With New Year celebrations around the corner, the district administration in Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla has stepped up preparations to manage tourist arrivals, with lakhs of visitors expected to arrive during the festive period.
The decision was taken after a joint delegation of the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) IGMC Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Medical Officers Association (HMOA), and SAMDCOT Shimla met Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Oak Over earlier on Thursday.
The Chief Minister administered a solemn oath on the school grounds, where participants collectively pledged to eliminate chitta and other narcotic substances from Himachal Pradesh.
The Governor was addressing a cultural and social awareness programme organised by the Youth Enlightenment Society (YES) at the historic Gaiety Theatre here.
The Himachal Pradesh government has launched an aggressive state-wide campaign to eradicate chitta (heroin) and other narcotics. Shimla district police have evolved a new preventive policing model aimed at choking drug supply chains at the street level. Under this model, the district poli
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Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday night terminated a senior resident doctor of Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, after a viral video showed a scuffle between the doctor and a patient. The decision followed reports submitted by the IGMC administration and an internal inq
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People of various faiths are uniting to celebrate the Christmas festival at this iconic church, which continues to captivate visitors with its historic charm and spiritual significance.
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