Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 29: Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd (HSCL), a global leader in speciality chemicals and advanced materials, today announced that its flagship plant in Mahistikry, Haripal, Hooghly, India, has been awarded the prestigious ISCC PLUS (International Sustaina
Vegetable suppliers and distributors in Himachal Pradesh's Manali are facing trouble in delivering the supplies after the Aleo-Manali National Highway was damaged in heavy rains in the state.
Himachal Pradesh has suffered 312 deaths since the onset of the monsoon on June 20, with 160 fatalities linked to rain-related disasters such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, electrocution, and other weather-triggered incidents, and 152 deaths in road accidents, accordi
Himachal Pradesh, battered by incessant monsoon rains, witnessed rare political unanimity on Wednesday when the State Assembly passed a resolution under Rule 102, urging the Union Government to declare the ongoing rain and flood-induced destruction as a national calamity and to sanction a s
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Guwahati on Thursday evening, beginning a two-day visit to Assam to strengthen the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) organisational strategy and launch key development projects.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday chaired the second meeting of the core committee for the yearlong celebration of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika's birth centenary at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati and discussed several planned initiatives for the celebrations beginning on S
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has pulled up a contractor for the prolonged delay in completing the Community Health Centre (CHC) building at Kupvi in Shimla district's Chopal Tehsil, and has directed that the project be completed within two months, failing which the contract will be termin
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly witnessed uproar on the ninth day of the monsoon session on Thursday as Opposition MLAs demanded that the House be adjourned so they could reach disaster-hit areas particularly in Chamba district and assist in relief and rescue efforts.
Leader of the Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, speaking to the media after the walkout, said "Entire villages have been washed away. The Kullu-Manali road has been blocked for the past three days, with all routes cut off and thousands of tourists stranded. People are spen
BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday defined the Himachal Pradesh's Banala landslide incident as "extremely heartbreaking". Amid continuous heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, a landslide occured in Banala village of Mandi district, leading to the closure of the Chandigarh-Manali Highway.
The latest epidemic comes in wake of the prolonged drought in the Southern plains of the Himalayan nation is suspected to be the reason behind the outbreak.