The unrest in Darjeeling in the peak tourist season has come as a boon for Sikkim with tourists thronging the neighbouring hill state instead of Darjeeling in view of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha ...

The Darjeeling hills and Sikkim cheered the second snowfall on Wednesday after Christmas. This time, it was much closer to the heart of Darjeeling and Gangtok towns, the two popular tourist ...

Darjeeling unrest comes at a time when the hills usually witness a good tourism season. Guwahati: While the crisis in Darjeeling has led to a total shutdown of the tourism industry in North Bengal, it ...

Several places in the Darjeeling hills and Sikkim were hit by landslides triggered by heavy rain, which in turn led to disruption of road connectivity, ahead of the 2nd Aama Samman Diwas programme at ...

GANGTOK: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's agitation in Darjeeling district of West Bengal has come as a boon to the neighbouring state of Sikkim as tourists, who had planned to visit the Darjeeling Hills, ...

Communities demanding tribal status are Kirat/Khambu/Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Thami, Sanyasi (Jogi), Bahun, Chhetri, Bhujel, Kirat/Dewan, Sunuwar and Newar Sikkim chief minister P S Tamang (left) and ...

After remaining shut for almost six months due to the Covid-9 pandemic, the popular hills stations of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal have opened their gates for tourists. The neighbouring ...

The Sikkim earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale on Sunday claimed two lives in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal along with 2 in Sikkim, 2 in Bihar and 5 in Nepal. HT Image With cell ...

These three Ts that the British discovered in the early 19th century are the reason Darjeeling got its fourth T – the train. “Three Ts have shaped the destiny of Darjeeling,” my tour guide told me as ...

Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas are home to more than one-third of all types of rhododendrons found in India, reveals the latest publication of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI). The publication ...