Shimla: As Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh compares his predecessor and BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal with Nazi dictator Hitler, the opposition party advises the septuagenarian Congress leader that he needs his wife at home. After six months of lull, a political storm is again raging in the state ahead [...]

Shimla: Bleeding state finances to pay for having lived beyond ones means, the Himachal Pradesh government with permission from Reserve Bank of India has been raising debt to meet committed liabilities which include paying off loans raised earlier. A spokesman of the finance department declared that with prior permission from [...]

Manali: Three Nepalese accused of raping an American tourist have been remanded to a judicial lock up by a local court after the police had carried out a two day intense custodial interrogation of the crime committed. Kullu police chief VK Dhawan stated that robbed articles, which consisted of a [...]

Shimla: Nineteen people, including eight women, were killed Friday and 13 injured when a private bus carrying them skidded off a road and fell into a 500-foot gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, police said. Gross human negligence was behind the accident, said the officials. Nineteen bodies have been recovered, Superintendent [...]

 18 dead in bus accident Shimla: Himachal Pradesh government ordered a magisterial probe in the accident cause that killed 18 people and left at least another dozen injured today morning when the private bus they were travelling in lost control in the interior of Sirmaur hills and rolled more than [...]

Shimla: The organizers of international summer festival in Shimla once again ignored local talent and folk artists by not inviting many of them to perform at the festival that could have given them a much needed opportunity to showcase their potential. The summer festival which concluded two days ago, many [...]

Manali: Home stay packages for a summer vacation in a country side cottage amidst orchards lands and surrounded by snow-clad Pir Panchal Himalayas in the lap of nature in Kullu-Manali valley is tourism with a difference that savors on local cuisine and folk culture. Seeking out the exotic, beyond the [...]

Shimla: At least 18 people were killed today and an equal number injured when a private bus carrying passengers skidded off the road and fell into a 500-foot deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, police said. Eighteen bodies have been recovered, Superintendent of Police Sumedha Diwedi told on phone. [...]

Shimla: At least eight people were killed today when a private bus carrying more than 35 passengers skidded off the road and fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, police said. Eight bodies have been recovered, Superintendent of Police Sumedha Diwedi told on phone. She said the bus, [...]

New Delhi: The direct transfer of cooking gas subsidy into the bank accounts of consumers was rolled out across 18 districts of the country from the beginning of this month, an official said today. While the direct benefit transfer (DBT) programme was formally launched in Tumkur district of Karnataka, the [...]