Author: Wise Himachal Bureau

The Congress Legislature Party has decided that the party will not field its candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections. The Election Commission has fixed March 21 as the last date for filing nomination papers for the Shimla seat of Rajya Sabha. Polling will be held on March 31 and the result will be declared on the same day. On the other hand, BJP has declared Dr. Sikander Kumar, former VC of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) as its candidate. At present, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma is a Rajya Sabha MP from this seat. His term ends on April 2. Leader…

The much awaited Excise Policy for the year 2022-23 was approved in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur at the Secretariat on Sunday. Country liquor will now be 16 percent cheaper in the state. The license fee for this will be less. The cabinet decided that liquor contracts will not be auctioned this year. The cabinet has also approved the Himachal Pradesh Toll Policy, which includes auction and tendering of all toll barriers in the state. Revenue receipt of Rs 2,131 crore is envisaged during the year 2022-23, which will be Rs 264 crore more than…

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday flagged off Covid-19 relief material worth Rs 3 crore donated by noted Bollywood signer Mohit Chauhan, from Peterhof here.Addressing media persons, Chief Minister Thakur thanked Chauhan for his philanthropic gesture and said the people of the state were proud of the achievements of this son of Himachal Pradesh.”Despite achieving so much success, Mohit Chauhan has always remained in touch and associated with Himachal Pradesh and its people,” Thakur said.”Mohit had donated goods worth Rs. 3 crore to Himachal for Covid-19 relief which includes oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders, medical kit, thermometers, gloves, masks, sanitisers,…

The capital Shimla on Wednesday night recorded the highest minimum temperature in 53 years during March. The minimum temperature in the city was 18 degrees Celsius from 8 am on Wednesday night till 8 am on Thursday. Earlier in the year 2010, the minimum temperature was recorded at 16.5 degrees. According to the data available with the Meteorological Center Shimla since 1969, the night of 16 March was the hottest in Shimla during March. There has also been an increase in the maximum temperature of the state. On Thursday, the mercury remained above 30 degrees in ten areas of the…

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday witnessed a ruckus in the House on the last day of the budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He said that on the wrong information about increasing the allowances, some people are writing such comments that when there is no pension to the employees then why to the MLAs. On this, the CM said that such employees should quit their jobs and contest elections and become entitled to pension. The CM said that he often says very straightforward things. Rejecting in the House the talk of increasing the accommodation and traveling…

Himachal assembly session: Five bills, including a budget of Rs 54,592.02 crore, were passed in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday for the financial year 2022-23. 3200 crores increased from the budget presented on March 4. On March 4, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur presented a budget of Rs 51,365 crore. With this the 15-day budget session came to an end. This was the fifth budget session of the Jairam government. After noon on Tuesday, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur proposed to pass a budget of Rs 54,592.02 crore in the House. It was passed by voice vote. Of this,…

ExpansionThe Central Government has given approval for the construction work of the second phase of Kiratpur-Nerchowk Fourlane. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has tweeted that the construction work of the second phase will be completed by December 2022. In the second phase, 48 km construction work is to be done from Kainchimod to Bhawana. At the same time, the investigation of irregularities in the project will continue. The Environment Ministry had stopped the construction work in June 2020 due to irregularities. After the intervention of BJP National President JP Nadda and Gadkari, approval was given to start…

Union Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has said that a bullet proof jacket factory will be set up in Himachal Pradesh. India will not be a weapon taker, now it will become an exporting country. He said this on Sunday at the Sainik Samman ceremony of Sujanpur assembly constituency at village outpost near Hamirpur. He said that the contribution of Himachal in the Indian Army is 4 per cent. The warriors of Himachal have received more than 1100 gallantry awards in various wars and military operations. This is the reason why Himachal is known…

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated the state’s first Drone Pilot School at Industrial Training Institute (ITI) located in Shahpur Assembly Constituency. He said that drones are an innovative technology, which can be used for monitoring crops besides spraying pesticides etc. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also urged the state governments to promote drone technology in a big way.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur calls on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Friday. The Chief Minister urged the Union Minister to increase the import duty on apples in the interest of apple growers of the state. He said that apples from other countries are coming to the Indian market, which is affecting the apple economy of the state. The CM also urged the minister to extend the Industrial Development Grant Scheme for two more years. Apart from this, special central assistance should be provided for the construction of Mandi airport. He also urged for increasing the…

