Himachal Pradesh cabinet meeting was held on Thursday in Shimla under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. Many big decisions related to employment, employees and public welfare have been taken in the meeting. The cabinet has decided to fill hundreds of posts in various departments. Along with this, it has also been decided to increase the honorarium of several categories of employees, to open new Jalshakti Mandal and Patwar Circle, to upgrade the schools and dispensaries. Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) buses in the state will only charge half the fare of women, while drinking water will also…
Author: Samyantak Bhardwaj
Preparations have intensified for the program to be organized in the capital Shimla on May 31 to mark the completion of eight years of the Modi government at the Centre. According to the schedule so far, PM Narendra Modi will reach the Ridge Ground amidst tight security by road from Annadel Ground. The security squad will conduct rehearsals a day before their arrival. PM Modi will reach here at 10:30 and will stay here for about one and a half hours. Modi will not have lunch in Shimla. PM Modi will inform the country about the work done during the…
Rural roads have been approved more budget than Punjab and Haryana in the election year in the state. The central government has given an indicative budget of Rs 600 crore for Himachal under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), while only Rs 150 crore has been sanctioned for neighboring Haryana and Rs 400 crore for Punjab. States will also have to add their share in this. Under PMGSY, a token fund of Rs 600 crore has been allocated for the state in the financial year 2022-23. In this, Himachal Pradesh will have to deposit Rs 66.67 crore of its…
Negotiations between the Himachal Road Transport Corporation Drivers’ Union and the management failed. Now there will be a one-day strike proposed on May 30. HRTC buses will not run in the entire state on that day. Due to this the people of the state may have to face problems. During the talks between the driver union and the corporation management, it was agreed to give the 6th pay commission to the employees of the corporation, but the payment of other allowances could not be agreed. Drivers and operators have not been able to get night over time since 36 months.…
Justice Sabina was on Monday appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Sabina is the senior-most judge of the High Court. This information has been given by the Ministry of Law. In a notification issued by the Department of Justice of the Ministry of Law, it was said that she will take charge from May 25 after the retirement of the current Chief Justice of the High Court, Mohammad Rafiq. The current Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq is retiring on May 24.
The weather is expected to remain bad in the entire state till May 26. Orange alert has been issued in all areas of Himachal Pradesh due to heavy rain, hailstorm and storm. It has been raining continuously in the state since last night. The Chandigarh-Manali highway near Pandoh dam was blocked due to landslide. The road was blocked due to heavy rain and slippery on Tuesday morning. However, the highway was later restored. In Himachal Pradesh, peaks and many residential areas of Lahaul-Spiti district have become covered with snow at the end of May. Amidst the alert of the Meteorological…
27 samples of medicines taken from across the country by the Central Drugs Standard Controller Organization have been found to be unsuccessful. In these, samples of eight medicines made in Himachal have also been found to be unsuccessful. Which did not meet the standards. In the month of April, 1164 samples were filled from across the country. Medicines found to fail include medicines for sugar, vomiting-diarrhoea, fever and blood pressure. According to the information, in the Morpin Lab located in Makhnu Majra, Baddi, the sample of calcium medicine Calequick, Lodhi Majra, the diarrhea medicine Armidazole made in Baddi’s Navkar Life…
A painful accident has happened in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. A car of tourists from Delhi has met with an accident near Ghiyagi in Banjar. The car fell into the Ghiyagi ravine, about 200 meters below Highway-305. 4 tourists have died, while 3 are said to be injured. 3 tourists including a woman were among the dead. 2 women and a man are among the injured. Local people informed the police about the accident. The police team reached the spot and sent the bodies to the nearest hospital for postmortem. The injured have been brought to Banjar Hospital for…
A national level program is to be organized on the completion of 8 years of the Modi government at the Center will be held on 31 May this time in Shimla, the capital of Himachal. PM Narendra Modi will also participate in this program. Not only this, on this day all the Union Ministers and senior BJP leaders also have a plan to attend the program. This program will be organized at the Ridge of Shimla. For which Himachal BJP has started preparations. Due to this, CM Jai Ram Thakur, BJP State President Suresh Kashyap and Minister Suresh Bhardwaj visited…
7 H.P. NCC Shimla conducted a NCC camp in Government Aadarsh Senior Secondary School Karsog of District Mandi of H.P. on Thursday under the aegis of Principal Devendra Chauhan. As per the instructions of Commanding Officer Col. D.R. Gargey of 7 H.P. Coy NCC Shimla deployed Havaldar Chetan Prkash and Havaldar Vipul Thapa to training the NCC cadets, and also Havaldars taught the lesson of unity and discipline to the cadets. During this one day training camp, cadets were informed about drill and boosted their physical strength to be true cadets. As per the instructions of 7 H.P. Coy NCC…
Earthquake tremors were felt in Himachal Pradesh on Friday in Dharamsala and Chamba. There was an earthquake in Chamba at 7:47. An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred at 07:46 am, 57 km north-west of Dharamsala. As soon as the earthquake struck, people panicked and ran away from their homes to safer places. According to the administration, there was no loss of life and property anywhere.
