Himachal crisis: police register case against independent MLA, Congress rebel’s father for ‘electoral offences’

Himachal crisis: police register case against independent MLA, Congress rebel’s father for ‘electoral offences’

The Himachal Pradesh Police on Sunday registered a case against an independent MLA and the father of a Congress rebel and others over “electoral offences” related to the recent Rajya Sabha polls in which six party MLAs voted for the BJP candidate from the State. The case against Hamirpur’s independent MLA Ashish Sharma and Gagret’s … Read more

11 Himachal MLAs move to Uttarakhand, Union Minister says Sukhu govt will soon fall

11 Himachal MLAs move to Uttarakhand, Union Minister says Sukhu govt will soon fall

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who voted against party nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections, along with three Independent lawmakers, have shifted to a hotel in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand amid an ongoing rebellion against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Two BJP … Read more

Farmers’ income will be increased with innovative schemes: Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Farmers’ income will be increased with innovative schemes: Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu interacting with the milk producers of the State in Shimla on Sunday.   Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday said the State government was all set to introduce innovative schemes and increase farmers’ incomes in the upcoming annual Budget since agriculture and milk production played a … Read more

Himachal factory blaze | Four of five deceased identified

Himachal factory blaze | Four of five deceased identified

Four of the five deceased in the fire at a perfume manufacturing unit in the Baddi industrial area of Himachal Pradesh’s Solan have been identified and all were women, officials said. The injured woman, who was declared dead by the PGIMER Chandigarh was identified as Pinki, while three of the four bodies recovered from the … Read more

Snowfall disrupts normal life in Himachal, J&K; rainfall in parts of north India intensifies winter chill

Snowfall disrupts normal life in Himachal, J&K; rainfall in parts of north India intensifies winter chill

Tourists visit the Hadimba Devi Temple, which is covered in a sheet of snow, as the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh receive fresh snowfall, in Manali. | Photo Credit: ANI Snowfall affected normal life in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on January 31 and rainfall in parts of north India intensified the winter chill … Read more

Himachal limps back to normalcy as monsoon withdraws; State records 21% excess rainfall

Himachal limps back to normalcy as monsoon withdraws; State records 21% excess rainfall

Rescuers remove mud and debris as they search for people feared trapped after a landslide on the outskirts of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo Credit: AP The southwest monsoon, which wrought havoc in Himachal Pradesh this season, triggering incidents of cloud bursts, flash floods, and landslides has completely withdrawn from the State, even as the … Read more

Eight buildings collapse in Kullu, rains continue to lash Himachal

Eight buildings collapse in Kullu, rains continue to lash Himachal

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

More rain expected in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand on August 15: IMD

More rain expected in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand on August 15: IMD

Beas river in full spate due to torrential rains, in Mandi on August 14, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI The heavy rain that wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand is likely to continue into Tuesday before reducing by the end of the day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on August 14. At least … Read more

PGI mulls drones to deliver organs in remote Himachal Pradesh areas – ET HealthWorld

PGI mulls drones to deliver organs in remote Himachal Pradesh areas – ET HealthWorld

Chandigarh: If all goes well, PGI’s department of telemedicine will soon start using drones for transportation of organs, besides delivering medicines at remote and tough terrain of Himachal Pradesh. This will do away with the compulsion to transport retrieved organs within a 20km radius and the need for a green corridor. The aerial radius of … Read more

Pilgrims, locals clash in Himachal Pradesh’s Manikaran

Pilgrims, locals clash in Himachal Pradesh’s Manikaran

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Four people were injured in a clash between pilgrims and local people during a fair in the Sikh pilgrim town of Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh,” officials said on March 6. Certain remarks made by the two sides against each other triggered the clash … Read more