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How a Panchayat Leader’s Personal Intervention Helped a 65-Year-Old Sikkim Woman Finally Own a Home For nearly thirty years, Nar Maya Rai lived in a fragile kachcha house perched on borrowed land in Lower Kopchey Ward, under 33-Mikkhola-Singithang GPU in Namchi Block, South Sikkim. The house stood without security, without ownership, and without dignity. Its […]
At a student festival in Temi, a state minister calls out the gap between imagination and execution As education spending rises and pass rates improve, the real challenge is turning curiosity into systems that work Temi, April 15: In a room full of student prototypes, models, and ideas, Sikkim’s Education Minister Raju Basnet identified what […]
Addiction and Recovery | Episode 3 of 3 In this episode, Aie Rinzing shares her journey through drug addiction, stigma, and recovery, highlighting the hidden struggles female users face in seeking rehabilitation. “It is a hell.” Aie Rinzing pauses before she says it again, as if language itself struggles to hold the weight of her […]
In quiet circles, conversations unfold that rarely enter public discussion. Some voices tremble, others pause between sentences, and a few remain silent, gathering courage. Among them is Agrim, not a patient seeking help, but as someone offering it. As a homemaker and a family man, Agrim describes himself with a single word: recovering.Two years into […]
As Sikkim marks fifty years within the Indian Union, its democratic experience reveals a recurring pattern; long phases of political dominance punctuated by moments when opposition mattered deeply, and altered the course of power. And that is why Sikkim is risking of One-Party Comfort, again. Since 1975, Sikkim’s electoral history has been defined less by […]
Gangtok/Namchi, January 4, 2026: Invoking Mahatma Gandhi’s historic call of “Do or Die” as a symbol of non-violent resistance, citizens in Gangtok and Namchi joined a nationwide peaceful mobilisation on Saturday. Demanding, that governments abandon fear-driven dog-control measures and adopt scientific, lawful, and humane policies to protect public health. The coordinated protest takes place all […]
Namchi | Sikkim The species, Cryptomeria japonica, (locally known as dhuppi) has formed dense monocultures across several reserved forests in Namchi district, outcompeting indigenous vegetation and altering soil and water dynamics. Under the department’s approved Working Plan, Forest Department, GoS, the Namchi Territorial Division has initiated silvicultural thinning in ecologically stressed forest patches. Following assessment […]
Prashant Lamechaney, 29, is an emerging innovation technologist and multidisciplinary graphic design practitioner who operates a fully equipped print-production unit in his native town of Temi, Namchi District. With a portfolio exceeding 300 STEM-driven prototypes, Prashant has achieved an exceptional track record—eight out of his nine flagship innovations have been shortlisted by the National Innovation […]
Trip to Ziro Music Festival 2025 of Team Sikkim’s Tourism group (September 25-28) The 12th Ziro Festival of Music 2025, one of the most celebrated music festivals in Arunachal Pradesh, is held every year in the picturesque rice valley of Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh. Latitude: 27.63°N, Longitude: 93.83°E,Altitude: approximately 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) above sea level.The […]
Namchi, 17th September, 2025 One thousand mothers from Namchi-Singithang constituency received cheques and gifts under ‘Sikkim Aama Sashaktikaran Yojana’ of the Government of Sikkim. The each of the beneficiaries received the sum amounting to rupees twenty thousand and a thermos flask each as a gift. The event was organized by Women, Child, Senior Citizen and […]
