Continuous heavy rainfall has triggered a massive landslide in Shimla's Benmore locality, near Ramchandra Chowk, leaving over 30 families in a state of fear and forcing evacuations late Monday night.
Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur accused the Congress government of trying to "grab the relief material sent by the BJP and people from across the state to take credit."
The 12-day-long monsoon session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly commenced on Monday in Shimla, with Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania convening an all-party meeting.
"What kind of humanity is this? Ministers come here and, instead of giving immediate relief, they register an FIR and go away. The government cannot have a more insensitive face than this," said the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly.
A solemn tribute was paid at the Vidhan Sabha premises, where Himachal Pradesh Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh, Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Deputy Speaker Vinay Kumar, Shimla Mayor Surender Chauhan, legislators, and several senio
The former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition in Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur, has strongly criticised the state government and PWD Minister for what he termed as "confusion and misrepresentation" regarding disaster relief funds. Speaking to ANI in Shimla today, Thakur clarified
Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, on Monday raised a strong alarm over the extent of devastation caused by heavy monsoon rains across Mandi district, particularly in his constituency, Seraj and the assembly segments o
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed concerned departments to expedite the restoration of roads and the resumption of disrupted water and electricity supply in flood-affected areas.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday visited the flood-affected areas of the Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district and assured the affected families of all possible support from the State Government.
Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that he spoke to the Chief Minister, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Tuesday evening, and informed him that a "lot of people have lost their homes" and roads were damaged after a series of cloudbursts and flash fl
The incessant rainfall and a series of cloudbursts and flash floods have devastated parts of Himachal Pradesh over the past 19 hours, leaving five people dead, 16 missing and causing extensive damage to infrastructure and property. According to the Himachal Pradesh State Emergency Operation
Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur, on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the extensive damage caused by rains in the state over the last two days, especially in the Mandi and Kullu districts, and lashed out at the Congress government "for fa