Amid severe cold and excessive snowfall at an altitude of around 15,000 feet in north Sikkim, around 300 yaks have starved to death. The administration has rushed medical teams to save the remaining animals in the region.

The Indian Army has rescued 2,500 tourists who were stranded in heavy snow in an area between 17 Mile and Natu La along the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg near the China border in Sikkim, the Army said on saturday.

With the onset of winter, the snowfall starts in most hill-stations in India. This year, due to heavy snowfall at Nathu La in Sikkim, over 3000 tourists got stuck near the India-China border. Good news is that our powerful Indian Army has rescued all of them and all the tourists are now in comfortable zone.

Good News! Sikkim, the dramatic state in Northeast India has got its first airport. Now, it will take a few hours for travellers to explore the beauty of glaciers, mountain peaks and alpine meadows. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, inaugurated the airport at Pakyong on September 24. He reached Sikkim after launching the Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission from Ranchi on Sunday.

The Indian Army and China's People Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday held two special meetings of border personnel at Nathu La in the Sikkim sector and Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir to boost mutual trust and promote peace.

The Indian Army and China's People Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday held a special meeting of border personnel at Nathu La in the Sikkim sector to boost mutual trust and promote peace, the Defence Ministry said.

The northeastern state of Sikkim has been sandwiched between the ongoing agitation for Gorkhaland in North Bengal and the Chinese aggression (as it is located close to the Chickens neck corridor), said journalist Amalendu Kundu while launching his book "Shadow of the Dragon and Recent Developments" here on Sunday.

China on Wednesday said it had informed India in advance about its road building activity in Doklam on the border and reiterated its demand that New Delhi must withdraw its troops immediately from the area.

In a flip-flop, Congress first denied Rahul Gandhi's meeting with Chinese envoy over Sikkim standoff, which the party later accepted.

China on Wednesday said India "trampled" on the Panchsheel pact by entering Chinese territory, asking New Delhi to pull back troops to avoid a "worsening of the situation" on their border.