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Sikkim bypoll: Ruling SKM wins 2 assembly seats uncontested after SDF candidates withdraw

Former MLA Aditya Golay, also known as Aditya Tamang, won the assembly seat ‘uncontested’ in the Sikkim bypoll. (PTI File Photo)
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

Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang Golay.
Updated on Jun 04, 2024 06:42 am IST

SKM records landslide victory in Sikkim polls; CM calls BJP ‘close partner’

Sikkim chief minister and SKM chief Prem Singh Tamang speaks with the media after his party's landslide victory in the state assembly elections in Gangtok on Sunday. (PTI)
Published on Jun 02, 2024 07:39 pm IST

Sikkim results: SKM retains power, wins 31 of 32 seats in assembly election

Chief minister of Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang.
Updated on Jun 02, 2024 03:46 pm IST

Defections require a political response

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The current NCP defection petitions might also take a year and by then, elections will be so close that the entire proceeding will be infructuous, at least politically.
Published on Jul 04, 2023 09:23 pm IST

Sikkim CM gets major relief as EC allows him to contest polls; opposition targets BJP

Sikkim CM can now contest bypolls after Election Commission reduced his disqualification period to one year and one month.
Updated on Sept 29, 2019 10:50 pm IST

Day after 10 SDF MLAs joined BJP, 2 switch to ruling SKM in Sikkim

After the switch over of the two MLAs to the SKM, its total number of legislators has gone up to 18.
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 05:55 pm IST

10 SDF legislators switch over to BJP

Ten legislators of the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi.
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 02:37 am IST

NDA makes a point with triple talaq bill in House

Indian Muslim women rest inside Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi.
Published on Jun 22, 2019 12:04 am IST

Sikkim’s new govt cancels 40% recruitment under ‘one family one job’ scheme

The ‘one family one job’ scheme launched by the Pawan Chamling government in Sikkim questioned with the new administration cancelling more than 40% of the appointments.
Updated on Jun 12, 2019 11:51 am IST

Sikkim gets new chief minister after 25 years, moves to five-day week

Prem Singh Tamang, popular as P S Golay, became the sixth chief minister of Sikkim when he was sworn in by governor Ganga Prasad at Gangtok’s Paljore stadium
Updated on May 27, 2019 06:18 pm IST

Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP retains power in Arunachal Pradesh, SDF may lose Sikkim

If Chamling retains Sikkim, he will become the longest serving chief minister in the country having served six terms already. In Arunachal Pradesh, till 10pm, BJP won 23 of the 60 assembly seats and was leading in 7.
Updated on May 24, 2019 12:54 am IST

Sikkim Assembly Polls: CM Pawan Chamling among 3 SDF winners, SKM wins 7 seats

Voters standing in a queue to cast their votes, at a polling booth, during at Gangtok, Sikkim on April 11, 2019. The state is also electing a new assembly.
Updated on May 23, 2019 05:18 pm IST

Will Pawan Chamling, ruling Sikkim since 1994, be CM the sixth time in 2019?

With the exit poll projections for the state’s lone Lok Sabha seat varying, it has become difficult to predict who would emerge the winner.
Updated on May 23, 2019 06:30 am IST

Election Results 2019: Sikkim is SDF’s pocket borough

Mumbai, India - February 21, 2017: People cast their vote during the BMC elections at Ghodapdeo in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 23, 2019 03:30 pm IST

If voted to power, Bhaichung’s party promises rupees 1,500 monthly income

New Delhi: Former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia speaks during the launch of his political party 'Hamro Sikkim' during a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 27, 2019 10:41 pm IST

Sikkim elections 2019: Bhaichung Bhutia’s party promises basic income of Rs 1,500 a month

Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia’s Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) said it would ensure a basic income of Rs 1,500 a month in the state.
Updated on Mar 28, 2019 07:15 am IST

Eyeing sixth term, Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling promises 100 years of life expectancy

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling said the life expectancy of the state is now 71 years, up from 60 years in 1994.
Updated on Mar 06, 2019 10:55 am IST

Sikkim opposition parties set for pre-poll alliance against Chamling

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling during a meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Published on Jan 16, 2019 09:30 pm IST

Eye on sixth term, Sikkim CM Chamling rolls out government job scheme in state

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling on Saturday launched a new government job scheme, that will make every one of every six people in the state a state government employee (File Photo)
Updated on Jan 13, 2019 07:00 am IST

UNGA president to install Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s portrait in her office

Vijayalakshmi Pandit, who was Jawaharlal Nehru’s sister, was elected UN General Assembly president in 1953.
Updated on Oct 13, 2018 10:36 am IST

BJP will fight alone in Mizoram poll, says Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav asserted that the BJP “respected” the food habits, distinct cultural and customs of the Mizos and their religion.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 05:25 pm IST

Will convert CM’s official residence into cancer hospital, if we win: Sikkim Oppn leader

Pawan Chamling became the chief minister of Sikkim on December 12, 1994, and has ruled the tiny Himalayan state ever since.
Published on Aug 21, 2018 12:23 pm IST

Sikkim govt to hold Lama Mela to appease influential monks, woo Buddhist voters

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamling is the longest serving chief minister in the country.
Updated on Jun 16, 2018 12:26 pm IST

Bhaichung Bhutia launches Hamro Sikkim Party, may not vie for CM’s chair in state polls

Former footballer Bhaichung Bhutia had earlier contested from the Darjeeling and Siliguri seats on a Trinamool Congress ticket.
Updated on May 31, 2018 06:54 pm IST