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After the formation of the Lepcha Development Board, the state government has given its nod for a Tamang board as well. The Limboo and Bhutia communities are also pursuing for similar setups. With other communities also seeking tribal status, the ...

: Congress Saturday night appointed AD Subba as the new PCC chief for Sikkim in place of incumbent Kunga Nima Lepcha. Subba was earlier the working president. Also, the state unit's senior vice-president, Major R Gyatso, was elevated and made the ...

Lepcha students of the state government-run schools of north Sikkim have bagged the top three positions in the Chief Minister's Merit Scholarship examinations held last December. Mongmit Lepcha of north Sikkim's Mangan Senior Secondary School topped the list ...

Construction of houses granted by the state government to 1000 Lepcha families is in progress and is likely to be completed by February. Speaking to the media persons in Mirik today ILTA president Langsong Tamsang said the traditional Lepcha houses ...

KOLKATA: He's a Padma Shri awardee, yet many in the audience had not heard him before. An exponent of Lepcha folk song and musical instruments, Sonam Tshering Lepcha could not hide his tears when chief minister Mamata Banerjee left her seat for him.

Mirik, Jan. 21: Mamata Banerjee today announced a development and cultural board for Tamangs, one of the largest communities among Gorkhas in Darjeeling, while other groups submitted requests for similar bodies to the chief minister. We have decided to set up ...

The 99th birth anniversary of celebrated Lepcha writer Aathing KP Tamsang was observed today at Pochok Busty in Kalimpong. The programme was presided over by Padmashri Sonam Tshering Bhutia and chief secretary Rumden Lepcha of the Indigenous Lepcha ...

Bhutia Lepcha Protection Force will be initiating yet another convention as a call to spread awareness regarding protection of their rights. The Second convention will be called March to Ravangla, which will emphasize on the 12 point resolution ...

The Lepcha Youth Association of Kalimpong today announced free coaching classes to students of the community who are unable to pay for their tuition. The Association has been providing free coaching to around 80 students at the Lepcha hostel in ...