Sikkim has invested heavily on hydropower projects, with more than 35 cascade schemes on the Teesta and its tributaries that drain Mt Kangchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain. There are no ...

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing ...

A glacial lake overflowed and flooded the Teesta River in Sikkim, a mountainous region between Bhutan and Nepal, on Wednesday, after a cloudburst of sudden, extreme rainfall, authorities said.

Trade between Sikkim and eastern Nepal will also get a fillip,” he said. Uttarey lies at an altitude of 6,600 feet in western Sikkim while Chiwabhanjyang in Nepal is at a height of 10,500 feet.

Pilgrims journeying to Kailash Mansarovar are facing obstacles due to the collapse of the Nepal-China Miteri Bridge, caused ...

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred near the Sikkim-Nepal border at 8.49 pm on Monday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.