Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and Sikkim Democratic Front MP Prem Das Rai are in Rome to attend the award-giving ceremony, besides Indian Ambassador Reenat Sandhu.
Sent in, Bihar amassed 338 for six in the stipulated 50 overs with Rahmatullah smashing a 103-ball 156 before retiring hurt with the team's score at 307. He struck 10 boundaries and eight sixes.
Describing the state as 'serene and splendid', PM Modi tweeted a series of images using the hashtag 'Incredible India', the tagline of India's tourism.
The airport, which was constructed by the Airports Authority of India, is spread over 201 acres and is located on top of a hill about two kms above Pakyong village at 4,500 feet above sea level, Sikkim Chief Secretary A K Srivastava said.
PM Modi inaugurates Pakyong Airport near Gangtok in Sikkim. CM Pawan Chamling & Union Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu were also present.
Latest travel News: Northeastern state of India, Sikkim's first-ever Pakyong Airport to be inaugurated on September 24.
The Army has also made necessary arrangements for tents, blankets and food for the stranded tourists.
However, there was no information on loss of human lives due to landslides in Sikkim which has been already battered by rains and widespread landslips since last Sunday.
The greenfield airport, located 30km from here, will put Sikkim on the aviation map of the country.
Travel Tips: The beautiful state of Northeastern India, Sikkim is known for its rich biodiversity and abundant natural resources.
Chamling also said the state is working towards enhancing the quality of education in Sikkim.
The panel has been looking into various aspects of the India-China military standoff at Doklam and has been briefed several times on the issue by the former and current Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.
The 17th Karmapa is the head of the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu lineage. He resides in his temporary home at Gyuto monastery in India after making a dramatic escape from Tibet in 2000.
Prior to Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, the NDA already ruled Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
India and China resolved the 73-day tense standoff on August 28 at Doklam area after PLA stopped building a strategic road close to India's narrow Chicken Neck area connecting to NE states.
Despite this quantity of organic vegetable produced in Sikkim, there was shortfall of 1000 metric tonnes to achieve self-sufficiency, the Sikkim government said.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that he “would like to reiterate that there are no new developments at the face-off site and its vicinity since the August 28 disengagement”.
Sikkim is troubled with insurgency’, Priyanka said at the Toronto International Film Festival and, since the actress has been facing several backlashes.
Priyanka Chopra attended the premiere of her Sikkimese production Pahuna: The Little Visitors at the Toronto International Film festival (TIFF) and said Sikkim is “very troubled with insurgency and troubling situations”.
The decision to increase the deployment along the nearly 1,400-km Sino-India border from Sikkim to Arunachal Pradesh was taken after carrying out a detailed analysis of the situation.
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