Mohan, the 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Sikkim cadre, has been moved from the Ministry of Culture, where he is Secretary, as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Home Affairs with "immediate effect".
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) inaugurated a 300-foot BSB bridge on Monday over the Teesta River by Project Swastik of BRO at Singtham.
Thereafter, Sikkim Governor Om Prakash Mathur, Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde, Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar, Meghalaya Governor CH Vijayashankar and Chhatisgarh Governor Ramen Deka met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Tripura Chief Minister Professor Manik Saha on Monday met with former Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma who has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced assistance to states including Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand and Sikkim that suffered losses due to floods and other natural calamities.
Sikkim government has made it mandatory for all tourist vehicles entering the state to carry large garbage bags, the state's Tourism and Civil Aviation Department said.
The Indian contingent, comprised of 45 personnel, was represented by a battalion of SIKKIM SCOUTS along with personnel from other arms and services. The Mongolian contingent was being represented by personnel from 150 Quick Reaction Force Battalion of the Mongolian Army.
Swift action by troops from the Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army saved lives as a devastating fire engulfed homes in Yakla, East Sikkim, on Friday morning.
In his two-day visit to all Corps formations under the Eastern Army Command, including the Dimapur headquartered 3 Corps, Gen Dwivedi was briefed about the present situation in Manipur, which has seen large-scale ethnic violence in the last one year, Army officials told ANI.
"After 60 years, a government being elected for the third time in India is a very big thing in itself. State Assembly elections were held in four states- Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The NDA won in these four states with a clean sweep majority"
"Braving incessant rains and challenging technical constraints, the work started on June 23 and was completed within 72 hours," PRO Defence said in a release on Thursday.