democratic Front has been in power since 1994 and Pawan Chamling the longest serving CM in the country, the Lama Mela comes in the backdrop of growing popularity of opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha and Bhaichung Bhutia’s Hamro Sikkim Party.

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling is the longest serving chief minister in the country.(AFP/File Photo)

Updated on Jun 16, 2018 12:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Siliguri | ByPramod Giri

Bhaichung Bhutia launches Hamro Sikkim Party, may not vie for CM’s chair in state polls

Former footballer calls Pawan Chamling ‘corrupt and communal’ at Daramdin event, slams govt move to push organic agriculture without taking ground realities into account.

Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia had earlier contested from the Darjeeling and Siliguri seats on a Trinamool Congress ticket.(HT File)

Updated on May 31, 2018 06:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Daramdin (West Sikkim) | ByPramod Giri

Ahead of political party launch, former footballer Baichung Bhutia says open to third front

Baichung Bhutia says his focus would be to strengthen his Hamro Sikkim Party to oust the state’s longest-serving chief minister Pawan Chamling and his Sikkim Democratic Party.

Baichung Bhutia contested the 2014 Lok Sabha poll and the 2016 Bengal state election as Trinamool Congress candidate but lost the polls and quit Mamata Banerjee’s party in February.(File photo)

Updated on May 26, 2018 12:21 PM IST

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Pawan Chamling overtakes Jyoti Basu to become India’s longest serving CM

Pawan Chamling became the chief minister of Sikkim on December 12, 1994, and has ruled the tiny Himalayan state ever since.

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling was elected to the Sikkim assembly for the first time in 1985.(AFP Photo)

Updated on Apr 30, 2018 04:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Siliguri | ByPramod Giri

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