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Sikkim Football: The Thriving SPL and Its Impact The Sikkim Premier League (SPL) has become one of the state’s most visible sporting events. Stadiums filled with crowds, matches generate significant engagement online, and football dominates public conversation during the tournament season. Few would deny that SPL has increased the profile of football in Sikkim. But […]
The Chief Minister Trying to Redefine Political Power Through Austerity. Sikkim Wants to Run Government Like a Lean Startup. In alignment with the national call for fiscal prudence and resource optimization issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of Sikkim has initiated a comprehensive austerity framework aimed at strengthening fuel conservation, administrative rationalization, and […]
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 […]
