Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur attended the all-party meeting called by Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on the eve of the Assembly session. In the all-party meeting, there was a mutual discussion on smoothly running the House.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur, on a visit to his native state, Himachal Pradesh, on Saturday, said the central government allotted Rs 862 crores to disaster relief fund for the hill state, which is reeling under the impact of cloud bursts and heavy rainfall.
Himachal Pradesh Congress on Saturday said that Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has set an example by donating Rs 51 lakh of his lifetime savings to the state disaster relief fund adding that he is a true philanthropist.
The Congress Working Committee on Saturday expressed its condolences to the people of Himachal Pradesh which suffered massive destruction due to the recurrent landslides and heavy rainfall adding that centre should provide financial assistance to the state to rebuild its infrastructure which
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed gratitude to the Congress General Secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for writing a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the calamity in Himachal as 'National Disaster' in wake of huge loss of life and property during
SDRF (State Disaster Response Fund) team, Home Guard jawans, and Municipal Corporation employees are deployed at Ramghat for the security of the people.
Singh said till now, PM Modi has not announced any special package for Himachal, nor has he declared it a national disaster. She appealed to PM Modi to help Himachal Pradesh financially at the time of its crisis. After Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's letter to Pri
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urging him to declare the natural calamity triggered due to the floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh as a National Disaster.
In a tragic accident on Friday, three people lost their lives, while three others were injured when a car fell into the river near Arya Vihar Ashram between Senji and Ongi on Gangotri National Highway-108, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand.