Himachal Pradesh Government issued an order banning the hill cutting for any kind of private development and construction activity, except for rebuilding of disaster-affected buildings and roads in the entire State for two weeks upto 16th September 2023.
As the 62-day-long Amarnath Yatra reached its climax, a Morning Aarti was performed at Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine in Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. The 62-day-long Amarnath Yatra, which began on July 1 culminates today on August 31, 2023.
‘Chhari Mubarak’ popularly known as the holy mace of Lord Shiva has left for Sheshnaag on Tuesday morning from Chandanwari in Pahalgam to mark the culmination of the Amarnath Yatra.
The road from Kullu to Mandi via Pandoh is open one-way, the police statement read adding that from Kullu to Pandoh the traffic will be released from 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM and from Pandoh to Kullu, it will be released from 12:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Lieutenant General (Retired) Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon as Chairperson of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, an official statement said on Sunday.
The annual pilgrimage to the historic Budha Amarnath temple in the Mandi area of Poonch district in the border district of Jammu and Kashmir is underway and will culminate on the day of Raksha Bandhan.
A consignment of food items and medicines was delivered to the remote areas of the rain-battered Mandi district with the help of Air Force helicopters on Saturday.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Thursday rescued 51 people who were stranded in cloud burst incident sites at Shehnu Gouni and Kholanala villages in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, said authorities.
"There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in parts of the districts of Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, Mandi, Kullu, Una, Bilaspur and Kangra. We have issued a yellow alert for 24 and 25 August...," IMD Scientist Sandeep Kumar Sharma said speaking to ANI.