Sikkim
- India
Toll rises to 40 in Sikkim flash flood, 76 people still missing
Gangtok: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 40 on Tuesday with two more bodies being found in the state, while 76 people are still missing about two weeks…
- India
CM announces housing schemes for those who lost homes in Sikkim flash flood
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister PS Tamang on Monday announced two housing schemes for those who lost their homes in the flash flood that ravaged the northern part of the Himalayan state. The…
- India
Flash flood: Sikkim CS seeks relief, restoration reports from collectors of affected dist
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Secretary V B Pathak on Saturday sought ground reports on relief and restoration work from collectors of four districts worst affected by the recent flash flood in the Himalayan…
- India
409 more people evacuated from flood-hit North Sikkim
Gangtok: The Indian Air Force on Friday evacuated 409 tourists and local people from flash flood-affected areas in North Sikkim, officials said. They said that 18 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and two…
- India
Sikkim Floods: Army undertakes massive operation to reconnect isolated villages
New Delhi: In Sikkim, troops of Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army are undertaking operations at a massive scale to reconnect villages cut off post the flash floods on the night of…
- India
160 Assam students stranded in flood-hit Sikkim evacuated
Guwahati: At least 160 students from Assam who were stranded in the flood-ravaged Sikkim, were successfully evacuated and have returned to the state, officials said on Monday. Six buses from the Assam…
- India
Toll rises to 33 in Sikkim flash flood, search on for those still missing
Gangtok: Thirty-three bodies, including those of nine Armymen, have been recovered so far from the slush and debris of the flash flood in Teesta river that devastated Sikkim, while the search continued…
- India
Sikkim flood: 62 missing people found alive as toll rises to 30
Gangtok: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 30 as four more bodies were found on Saturday, while 62 people who were reported missing earlier were found alive in…
- India
Sikkim flash floods: Mortal remains of 8 Army personnel recovered
New Delhi: The mortal remains of eight Army personnel, who were part of a group of soldiers that went missing following flash floods in Sikkim, have been recovered, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said…
- India
Central team to visit flood-hit Sikkim to access damage
Gangtok: An inter-ministerial central team will visit flood-ravaged Sikkim from Sunday to assess the damage due to the natural calamity, Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said here. Mishra, the union minister of state…
- India
Sikkim flash flood death toll rises to 27, search operations continue for 141 people missing
Gangtok: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim rose to 27 on Saturday even as search operations continued for the 141 people who are still missing, an official report said. Twenty-seven…
- India
Toll in Sikkim flash flood rises to 26, search on for 142 people still missing
Gangtok: Twenty-six bodies, including those of seven Armymen, have been recovered so far from the slush and debris of the flash flood in the Teesta river that devastated Sikkim, while the search…
- India
Sikkim deluge: Army weapons, equipment swept away in Teesta River
Guwahati: The deluge in Sikkim led to a large amount of military equipment, including weapons and explosives, being carried away in the Teesta River, defence officials said on Friday, urging people to…
- Telangana
Sikkim floods: Body of Army jawan from Nizamabad found
Hyderabad: Amid a massive search operation conducted by the Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in flood-hit Sikkim, the body of Army jawan, a native of Kummanpally village of Nizamabad district,…
- India
Shah approves release of Rs 44.8 Cr to Sikkim to provide relief to flood-hit people
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the release of Rs 44.8 crore as an advance amount from the central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to Sikkim…
