Stranded for six days in Sikkim, tourist families recall trauma before rescue
[ad_1] Malay Kumar Saha and his wife Kakali Saha, both 54, were fast asleep in their hotel room when a loud bang on their door by the staff asked them…
Migrant workers in Sikkim recount nightmare as they leave for home states
[ad_1] Naresh Kumar was fast asleep when police sirens woke him up around 3am on October 4. A migrant worker, Kumar recalled that fateful night when flash floods hit Sikkim…
Sikkim floods: 33 bodies recovered, over 60,000 people affected. Top 10 updates
[ad_1] Sikkim flash flood was triggered by a cloudburst in the early hours of October 4 over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim resulted in a flood like situation in the…
Sikkim floods: Weather hinders rescue operations as death toll rises to 27
[ad_1] Bad weather hampered efforts to reach the worst-hit areas of the Sikkim flash floods on Friday, forcing army and national disaster response force (NDRF) personnel to begin trekking and…
Sikkim: Before cloudburst over Lhonak Lake, early warning system was in works
[ad_1] Two days after the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta river basin, killing almost 40 people, reports arrived that scientists and…
Sikkim floods: CM Prem Singh Tamang blames ‘sub-standard dam construction’
[ad_1] Sikkim flash floods: As the death toll in the Sikkim floods climbed to 40, including 7 soldiers, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang spoke with news platform NDTV and blamed…
Morning briefing: Sikkim flash floods toll rises to 19, Congress rebukes Sanjay Singh’s arrest; and all the latest news
[ad_1] At least 19 people, including four soldiers, have been killed and more than 100 are still missing in the Sikkim flash floods even as Indian Army and NDRF teams…
Sikkim flash floods LIVE Updates: 19 dead, 103 missing in flash floods
[ad_1] Sikkim Flash Floods Live Updates: The toll in the flash flood in Sikkim mounted to 19 as Army and NDRF teams worked their way through slushy earth and fast…
Sikkim flash floods: Death toll rises to 19; schools, colleges shut till 15 Oct
[ad_1] Sikkim Flash Floods: A cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in Lachen Valley on 4 October. Since then,…
Sikkim flash floods: 14 dead, 102 missing; search operation underway – 15 points
[ad_1] Around 26 relief camps have been set up by the Sikkim government in the districts falling in the region of Teesta river basin, which is the worst affected by…