At least eight people lost their lives on Friday after a private bus carrying over 30 passengers skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Harpur Dhar in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district. The bus was travelling from Kupvi to Shimla plunged into a deep gorge near Harpur Dhar
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while presiding over a high-level review meeting of the Panchayati Raj Department here today, stated that the state government would provide permanent (pucca) houses to eligible poor families who are still living in mud (kutch
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday engaged in a vibrant interactive session with the Students' Parliament (Chhatra Sansad), welcoming students from nearly 22 states across the country.
Solan Police have registered a case after a youth was allegedly brutally assaulted by a group of men near the Parwanoo-Kasauli Chowk in Solan district on Wednesday.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the state government would see the orders of the High Court on Panchayati Raj polls, and will discuss it with the same court to understand the relevance of the Disaster Management Act, which is already imposed.
A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Romesh Verma passed the order holding that elected local bodies cannot be allowed to continue beyond their five-year constitutional term on the pretext of administrative delays or disaster-related orders.
A court in Himachal Pradesh's Una district has directed the administration to immediately remove illegal encroachments from a protected wetland area, stressing that any delay would cause serious harm to wildlife habitat and the local ecology.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday expressed strong displeasure over the slow pace of infrastructure development and access-related works at the Advanced Intensive Maternal and Surgical Super Speciality (AIMSS) Hospital, Chamiyana, and issued strict directions to the State governme
According to police, the woman failed to appear before the court during the proceedings. The court accepted the cancellation report after police stated that no evidence could be collected to substantiate the allegations.
"The complex was immediately evacuated after the information about the threat was received. The bomb squad team searched the entire premises, and nothing suspicious was found. Afterwards, the complex resumed its normal functioning," said Soumya Sambasivan, DIG, North Range, Himachal Prade
Speaking to reporters and later to ANI, Vinay Kumar said that under the ongoing organisational restructuring programme, district presidents have been appointed in 10 of 12 districts, with appointments in the remaining two pending and expected to be completed soon.