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Farmers say they don’t earn enough from farming, there is competition from cheaper non-organic produce from neighbouring states and several problems plague the supply chain for organic produce

Former CM Pawan Chamling was “thrown out” of Assembly, when he said he raised objections over the Financial Bill 2023 passed by the Lok Sabha

On Saturday, Keshav Sapkota, general secretary of the Joint Action Council, was attacked in Singtam

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. 

The ethnic Nepalis in Sikkim raised strong objections after the Supreme Court of India termed them “people of foreign origin” during a hearing on January 13 this year.

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The Supreme Court, hearing a case about income tax exemption, observed that the state's majority community – Sikkimese Nepalis – were "persons of foreign origin". After statewide outrage, it has now agreed to amend the section.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the removal of reference to the Sikkimese-Nepalese as "people of foreign origin" from a judgment it passed on January 13, in connection with tax exemption in Sikkim.

Bandh was partial with some business establishments remaining closed and vehicular traffic thinner than usual

Sikkim files petition for Supreme Court’s correction in description of Nepali-speaking people