Gangtok/Jalpaiguri, Oct 6 (PTI) 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. Of the 23 army personnel who had gone missing from Bardang area, the bodies of seven have been recovered […]
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Gangtok, Oct 5 (PTI) 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. So far, 2,011 people have been rescued, while the calamity that happened on Wednesday affected 22,034 […]
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Gangtok, Apr 4 (PTI) Six tourists were killed and 11 others injured in a major avalanche in Sikkim’s Nathu La area on Tuesday, police officials said here. The injured are being brought to the state capital Gangtok’s hospital. “Rescue and clearance operations are still on,” a senior police official here said. Nathu La, one of […]
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सिक्किम की राजधानी गंगटोक में मंगलवार को एवलांच (हिमस्खलन) हुआ। इसमें 6 टूरिस्ट की मौत हो गई और 150 लोगों के बर्फ में फंसे होने की खबर है। मरने वालों में चार पुरुष, एक महिला और एक बच्चा शामिल है। यह घटना दोपहर करीब 12:20 बजे गंगटोक को नाथुला दर्रे से जोड़ने वाले जवाहरलाल नेहरू […]
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