Himachal Pradesh
- Hyderabad
Telangana govt to introduce new education policy, priority for girls: CM
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is going to introduce a new education policy soon, said Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday, January 8, adding that pre-primary school children in villages will be provided…
- India
Lost for 15 yrs, ex-serviceman Baldev reunited with family in emotional home-coming
Hamirpur: A man, who went missing on his way to Tripura for his first posting in the General Reserve Engineer Force, was reunited with his family after 15 years, thanks to social…
- Middle East
UAE delivery jobs to pay up to Rs 1 lakh for Himachal candidates
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation (HPSEDC) is set to organise a special recruitment drive for 300 delivery riders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first week of…
- India
Nepali woman held with fake Indian passport at Mumbai airport
Mumbai: Police have arrested a woman of Nepali origin at Mumbai international airport for trying to travel to Oman by allegedly using a forged Indian passport, an official said. The woman approached…
- India
No Diwali in ‘cursed’ Sammoo village of Himachal Pradesh
Hamirpur: A sati’s curse means the Sammoo village of Hamirpur district will not celebrate Diwali even this year, a tradition it has followed for many centuries. The deliberate darkening on the day…
- India
HP: 18 killed as landslide hits bus in Bilaspur; rescue operation on
Shimla: At least 18 passengers were killed while three were rescued as a private bus they were travelling in was struck by a massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district on Tuesday…
- India
Climate crisis: SC seeks Himachal’s stand on environment policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Himachal Pradesh government to answer whether it had a “climate change policy” aside from explaining its disaster management plans in view of the…
- India
Cloudburst in Himachal; several vehicles buried in debris
Shimla: Several vehicles were buried under debris, and farms were damaged due to a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district in the wee hours of Saturday. However, no casualty was reported, officials…
- India
Monsoon losses exceed Rs 4,000 cr in Himachal Pradesh: Officials
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has experienced losses totalling Rs 4,080 crore due to cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides triggered by heavy rains from June 20 to September 7, officials said on Sunday. To…
- India
Govt forms central teams to asses flood damages in HP, J-K, Punjab and Uttarakhand
New Delhi: The government has constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir to assess the damage caused by heavy rainfall, floods, flash floods, cloudbursts and…
- India
Himachal rains: Govt buildings, bridges washed away by flash floods
Shimla: As rains wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said flash floods in River Ravi have washed away several government buildings at the remote Bada Bangal village in Kangra district.…
- India
HP: Heavy rains strand pilgrims in Chamba; rescue, restoration underway
Shimla: Thousands of devotees undertaking the Manimahesh yatra, which was suspended on Monday due to inclement weather, are stranded in many places in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba due to rain-damaged roads, according to…
- India
Heavy rain closes 339 roads in Himachal, including NH-305
Shimla: Several roads, including one national highway, are closed in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to lash several parts of the state, officials said on Saturday. Of the 339 roads closed, 162…
- India
‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan alone not offence of sedition, rules HP HC
Merely praising another country without denouncing India cannot be treated as sedition, the Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled on Tuesday, August 19, because it does not incite separatist sentiments or subversive activities,…
- Photos
Photos: Flash flood wreaks havoc in Himachal’s Mandi
Shimla: Flash flood triggered by cloud burst wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi town on Monday night, killing three people, burying more than 20 vehicles and inundating several houses, officials said on…
