Sikkim Chief Minister

Krishna Kumari Rai, wife of sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang, resigned as an MLA just a day after being sworn in. Her resignation aligns with the party's welfare and objectives, ensuring continued active representation in the Namchi-Singhithang constituency.

GANGTOK: Like other NDA partners and allies, the tiny state of Sikkim is no exception to pre-poll political posturing. What Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu said recently was dittoed by his Sikkim counterpart, Pawan Chamling, last week - that relations are courteous, but that is all there is to the ties with the NDA.

Close to five years into the dispute between the Sikhs and Buddhists over the alleged conversion of Gurdwara Guru Dongmar Sahib in Sikkim into a Buddhist shrine, the Sikkim high court has pushed “for an amicable out of court settlement”.

sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang was hospitalized in Gangtok on Thursday after experiencing nose bleeding and high blood pressure during a program at Rangpo Ground. His son confirmed the CM is recovering well and is expected to be discharged on Friday after being kept under observation as a precautionary measure.

CHANDIGARH: sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling has sought the assistance of the Haryana government in the promotion of tourism and agriculture in his state.

The council of ministers in Sikkim has a strength of 12 members, including the chief minister. Tamang spearheadeded the SKM's landslide victory in the assembly polls and the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim. He was unanimously elected as the leader of the legislature party during a meeting on June 2.

Pawan Chamling created history on Saturday by becoming the longest-serving CM in India.

sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling said the airport will come up at Pakyong which is 35 km from Gangtok.

NEW DELHI: sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling met Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday and sought reservation of seats for Limboo and Tamang communities in the State Assembly.

sikkim chief minister and SKM leader Prem Singh Tamang is now running for two assembly seats - Soreng-Chakung and Rhenock, shifting from his previous win in the Poklok-Kamrang constituency in 2019. Tamang is counting on his government's welfare initiatives, such as providing free LPG cylinders to all households every quarter, offering a yearly cash transfer of Rs 40,000 to women heading families through the 'Aamaa Yojana'.

On April 28, 2018, Pawan Kumar Chamling became the longest-serving chief minister in the country, overtaking former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu's record of 23 years and 4 months. In May 2014, he was sworn in as sikkim chief minister for the record fifth consecutive time. A look at some other chief ministers who remained in office for long.

On Monday, sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang declared that starting next year, his administration will confer awards upon private schools in the state in acknowledgment of their achievements. The top-performing school will be granted a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh, with the second and third-ranking schools receiving Rs 15 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively.

Sikkim will get its first airport operational from December 2016, which will provide a direct connectivity to the land-locked state and help boost tourism.

sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday called on his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray and governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in Mumbai.

NEW DELHI: The former sikkim chief minister, Narbahadur Bhandari, on Wednesday merged his party the Sikkim Sangram Parishad with the Congress party.

Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang arrived in Delhi for PM Narendra Modi's swearing-in. Tamang, also taking his oath as CM, expressed gratitude to voters and outlined priorities in infrastructure. Modi, honored past leaders, takes his third consecutive term today with enhanced security, following BJP's strong electoral performance.

sikkim chief minister, Prem Singh Tamang, announced an ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh for the families of those who died in the flash flood in the state. He also provided immediate relief of Rs 2,000 to those in relief camps. Tamang assured affected families of the state government's efforts to mitigate difficulties and directed the district administration to prioritize the rehabilitation of children, women, and senior citizens.

GANGTOK: sikkim chief minister P K Chamling has said his government's first priority was to keep the state free of insurgency.

GANGTOK: sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling said that the elections would be held to the now-defunct municipal body in the state capital in September next year.

MUMBAI: Former sikkim chief minister Kaazi Lendhup Dorji and dancer Sonal Mansingh, industrialists H.S, Singhania and Jamshyd Godrej, actors Naseeruddin Shah and Aamir Khan, journalist and Aaj Tak anchor Prabhu Chawla and columnist T.V.R. Shenoy were among those honoured by the Padma Awards on Saturday.

GANGTOK: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived here on Friday on a four-day visit during which he will have meetings with sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling, his ministerial colleagues and officials to review development works.

GANGTOK: sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling, who is also a poet, has been selected for the Lifetime Achievement in Literature award by a Kolkata based organisation.