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Himachal Pradesh receives highest ever rainfall in last 24 hours
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): The local Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that Himachal Pradesh recorded highest ever rainfall in last 24 hours by breaking the record of last 70 years.
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Shimla: Operations resume in Nathpa Jhakri dam, Rampur project
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Electricity production work has been resumed on Nathpa Jhakri dam and Rampur Project after being shut for a day on Sunday due to high levels of silt in river Satluj. The two are part of the country's biggest underground hydroelectric projec
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150 people rescued from Lahul-Spiti after road washes away due to incessan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahaul-Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): As many as 150 people, including foreigners, were rescued after a road was washed away due to the incessant rain in Lahul-Spiti district, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) officials said on Sunday.
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Step-in for relief work in flood, rain hit areas: JP Nadda urges BJP worke
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 18 (ANI): Expressing profound grief over the loss of human lives due to heavy rainfall and flood in several states including northern states, BJP working president JP Nadda has urged BJP workers to step-in for the relief work in the natural disaster-hit areas.
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6 people died following cloudburst , bodies recovered in Himachal : SDRF U
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 18 : Six people have died following a cloudburst and heavy rainfall in the border area of Uttarkashi and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Bodies of all the six including, an 80-year-old Nepali national have been recovered by Himachal police, according to SDRF
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Floodgates of Bhakra dam to remain open for two more days: Official
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): The floodgates of the Bhakra dam will remain open for two more days to release excess water from the reservoir, the storage capacity of which is close to the danger mark.
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Solan's railway tracks damaged due to landslide, trains cancelled
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Himachal Pradesh [India] Aug 18 (ANI): Due to the landslides that have wrecked- havoc on the railway tracks, all trains plying between the Shimla-Kalka heritage routes remained cancelled on Sunday.
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Himachal: 25 tourists stranded near Beas river rescued
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Twenty-five tourists including a foreigner, stranded for over two days near the heavily flooded Beas river in Bakarthach area here were rescued on Sunday, district authorities said.
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18 dead in heavy rains in past 24 hours in Himachal Pradesh: CM Thakur
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla [India], Aug 18 (ANI): As many as 18 people lost their lives in the past 24 hours due to heavy rains that battered Himachal Pradesh, chief minister Jairam Thakur said on Sunday.
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51 years after it went missing, parts of AN-12 BL-534 Aircraft recovered
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): A joint team of Dogra Scouts and Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday recovered parts of AN-12 BL-534 Aircraft that had gone missing over Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh about 51 years ago.
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Schools to remain shut in Shimla following heavy rainfall
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): All educational institutions will remain closed due to heavy rainfall and landslide in Shimla district on Monday.
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Five dead as rains wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): At least five people were killed and seven others were injured in rain-related incidents in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.
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