Pawan Chamling

'Hotbed For Political Violence': Former Sikkim CM Chamling Alleges Article 371F Violation

According to Article 371F, only the descendants of Sikkim subjects (those who lived in the state before its merger with India) whose names were mentioned in the 1961 register are Sikkimese with rights to own land, get state government jobs. 

Apr 09, 2023, 13:29 PM IST

BJP blames SKM for backing out from a pre-poll alliance in Sikkim

Elections to the 32 Assembly seat as well as the sole Lok Sabha constituency in Sikkim will be held simultaneously on April 11.

Apr 08, 2019, 09:33 AM IST

Sikkim Assembly polls: Sikkim will be first state free of kutcha houses, says Pawan Chamling

Chamling was addressing people at Rorathang on day five of his of the 10-day long Sikkim Vijay Sankalp Rally. People from Rhenock, Chujachen and Gnathang Machong joined the event.
 

Apr 08, 2019, 09:30 AM IST

Sikkim will decriminalise drug use: CM Pawan Chamling

"The laws to punish drug peddlers will be made more severe and stringent but drug consumption will not be treated as an offence but rather an illness which needs treatment or therapy," Chamling said.

Aug 09, 2018, 18:28 PM IST

Sikkim's Pawan Chamling becomes longest-serving CM in India, breaks Jyoti Basu's record

Pawan Chamling first took office as the CM of Sikkim on December 12, 1994. 

Apr 29, 2018, 17:28 PM IST

Challenges before Sikkim, India's first organic state

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Jan 18, 2016, 09:53 AM IST