Sikkim News Today - Live Updates & Latest Sikkim News

13 Jul

HRD MINISTRY TO MEET STATE EDUCATION SECRETARIES, ADDRESS UGC RULES VIOLATION

editor0 CommentsSikkimEDUCATION, UGC

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry is set to hold meetings with state education secretaries and health officials this week to chalk out protocols for final assessment of degree students amid disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This comes as some states cancelled college and university exams – which is against the University Grants Commissions’ (UGC) rules. “A few states are not following protocol … they are ignoring that a degree without UGC approval does not mean anything. It’s there in the UGC Act, and it is binding. What they are doing is putting students’ future at risk and creating…

13 Jul

Divvya Chouksey passed away after battling cancer.

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Bollywood actress Divvya Chouksey passed away today, reportedly after battling cancer. Just hours before her demise, the actress had posted a heart-breaking note in her Instagram story. “Words cannot suffice what I want to convey, the more the less, since it's been months am absconded and bombarded with plethora of messages. It's time I tell you guys, I am on my death bed. S**t happens. I am strong. Be there another life of non suffering. No questions please. Only god knows how much you mean to me. DC Bye."Divvya had marked her entry in Bollywood with ‘Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara’ in 2016, which was directed by…

12 Jul

Yogi govt. forms Commission to probe Kanpur ambush, Vikas Dubey’s encounter.

editor0 CommentsSikkim

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday constituted a one-member commission to probe the Kanpur ambush and police encounter with gangster Vikas Dubey. UP Governor Anandiben Patel appointed retired Allahabad High Court judge Shashi Kant Agarwal to probe the incidents and submit a report within two months, according to a government notification. According to the statement, the panel will also probe the gangster's "relationship" with police and people from various departments. It will suggest ways to prevent such a repetition in future, it said.A government spokesperson said in the statement that the killing of eight policemen in the ambush on the…

12 Jul

Indian Army plans to order another 72,000 assault rifles from the US.

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Amid the ongoing dispute with China over boundary issue, the Indian Army is going to place another order of 72,000 Sig 716 assault rifles from the United States. The order for the second batch of the assault rifles would be coming after the first lot of 72,000 rifles, has already been delivered to the Army for use by troops in Northern Command and other operational areas. The Indian Army had received the first lot of Sig Sauer assault rifles to boost its counter-terrorism operations. India had acquired the rifles under the fast-track procurement (FTP) programme. The new rifles will replace…

12 Jul

CCTV monitoring, powerless water coolers on trains soon as railways to launch 20 in-house innovations.

editor0 CommentsSikkim

CCTV monitoring, powerless water coolers on trains soon as Rlys to launch 20 in-house innovationsThe Railway Board has decided to implement 20 innovations by its employees to make train journeys safer and improve passenger comfort - such as a bell warning to alert travellers minutes before a train departs, real-time CCTV monitoring inside coaches, printing of unreserved tickets through mobile applications - on a mass scale. The Railway Board has decided to implement 20 innovations by its employees to make train journeys safer and improve passenger comfort - such as a bell warning to alert travellers minutes before a train…

12 Jul

Anupam Kher’s mother, brother test COVID-19 positive, actor’s report is negative

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Anupam Kher's mother, brother test COVID-19 positive, actor's report is negative Breaking News Bollywood: Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher's mother Dulari, his brother and sister-in-law have tested COVID-19 positive. The actor took to his Twitter to share a video and informed his fans about the same. He also shared that BMC has been informed about it and his mother has been admitted to Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital.

11 Jul

Covid-19: Bengaluru Announces Lockdown From July 14 As COVID-19 Cases Rise.

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Bengaluru will once again go into a lockdown from 8 pm on July 14 to 5 am on July 22 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Saturday. Detailed guidelines of the lockdown will be declared on Monday. However, essential services will be allowed in the city and its neighbouring rural districts. Earlier it was decided that Bengaluru will go under a complete lockdown on Sunday, July 11 — a weekly ritual that will go on till August 2. Asking people to join hands in controlling COVID-19 by remaining at home during the…

11 Jul

Vikas Dubey crime saga:UP govt forms SIT to probe police’s ‘connivance’ with Vikas Dubey.

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Just a day after Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter in Kanpur, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe the matter. Additional chief secretary Sanjay Bhoosreddy will lead the SIT while ADG Hariram Sharma and DIG J Ravindra Gaur have been named as members of the special team. The encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey has created a nationwide stir with certain sections scrutinizing the death and alleging that it was a 'staged' encounter by the UP police. The SIT will submit its report to the government by July 31, the statement said. The probe team will…

11 Jul

MPs to physically attend Monsoon Session, both Houses to function from respective chambers.

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Secretary generals of both Houses of Parliament were asked on Saturday to make necessary arrangements for the upcoming Monsoon Session, which is likely to be physically attended by members while following social distancing norms, sources said. More clarity emerged after a meeting between Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday on how to go about organising the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Parliament. Officers of both Houses were present at the meeting. It has been clarified to a great extent that members of both Houses would be seated in their respective Houses --…

11 Jul

Fashion retailer Shein removes swastika necklace from website

editor0 CommentsSikkim

Fashion retailer Shein removes swastika necklace from websiteWomen's fashion company Shein removed a listing for a swastika pendant necklace on Thursday after screenshots of the offensive piece of jewelry were shared on social media.The gold pendant had been for sale on the fast-fashion retailer's website for $2.50 until it was removed. The listing advertised the Nazi symbol of hate as a "metal pendant necklace."The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TODAY Style, however in a statement to the New York Post, the company said the necklace wasn't depicting a Nazi symbol, but rather a “Buddhist swastika…