Rescuers yet to reach calamity-hit Himachal village
byShimla: Rescue teams are yet to reach a village in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district that was severely hit by flash-floods and landslides 12 days…
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Floods expose Himachal’s lack of preparedness
byShimla: Delays and bureaucratic rigmaroles have again exposed Himachal Pradesh’s lack of preparedness to a natural disaster, say experts. Even 10 days after unprecedented…
EC allows protesting Himachal villagers to vote
byShimla: The Election Commission (EC) today allowed angry villagers in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh to cast their vote in a Lok Sabha by-election. Miffed…
Ace racers Rana, Rangnrekar, Gopalkrishnan to compete at 4th Mughal Rally
bySrinagar: Among the very best Indian rallyists in cross country motor racing, 49 year old Sampada Rangnrekar from Mumbai, Suresh Rana from Manali and…
14 houses in Shimla develop cracks after rains
byShimla: At least 14 houses here developed cracks and some of them were partly damaged after heavy rains today, police said. More than 50…
Himachal’s oldest voter, 96, casts vote
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh’s oldest voter, Shyam Saran Negi, 96, today exercised his franchise in a picturesque hamlet in Kinnaur district. “I am not quite physically…
Court hauls up Himachal state for misuse of Una temple funds
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court took the state to task for misuse of Chintpurni Temple funds used for purchasing of vehicles for officers…
Polling begins in Himachal parliamentary bypoll
byShimla: Polling for the second phase of Mandi parliamentary constituency began today in Himachal Pradesh’s rain-ravaged Kinnaur district. Electors could be seen reaching polling stations…
Case registered in mass phone tapping in Himachal
byShimla: The vigilance and anti-corruption bureau of Himachal Pradesh today evening lodged a first information report (FIR) in the infamous “phone tapping” case pertaining to…
Jobs on chits scam comes back to haunt Virbhadra government
byShimla: Ghost of alleged illegal recruitments made between December 1993 to Februray 1998 has come back to haunt the Virbhadra Singh led Congress government…