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Sikkim bypoll: Ruling SKM wins 2 assembly seats uncontested after SDF candidates withdraw
Aditya Tamang, son of chief minister and SKM president Prem Singh Tamang, won the Soreng-Chakhung seat as SDF’s Prem Bahadur Bhandari exited the race

Published on Oct 29, 2024 09:28 PM IST
HT interview: We did not forge any alliance, but share good ties with BJP, says Sikkim CM
SKM won 31 of 32 seats in Sikkim's assembly elections. CM Golay credits success to good governance. Chamling's defeat due to ego. Welfare schemes popular.

Updated on Jun 04, 2024 06:42 AM IST
SKM records landslide victory in Sikkim polls; CM calls BJP ‘close partner’
SKM, led by chief minister Prem Singh Tamang Golay, won 31 of the 32 assembly seats in Sikkim while SDF, headed by former CM Pawan Chamling got one seat

Published on Jun 02, 2024 07:39 PM IST
Sikkim results: SKM retains power, wins 31 of 32 seats in assembly election
Sikkim assembly election results: The counting of votes for 32 assembly seats in Sikkim began at 6am amid tight security arrangements.

Updated on Jun 02, 2024 03:46 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Defections require a political response
The NCP churn is a test case for the Supreme Court’s guidelines laid down in the Shiv Sena order. It shows, once again, the weakness of the anti-defection law

Published on Jul 04, 2023 09:23 PM IST
Sikkim CM gets major relief as EC allows him to contest polls; opposition targets BJP
The Election Commission noted that before 2003, disqualification applied in case of conviction for two or more years. Sikkim Chief Minister Tamang was convicted in a corruption case in 1996-97 and jailed for one year in 2017.

Updated on Sep 29, 2019 10:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Pramod Giri
Day after 10 SDF MLAs joined BJP, 2 switch to ruling SKM in Sikkim
The SDF, which ruled the Himalayan state for 25 years, is now left with just one legislator even though as many as 13 candidates of the party won 15 seats in the April election to the 32-member assembly.

Updated on Aug 14, 2019 05:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Pramod Giri
10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP
The SDF won 15 seats while SKM won 17 in the 32-member assembly in the elections held in April.

Updated on Aug 14, 2019 02:37 AM IST
New Delhi/Siliguri |
HT Correspondents
NDA makes a point with triple talaq bill in House
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which leads the NDA, has 75 MPs in the current Rajya Sabha of 236 members, and needs the support of at least 44 more MPs to get the bill passed.

Published on Jun 22, 2019 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
HT Correspondent
Sikkim’s new govt cancels 40% recruitment under ‘one family one job’ scheme
The department of personnel ordered cancellation of the appointment of those who joined duty after the model code of conduct came into force on March 10.

Updated on Jun 12, 2019 11:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Pramod Giri
Sikkim gets new chief minister after 25 years, moves to five-day week
Immediately after being sworn in, the new chief minister declared a five-day week for the state government employees. Earlier, only the second Saturday of each month was a government holiday.

Updated on May 27, 2019 06:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gangtok | Pramod Giri
Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP retains power in Arunachal Pradesh, SDF may lose Sikkim
Meanwhile in Sikkim, Indra Hang Subba of the SKM won the lone Lok Sabha seat, by a margin of over 11,000 votes.

Updated on May 24, 2019 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, GUWAHATI/SILIGURI |
Utpal Parashar and Pramod Giri
Sikkim Assembly Polls: CM Pawan Chamling among 3 SDF winners, SKM wins 7 seats
Chief Minister and SDF supremo Pawan Chamling won the Poklok Kamrang Assembly seat defeating his nearest Sikkim Krantikari Morcha rival Kharka Bahadur Rai by 2,899 votes.

Updated on May 23, 2019 05:18 PM IST
Gangtok |
Press Trust of India
Will Pawan Chamling, ruling Sikkim since 1994, be CM the sixth time in 2019?
Chamling, 69, the president of the ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), has been ruling Sikkim uninterrupted since 1994.

Updated on May 23, 2019 06:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Pramod Giri
Election Results 2019: Sikkim is SDF’s pocket borough
Sikkim is one of the four states where parliamentary and assembly elections are being held simultaneously on April 11.

Updated on May 23, 2019 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
If voted to power, Bhaichung’s party promises rupees 1,500 monthly income
Sikkim is one of the four states where parliamentary and assembly elections are being held simultaneously on April 11. The state has 385,287 voters.

Updated on Mar 27, 2019 10:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Zia Haq
Sikkim elections 2019: Bhaichung Bhutia’s party promises basic income of Rs 1,500 a month
Hamro Sikkim Party that the footballer set up in 2018 is contesting the assembly polls in the Himayalan state on April 11

Updated on Mar 28, 2019 07:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Pramod Giri
Eyeing sixth term, Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling promises 100 years of life expectancy
Sikkim is supposed to hold assembly elections along with the Lok Sabha polls in April-May.

Updated on Mar 06, 2019 10:55 AM IST
Namchi (South Sikkim) | Pramod Giri
Sikkim opposition parties set for pre-poll alliance against Chamling
If the tie-up eventually materialises, it will be the first time an alliance of opposition parties will be forged in the 44-year history of Sikkim. The state is due to hold assembly elections this year.

Published on Jan 16, 2019 09:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Eye on sixth term, Sikkim CM Chamling rolls out government job scheme in state
In the process, Sikkim sees 0.1 million of its 0.62 million population, or every one in six persons, holding a state government job.

Updated on Jan 13, 2019 07:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Pramod Giri
UNGA president to install Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s portrait in her office
Vijayalakshmi Pandit, the first woman to hold the office, was elected assembly president in 1953.

Updated on Oct 13, 2018 10:36 AM IST
United Nation |
Indo Asian News Service
BJP will fight alone in Mizoram poll, says Ram Madhav
Ram Madhav, who is in charge of the Northeast, said the BJP would field candidates in all the 40 assembly seats if possible.

Updated on Oct 03, 2018 05:25 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Aizwal |
Press Trust of India
Will convert CM’s official residence into cancer hospital, if we win: Sikkim Oppn leader
Statement designed to attract cheap popularity, said spokesperson of ruling Sikkim Democratic Front.

Published on Aug 21, 2018 12:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pramod Giri, Siliguri
Sikkim govt to hold Lama Mela to appease influential monks, woo Buddhist voters
Though the Sikkim Democratic Front has been in power since 1994 and Pawan Chamling the longest serving CM in the country, the Lama Mela comes in the backdrop of growing popularity of opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha and Bhaichung Bhutia’s Hamro Sikkim Party.

Updated on Jun 16, 2018 12:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Siliguri | Pramod Giri
Bhaichung Bhutia launches Hamro Sikkim Party, may not vie for CM’s chair in state polls
Former footballer calls Pawan Chamling ‘corrupt and communal’ at Daramdin event, slams govt move to push organic agriculture without taking ground realities into account.

Updated on May 31, 2018 06:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Daramdin (West Sikkim) | Pramod Giri