To keep flock together Virbhadra doles out plum posts
byShimla: In just about six months of taking over as Himachal Pradesh chief minister for the sixth time, Virbhadra Singh has offered plum posts…
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Dip in Himachal Pradesh tourism post – Uttarakhand floods!
byShimla/Manali: The scare thrown by the Uttarakhand disaster coupled with frivolous Met office forecasts of heavy rainfall have driven tourists away from Himachal Pradesh’s picturesque…
No flash-floods threat for Himachal from Chinese lake says experts!
byShimla: The threat of flash-floods in Himachal Pradesh from a high-altitude lake in China has receded as the alarming accumulation of water in the lake…
Sanjay Kumar is Himachal’s next director general of police!
byShimla: Sanjay Kumar will be the new director general of police of Himachal Pradesh, a senior official said. Sanjay Kumar’s name has been cleared by…
Himachal CM flags off 50 more ambulances
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today flagged off 50 more ambulances here, which will join the existing fleet of 112 ambulances operating in…
Himachal plans to open 800 more bank branches by 2016
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh proposes opening about 800 more bank branches by 2016, mostly in the state’s rural areas, under a comprehensive financial-inclusion plan, a senior…
Heavy rain warning as Shrikhand Mahadev pilgrimage in Himachal gets underway
byShimla: Lest religious tourism, a bane for the Uttarakhand tragedy, finds pilgrims trapped in foul weather, met officials have sounded out a warning of…
Himachal to start apple procurement from July 22
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh government will start procurement of apples, the state’s main horticulture crop, under the market intervention scheme (MIS) from this month, an…
Himachal BJP leader in police net over old scam
byShimla: History is being repeated in Himachal Pradesh as police have once again booked a top politician in a nearly one-and-a-half-decade-old corruption case. This week…
Himachal gets relief from rains
byShimla: Rains have abated in Himachal Pradesh after battering the state for four days, triggering landslides and snapping road links in many areas, officials here…