Gangtok, Oct.

After the Coal Ministry, now the Mines Ministry is upset with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

HIV-positive cases in children on the riseIt’s an alarming fact that has made the Union health ministry sit up and take notice: data from across the country is showing a rise in the number of paediatric HIV cases. Of the 2.5 million people with HIV in India today, four per cent are below 15 years.

A German development agency, GTZ (Gesellschaft f

Gangtok, Sept 23: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling yesterday said that there is no dearth of employment opportunities in the State since lots of people from outside the state earn their livelihood by working here.

GANGTOK, Sept 22

Gangtok, Sept 22: Several organizations of Sikkim, including Sangchen Pemayangtse Monastery

ITANAGAR, Sept 12: A team of the Joint Review Committee of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) constituted by the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and Environment & Forests will be visiting Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and North Bengal from September 19 to 25 next.

In Arunachal the team will conduct public consultation for Tawang, East and West Kameng, Papum Pare, Kurung Kumey, Upper and Lower Subansir

Ananya Dutta

KOLKATA: Members of the Lepcha community, an indigenous tribe of the Darjeeling hills, went on an indefinite hunger strike here on Wednesday demanding clarity from the State and Central governments on their