There is a constant dryness in Himachal Pradesh’s weather. Due to this, the people of the state are constantly getting upset with the heat. In the last 24 hours, the weather was sunny in most of regions except some places in the state. Una of the state recorded the highest temperature of 38.8 degrees Celsius. The lowest temperature was recorded at 7.4 degrees Celsius. According to IMD, dry weather is likely to remain in the coming days. However, there may be rain and snow some places in the high areas of the state. According to Shimla Weather Center, on Wednesday…
Himachal’s famous International Summer Festival is going to start from June 4, for which the representative local artists from local organization Sound Visionary met Deputy Commissioner Shimla Aditya Negi and Additional Deputy Commissioner Shimla Shivam Pratap Singh on Wednesday to participate in the Summer Festival and offer their proposal. Swapnil Chauhan, the founder of Sound Visionary, told that his meeting was to connect the local artists to the summer festival and talked about giving full cooperation to the Shimla administration on behalf of Sound Visionary. Sounds Visionary has been working in the interest of the artists of the state since…
An accused has been arrested in connection with the installation of Khalistani flags on the main gate and gate of the Dharamsala assembly in Himachal Pradesh. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur told reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday that two accused are involved in carrying out this incident. One accused has been arrested by the police this morning. The search for another is on. He too will be arrested soon. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on the attack on Punjab Police Headquarters said that it is a matter of concern. Orders have been issued for the security system in Himachal…
The Chief Minister addressed the administrative officers at the annual session of the Administrative Service Officers Association held in Peterhoff. The Chief Minister said that after a long gap, all the administrative officers are being met together. He asked the officers at the annual session of the Administrative Service Officers Association held in Peterhof, why is this program being organized for the fifth year only? In his address, the Chief Minister said that such programs should be scheduled every year, so that all the officers can share about their bitter and sweet experiences of college, training to getting jobs and…
The police has started action in the matter of putting up Khalistani flags in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly building. The Himachal Police has made Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, General Council of Sikhs for Justice, the main accused in this case. Along with this, an FIR has also been registered, in which a case has been registered under several serious sections including UAPA. According to Himachal Pradesh Police, a case has been registered under Section 153-A, 153-B of IPC and Section 13 of UAPA. Apart from this, the interstate borders have been sealed to nab the accused. For this, instructions have…
Recently a car fell in the Vyas river. According to the information, the driver is missing after the car collided in Vyas near Vishishtha, adjoining Manali. The name of the driver is Sunil and he is a resident of Kumarsain in Shimla. The police team is looking for the driver but at present no information has been found about him. It is being told that due to the accident late in the night, the information about the incident could be received late. After this the rescue work could start. It is being told that the driver Sunil Kumar, son of…
The plains of the country are facing severe heat. To avoid this, tourists have started turning to the mountains, because after the rains, the weather of Himachal has become very pleasant. Therefore, tourists are seen in large numbers at tourist places like Shimla, Kufri, Kasauli, Naldehra, Chail, Narkanda etc. Occupancy in hotels has also gone up to 75 per cent on weekends. In such a situation, this is a relief news for the tourism businessmen who are facing the economic slowdown due to Corona period, but in the month of May, the tourism business which was done before Corona, is…