Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur extended best wishes to all the people in the state on Vijayadashami and said this festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil.
imachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, along with his wife Kamlesh Thakur, paid obeisance at Sri Hanuman Temple Jakhu, Shimla, on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra and prayed for the prosperity of the state and its people.
The Bengali community in the north Indian hill town of Shimla organised a special prayer and played 'Sindoor Khela' on the completion of 200 years of Kalibari temple on Tuesday.
Sending out a message of communal harmony, a Muslim family from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh is burning the proverbial midnight oil to make effigies of the Ravana, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad, characters from the epic Ramayana, ahead of the Dussehra festival.
Informing about the reason for the fire, Deputy Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation, Uma Kaushal said that the fire broke out due to the electric short circuit but since no one was present in the building, no casualties were reported.
Sacked employees of Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) protested at the heart of Shimla city, in the ridge near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, demanded that their jobs be restored.
A delegation of the parents of deaf and dumb students studying in Institution for Children with Special Ability for Boys in Dhalli gathered in Shimla to meet Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as over 136 students are left without teachers after teachers went on strike.
The Australian Music peace ambassadors along with the students of the Music Department of Himachal Pradesh University on Friday held a music show in the north Indian hill resort Shimla.