Temi Tea Estate (South Sikkim)

Temi Tea Estate (South Sikkim)

Samdruptse (South Sikkim)

10th South East Asian Trade Fair gets underway in Shillong

Traders from South East Asian countries are participating in the 10th International Trade Fair in Shillong. Traders from several South East Asian countries including Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Egypt showcased a fabulous range of products at various stalls in the ten-day long fair.

Read full report on http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/81649.htm

Sikkim gets a new education scheme

Sikkim girls are far ahead of the boys in school enrolment, the ratio standing at 113 girls to 100 boys. This is the highest in the entire northeast, and to maintain the trend the central government has ushered in a new scheme, according to an official.

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=f4db69c2-0558-4add-95a5-e95f9ed83daf&Headline=Sikkim+gets+a+new+education+scheme

I-T issue to play vital role in Sikkim polls

To pay or not to pay income tax

is the question in Sikkim as assembly andparliamentary elections drew near. Sensing the mood, chief minister Pawan Chamling and Sikkim Congress president and former chief minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari, arch-rivals in the state, are pulling out all stops to make the state tax-exempt.

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Personal-Finance/Tax-Savers/Tax-News/I-T-issue-to-play-vital-role-in-Sikkim-polls/articleshow/4371369.cms

220 died of meningitis in Meghalaya

Health authorities in Meghalaya have strengthened surveillance in the wake of meningococcal meningitis showing no signs of receding.More than 220 people died and over 900 people have been infected ever since the outbreak January, 2008, of this air-borne bacterium disease.

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http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=334069&Itemid=76&cattitle=Health

Tourists to get easier access to Arunachal Pradesh

Visiting picturesque Arunachal Pradesh will now get easier as the Government is all set to start online processing and application of the mandatory inner-line permit needed to enter the state.

Read full report on http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/blnus/14061053.htm

Tourist inflow in Sikkim rises by over ten per cent annually till last year

According to a PTI report, the economic slowdown across the world may hit the tourism industry in other parts of the country, but the tourism sector in the Himalayan state of Sikkim has risen by over ten per cent till last year, according to figure compiled by the tourism department. As per the release by state tourism department, the state received 3.87 lakh tourists in 2008 in comparison to 3.49 lakh tourists in the year before.

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http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/tourist-inflow-in-sikkim-rises-by-over-ten-per-cent-annually-till-last-year-5108