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| Torrent Pharma to invest Rs 475 cr in Sikkim, Dahej | 15-NOV-09 |
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| The Dahej SEZ is a 50:50 joint venture between the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) and ONGC. Already, 28 companies have finalised their plans for setting up manufacturing units in the area. |
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| Geetanjali Krishna: Spice flu in Sikkim | 17-OCT-09 |
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| I thought you said we’re going to see cardamom growing?” said I to Dinesh, our Sikkimese friend, “instead, we’re traipsing up a hill full of tall grass and weeds…” He silently bent under one of the grasses we’d been wading through, and took out a revolting bulbous mass of something. “It may look weedy,” said he with a smile, “but this is a cardamom plant … look, here’s a pod!” I looked at the innocuous black pod which is considered Sikkim’s black gold. Of the 4,000-odd tonnes of brown cardamom produced annually in India, this tiny state contributes about 88 per cent. |
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| Geetanjali Krishna: The spirit of the hills | 03-OCT-09 |
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| I was in Pelling, Sikkim last week, wondering why the North East is not a different time zone from the rest of India. At 5.30 in the evening, the sun had dipped low, and the silvery peak of Kanchnejunga was beginning to blend with the horizon. “Seeing how long evenings stretch here, I can quite understand why Sikkim is reputed to have the third-highest per capita alcoholism rate among Indian states, behind only Punjab and Haryana!” said my husband. |
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| Cipla denies reports of unrest at Sikkim facility | 22-SEP-09 |
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| Pharmaceutical major Cipla has downplayed reports of employee unrest at its new drug manufacturing facility in Sikkim. Reports in some Sikkim-based newspapers said over 250 Cipla workers were protesting against the company’s failure to honour commitments made to them. |
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| Skywalk project proposed in Sikkim | 05-AUG-09 |
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| The state government has proposed to build a skywalk at Baleydunga Cliff in South Sikkim at a tentative cost of Rs 1200 crore to woo tourists. |
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| FIPB to consider Rs 547 cr FDI proposal of Teesta Urja | 09-JUL-09 |
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| The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) will consider tomorrow the Rs 547.2 crore FDI proposal of Teesta Urja, a special purpose vehicle incorporated to develop the 1,200 Mw Teesta hydro-power project in Sikkim. |
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| Sikkim govt asks Governor to save Nathu La trade | 07-JUN-09 |
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| With the Sino-India border trade at Nathu La recording no transaction last month, the Sikkim government has asked Governor B P Singh to convince the Centre to review the goods on the trade list urgently to save the bilateral trade from becoming a non-event. |
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| Left empty handed? | 07-JUN-09 |
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| As the election results poured in, everyone seemed exultant about the Left Front having been wiped out in the Lok Sabha, as it was made out to be a greater enemy than even the right-wing parties, coming in the way of reforms and the liberalisation agenda. It had, after all, stalled “developmental initiatives” attempted to be taken by the ruling alliance — and don’t ask whose development! Anyway, in the midst of it all what kept coming to mind was the small state of Tripura along the Bangladesh border, where I had recently attended a 10-day-long National Theatre Festival with 20 performances featuring 10 plays at two venues in two different cities, namely Agartala and Jerania. |
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| FTDC ties up with Sikkim Manipal varsity | 25-MAY-09 |
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| Delhi-based Foreign Trade Development Centre (FTDC) has tied up with the Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) to offer the university’s students an MBA in International Business and a Certificate course in Export-Import Trade. |
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| 'The best way to grow is to build a brand by providing value' | 18-MAY-09 |
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| After providing a gamut of services across all rungs of education—from higher education to K12— Manipal Education Group’s, Sikkim Manipal University which offers distance education programmes, launched a virtual campus called Edunxt this week. Anand Sudarshan, CEO and MD,Manipal Education, tells Kalpana Pathak how the group’s growth plans are on track despite the slowdown. |
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| Populism delivers | 18-MAY-09 |
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| It is remarkable that all three states that had assembly elections along with the Lok Sabha polls—Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim—have re-elected the parties that were running their governments till now. Naveen Patnaik in Orissa is now into his third term as chief minister, and Pawan Kumar Chamling in Sikkim into his fourth, while YS Rajsekhar Reddy in Andhra Pradesh has got a second term. This is entirely in line with the recent trend; three other states that had assembly elections a few months ago (Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Delhi) returned the parties that were already in power. For good measure, Narendra Modi in Gujarat and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in West Bengal are also into repeat terms, as are some chief ministers in the north-east, including Assam. |
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| Sikkim: Chamling thanks voters for a fourth term | 17-MAY-09 |
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| Chief Minister and the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) President Pawan Kumar Chamling today said the landslide mandate in the Assembly polls reflected the people's faith in the performance of his government during the past 15 years. |
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