A female tourist died while taking a selfie. This painful accident occurred on Friday at Sucide Point near Roghi Panchayat of Kinnaur district. The police have taken the body in possession and sent it to the hospital for post-mortem. Further investigation has started. According to the police, Rahul Podhar, a resident of Kolkata, had come to visit Kinnaur district along with his family. His wife Jayita Das was also with him. While taking a selfie of Jayita Das, her foot slipped and she fell into a deep gorge. this caused her death. Police and local people reached the spot and…

For the elections to the Municipal Corporation Shimla of Himachal Pradesh, the district administration has released the roster of reservation of wards on Friday. Of the 41 wards of the Municipal Corporation, 21 are reserved for women. In this, 17 wards are reserved for women and four wards are reserved for scheduled caste women. In such a situation, only in 20 wards, male candidates will get a chance to contest elections. Out of this, three wards have been reserved for the category belonging to the Scheduled Castes. After the amendment in the Act by the government, this time the new roster will be applicable in…

The management of Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital at Sultanpur near Kumarhatti has suspended 10 senior students for allegedly ragging a first-year MBBS student in a hostel on March 7. It has also started an inquiry into the incident. Atul Shotra, who hails from Nagrota Surian in Kangra district, stated a complaint lodged with the Dharampur police that he stayed alone in his hostel room. On March 7, his batchmates from the adjoining room came to his room at 11 pm and told him that interns and second-year students were calling him. He alleged that his seniors were consuming…

Paragliding has been banned in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh till further orders. These orders have been issued by the administration after the death of the pilot and tourist during paragliding in Bir. Keeping in view the safety of the tourists, it has been asked to meet the parameters of safe paragliding. The District Tourism Development Officer has been asked to ensure registration of all paragliding operators and pilots. Along with registration, arrangements will also have to be made to give a unique code. The District Tourism Development Officer has been asked to make provision for fines for paragliding without a license. Pilots who are found…

After raising the flag of victory in Punjab, now the Aam Aadmi Party is going to make its way towards Himachal. The party’s first target is to register a victory in the municipal elections. For this, a campaign will be run for the clean image candidates in the periphery of the Municipal Corporation. The people themselves will choose the candidates of Aam Aadmi Party. The party has also made up its mind to contest elections in 68 assembly constituencies of Himachal. For this, senior leaders from Punjab including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will start coming to Himachal. The party claims that within a week it…

A paraglider fell from a height of 30 feet in Himachal Pradesh’s Bir Billing at 5 pm on Tuesday, killing the pilot and the tourist. One pilot was injured, who was referred to Tanda Medical College Hospital, Kangra. DSP Baijnath BD Bhatia said that after registering a case, the cause of the accident is being investigated and paraglider and other items have been seized. The deceased include pilot Rakesh Kumar (29) from Beed village in Baijnath and tourist Akash Agarwal (31) son Ganesh Agarwal, RO 7075 Tower-5 Block E-2 GH 7 Crossing Republic Vijay Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The cause of the accident is…

In the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, 58 students of Himachal Pradesh are still trapped there. 418 students have been safely evacuated to their homes. This information was given by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. He said that efforts are on to bring back the Indian students trapped in Ukraine safely back home. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the government is in touch with the 58 students who could not return home from Ukraine and their families. Some of these students are in Ukraine and some are in surrounding countries. All the students are safe and are expected to be back soon

The tendency of youth of the state to become a dentist has reduced. More than half of the dental seats are vacant in government and private dental colleges of the state. There is not a single seat vacant in MBBS. Even after the second round of counseling of Atal Medical University, youth are not showing interest to take admission in these seats in four dental colleges of the state. 81 seats are vacant in Dental College Paonta Sahib, 49 in Bhojia Dental College and Hospital Nalagarh, 45 in Himachal Dental College Sundernagar and 25 in Government Dental College and Hospital…