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Golden jubilee fete starts at Manipal college
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The yearlong golden jubilee celebrations of Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MCOPS), Manipal University
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Sikkim Guv cautions Govt on hydro projects
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Sikkim Governor has urged the State policy makers to make judicious choices keeping in view concerns of ecology and culture while taking up hydro-power projects in the State.
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Ex gratia for bridge collapse victims
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Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today called for an inquiry into the bridge collapse on Dikchu-Mangan highway in East district.
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Sikkim bridge collapses after quake, 8 persons killed
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Sikkim was rocked by a quake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale on Monday, after which a bridge collapsed in east Sikkim killing eight people. The incident happened three months after a 6.9 intensity earthquake
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7 Bengal tourists killed
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Seven tourists, including two women, all hailing from Sonarpur near Kolkata, were killed and four injured when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded into a gorge at Fifth Mile near Dipchu in North Sikkim last night.
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Seven tourists die in Sikkim road mishap
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At least seven tourists were killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell in a gorge in Sikkim on Tuesday night, officials
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Sikkim drastically de-stabilised by quake
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A recent report by the State department of Mines and Geology has warned the Sikkim Government that the overall soil and rock stability of the entire State has been drastically destabilised by the 6.9 Richter scale earthquake that hit the State on September 18.
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NE states default on spending
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The seven north-eastern states and Sikkim, which get grants-in-aid from the Centre under non-lapsable central pool of resources (NLCPR) scheme, have failed to submit utilization certificates (UC) worth crore of rupees.
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Sikkim to explore funding sources
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The Sikkim government will explore alternative sources of funding from financial institutions such as Asian Development Bank and World Bank in the interest of the victims of the last month's earthquake
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Rain hits relief ops in quake-affected Sikkim
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Incessant rain affected relief activities in quake-hit Sikkim on Monday, even as government pressed more personnel into service for the ongoing operation.
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Survivors trek, crawl their way to safety
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With rescue teams facing difficulties to reach some farflung areas in Sikkim, hundreds of survivors are trekking out of their cut-off villages, crawling sometimes to negotiate dangerous stretches.
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Sikkim earthquake: 10,000 food packets airdropped, more roads opened
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With most of the roads opening for regular traffic in the quake-hit Sikkim, the ongoing relief works got a boost on Friday. More Army, ITBP and NDRF personnel could reach interiors and bring villagers to relief camps.
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PC surveys quake-hit North Sikkim areas
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram landed at Libing helipad after taking an aerial view of North Sikkim by the Army chopper.
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Tremor again, of mild intensity
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A mild intensity earthquake of 3.9 magnitude hit Sikkim tonight, just four days after a powerful temblor hit the state, leaving behind a trail of devastation.
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400 foreign tourists stranded, toll 112
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Twenty more bodies were recovered in quake-hit Sikkim taking the toll in Sunday's powerful 6.8 magnitude tembler to 112 amid reports that 400 foreign tourists were stranded in the worst-affected North district.
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Quake damage Rs 1 lakh crore: Chamling
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The loss from Sunday’s devastating earthquake in Sikkim is estimated to be around Rs 1 lakh crore, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling said today, while urging the Centre to grant a special package.
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Rahul visits quake-hit Sikkim
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today made an aerial survey of quake-hit North Sikkim, besides visiting an affected village and a hospital here.
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Fresh landslide hits rescue efforts
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Sikkim was cut off again today due to a heavy landslide on the road linking the worst-hit Mangan, the epicentre of the quake, with the rest of the state barely hours after it was cleared earlier in the day.
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Quake toll rises to 92; 3,000 rescued in Sikkim
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More than 3,000 people were rescued in quake-hit areas of Sikkim by defence forces that scrambled hard to clear debris of collapsed structures and landslides as the death toll in Sunday’s powerful temblor shot up to 92, including 53 in the Himalayan state, reports PTI.
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Army slips through break in clouds to reach quake epicentre
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Air force helicopters flew rescue workers to the remote Himalayan region of Sikkim's Mangan on Tuesday in search of survivors of the powerful earthquake that killed more than 80 people in India, Nepal and Tibet.
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Earthquake toll rises to 72
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Battling landslides and torrential rain in quake-hit Sikkim, rescue teams got into full swing today as the death toll in the 6.8-magnitude temblor mounted to 72, including 41 in the Himalayan state.
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North Sikkim worst affected, toll rises to 62
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In the aftermath of the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Sikkim on Sunday evening, the death toll has risen to 62, North Sikkim is worst hit with 38 casualties. Fears remain of many more are trapped under the debris but bad weather continues to hamper rescue operations.
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Sikkim quake: Toll reaches 14
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The toll in Sikkim due to Sunday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake has reached 14, an official in state capital Gangtok
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ITBP rescues 26 tourists in Sikkim
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The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have rescued 26 tourists, including four children, from the Pegong area of Sikkim which was jolted by a 6.8 richter earthquake
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Landslides stop disaster team from reaching Sikkim
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Five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were unable to reach quake-hit Sikkim early Monday as landslides damaged the national highway, snapping the hill state's only road link with the outside world
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