Damaged road after massive landslide at Baluganj due to Monsoon rainfall, in Shimla, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI As rains forced closure of 40 roads in Himachal Pradesh, the local Met office on Friday (September 6, 2024) warned of low flash flood risk in five districts of the state. The local meteorological … Read more
Buildings collapse due to a rain-triggered landslide at Anni town, in Kullu district on August 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI At least eight buildings that had developed cracks and were declared unsafe following recent rains collapsed in Anni area of Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on August 24, throwing up large clouds of dust and … Read more
The National Federation of Indian Women highlighted how the 2018 judgment of the apex court in Tehseen Poonawala case had foretold that lynchings and mob violence were “creeping threats” and need to be nipped in the bud. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings … Read more
Yellow is the least dangerous of all the weather warnings. (IE) The Meteorological department has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rains for Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday and Wednesday. The local MeT centre forecast rains over the state till August 28, however it issued a yellow warning for August 25 and 26. The weather office … Read more