Himachal Pradesh has witnessed early and intense monsoon activity this year, leading to flash floods, widespread infrastructural damage, and tragic loss of lives across several districts, Revenue, Horticulture, and Tribal Development Minister Jagat Singh Negi said on Saturday.
An orange alert has been issued for June 29, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall and potential flash floods and landslides in districts including Una, Bilaspur, Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, Kangra, Chamba, Kullu, and Mandi.
According to an Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Shilpi Beakta, Rescue teams have so far recovered multiple bodies and managed to save one person alive.
The Enforcement Directorate's Chandigarh Zone seized two vehicles worth around Rs 32 lakh, over 40 bank accounts, fixed deposits, and three lockers linked to Assistant Drug Controller in Dharamshala, Nishant Sareen, and his family.
Two fatalities were confirmed, six individuals are missing amid heavy rainfall and rising water levels, near the Manuni stream in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district.
Dharamshala-Kangra National Highway has been blocked due to a landslide on Friday morning triggered by intermittent rains that have been lashing the region since last night.
Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Kuldeep Singh Pathania, has extended a formal invitation to Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to grace the inaugural ceremony of the Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), India Region, Zone-II, being he
An Israeli national who went missing while trekking in the snow line of the Dhauladhar mountain range near Dharamshala has been found seriously injured, police officials confirmed on Sunday. The injured trekker is being shifted to Tanda Hospital for medical treatment.
A multi-agency mock drill was conducted at Dharamshala in front of Shri Jagannath Temple to assess preparedness and coordination for any emergency on Friday.