Bhotiyas are a pastoral-migratory community, inhabiting the high alti - tudes of Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim. Bhotiyas spend the winter in the foothills and migrate to the high hills during the summer.

Software will help landslide management in Sikkim

Tourism has wreaked havoc on Sikkim s natural resources

The Sikkim government has decided to scrap the Chu hydel project

YET another instance of mindless destruction of forests: a pine forest, specially grown at a cost of Rs 10 lakh a decade ago, will be razed to make way for a VIP, complex close to the Raj Bhawan

The proposed Rathong Chu dam in Sikkim is a potential threat to the state"s environment

The Sikkim government has taken the lead in making the throngs of tourists pay for the "existence value" of the glorious Himalaya and all that nature has to offer in this beautiful mountain state.