GANGTOK

GANGTOK

The annual Sino-India border trade at Nathu La, which was to be reopened today, has been postponed following the Commerce Ministry's communique to the Sikkim government, official sources said here. "We have received a fax message from the Union Commerce Ministry late last evening informing about the postponement of the reopening of the border trade at Nathu La,' the District Collector (East) Vishal Chauhan told PTI here. The reopening of annual trade at Nathu La may take place on May 19, he said.

The Northeastern States have urged the Centre to build power projects in the region under the

GANGTOK, June 30

With the demand of electricity ever increasing in the country, the Centre has reiterated its commitment to meet the requirement by adding capacity to the tune of one lakh MW under the 12th Five Year Plan, according to the Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

A White Paper prepared by an expert agency recommends setting up two nodal bodies - Sikkim Hydro Power Corporation Ltd (SHPC) and Sikkim Transmission and Distribution Corporation Ltd (STDC), to better harness the State

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