Over 200 tourists have been evacuated while around 1,000 are still stranded in Lachung in Sikkim's landslide-hit Mangan district. Pics/ PTI & X :: Text/ PTI
18 June,2024 05:40 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
The evacuation of stranded tourists from Lachen and Lachung in North Sikkim was resumed by the armed forces on Tuesday with the weather remaining clear for the second day, officials said (Pics/PTI)
10 October,2023 01:21 PM IST | ronak mastakar
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On day three after a flash flood wreaked havoc in Sikkim's Teesta basin, the number of bodies recovered from the river and mud embankments downstream rose to 22, including seven army men (Pics/PTI)
06 October,2023 04:36 PM IST | ronak mastakar
Fourteen people have died and 102 others, including 22 army personnel, were missing after the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin, officials said on Thursday. Pics/PTI and AFP
05 October,2023 02:22 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
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A sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River of Lachen Valley, leading to the reported disappearance of 23 army jawans (Pic/PTI)
04 October,2023 10:34 AM IST | Anagha Sawant
The North Sikkim District Collector (DC) Hem Kumar Chettri on Sunday said that no fresh permits will be issued to tourists to visit the picturesque district in view of weather-related vagaries and restoration works underway for roads damaged extensively due to landslides even as all 2,464 stranded tourists have been rescued (Pics/PTI)
18 June,2023 02:44 PM IST | ronak mastakar
Buddha Purnima which marks the day of the incarnation of Lord Vishnu on Earth is being celebrated today this year. Lakhs of devotees from far-flung places gathered at 'Har ki Paudi' in Haridwar to take a holy dip in the river Ganga here on the occasion of Buddha Purnima on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of a Centre of Buddhist Culture and Heritage in Lumbini, on the auspicious occasion. Pics/PTI
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