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Towards a Healthy Sikkim 22 Oct 2010 | 05:30 pm
Chief Minister’s Annual Total Health Check- up program to begin from November The Chief Minister’s Compressive Annual and Total Check- up for Healthy Sikkim program (CATCH) is likely to be operationa...
Indian heads top US science body 20 Oct 2010 | 04:59 pm
Indian-American academician and IIT Madras alumnus, Subra Suresh was sworn in as the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF,) the top US science body that leads scientific research in the co...
Gambling in India 20 Oct 2010 | 01:32 am
Gambling laws in India are strange and gambling remains outlawed and heavily restricted, although illegal gambling is rampant throughout the country. The only type of gambling which is allowed everywh...
Militant issued threats to Media houses 19 Oct 2010 | 10:47 pm
In a major blow to the freedom of the press, militant factions have issued fresh threats to media houses in Imphal, warning them of dire consequences if their demands were not met. Seeking to resolve ...
Sikkim to benefit from NID, Jorhat 19 Oct 2010 | 09:14 pm
If everything goes well, India’s 2nd National Institute of Design (NID) will soon be operational in Jorhat, Assam. Assam CM Tarun Gogoi met Industry Minister Anand Sharma in New Delhi on Monday to pus...
Legends of the Lepchas: Tales from Sikkim 19 Oct 2010 | 08:02 pm
Reviewed by: Parbina Rashid WHEN the creator becomes “Mother Creator” and social custom requires a perspective groom to present all sorts of gifts to a girl’s family to win her hand in marriage, you ...
A Bangalore Biker in Sikkim 19 Oct 2010 | 06:27 pm
By Sankara Subramaniam C It has been over a year since I last visited the heavenly Himalayan state of Sikkim. In fact, that was my first visit to Sikkim and I was on my solo all India motorcycle jour...
Money could have used for alleviating poverty 19 Oct 2010 | 06:24 pm
Thousands of crores should have used in improving the plight of poor in India rather than using it for Common wealth games. Former Panchayati Raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyar continued his outburst ove...
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama 19 Oct 2010 | 04:56 pm
Time Magazine interviewed His Holiness in New York City in May of 2010 for its “10 Questions to His Holiness the Dalai Lama”. Question: Do you ever feel angry or outraged? —Kantesh Guttal, PUNE, INDI...
Foreigners visiting Sikkim highest in NE 19 Oct 2010 | 02:21 am
Yet another feat for Tourism Sector in Sikkim: The nation’s most progressive state in tourism received the maximum number foreign tourists in the year 2007 to 2009, according to the data released by t...
