The model code of conduct for the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh can be imposed anytime after October 13. In the previous elections also the model code of conduct was imposed on 13th October. After this, the date of voting can be announced in the first fortnight of November. If there is a delay in the conduct of polling in the state in November, then there can be a problem in holding the assembly elections, as the high altitude areas in Himachal become snow covered. In the year 2017, the state assembly elections were declared on 13 October 2017. Simultaneously, when the Model Code…
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PM Modi’s visit to Chamba district has been fixed. Modi will visit Chamba on October 13. Earlier he was scheduled to come here on October 14. Chief Secretary RD Dhiman said that there has been a change in the Prime Minister’s visit to Chamba. Assembly elections are proposed to be held in Himachal Pradesh in November. In such a situation, this visit of PM Modi is considered very important for the BJP. Third tour fixed in 20 days PM Modi’s visit to Mandi was first scheduled on 24 September in the election time. But due to rain, he could not come and he addressed the rally…
The Board of Directors of Shimla Jal Prabandhan Nigam Limited (SJPNL) awarded the tender for the project to Suez India for Rs 683 crore. The company will complete the project by 2025. The round the clock water supply is one of the three components of the over Rs 1,800 crore World Bank-funded Shimla Water Supply and Sewerage Services. The other two components are Bulk Water Supply from the Sutlej river and strengthening and extension of sewerage services in the city and nearby areas. To ensure round the clock water supply, around 70 per cent of the pipes of the current…
About 25 per cent of 18,711 villages are not connected with roads while 20 per cent of the villages do not have all-weather road connectivity, said Om Prakash Bhuraita, Director, HP State Resource Centre, Shimla. He said this at a special lecture-cum-interaction on ‘Rural Roads in Himachal Pradesh: Challenges and way forward’. The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, organised the event. As many as 61 participants attended the lecture. Bhuraita said the road connectivity had increased from 39 per cent in 1983 to 75 per cent in 2021 with funds under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana’. However,…
Himachal Doctors Strike, Doctors in Himachal Pradesh are on strike today. Specialist medical services will not be provided in medical colleges across the state. Do not come to any hospital in the capital Shimla today to get your routine checkup done on Tuesday. Doctors will be on mass strike in the hospital on Tuesday. Doctors will not check patients in OPD in all three major hospitals of Shimla city. Only emergency services will be provided in the hospital. Other than this no services will be provided. In Shimla city hospitals, more than seven thousand patients come to OPD every day for checkup. In such a situation, the patients…
AIIMS Bilaspur PM Modi Himachal Visit The state government has started preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s one-day visit to Himachal Pradesh on October 5. PM Modi will visit Bilaspur at 11 am to inaugurate the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. Apart from this, three other projects Hydro Engineering College, Mandi-Bhari Bridge and Mother-Child Hospital will also be dedicated to the public. PM Modi will address the rally at Luhnu Maidan after inaugurating AIIMS at the helipad located on the AIIMS campus. After this it will reach Kullu at 2.30 pm. Here you will witness the Rath Yatra of the International Dussehra…
The Forest Department has submitted a report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding the encroachments on forest land at Jubbal in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. It was informed that an FIR has been registered for capturing 444 hectares of forest land in Rohru Forest Division. Till June 30, 2022, 421 people had occupied more than 10 bighas of forest land. The NGT was told that eviction orders have been passed against the occupants of 452 hectares of forest land. Of these, 441 hectares of forest land have been freed from possession. Out of this, occupation of 453 hectares has been removed. Apart from…
NCC Group Commander Brigadier Rohit Dutta, who arrived at APG Shimla University on Thursday to take stock of NCC activities, NCC facilities, enrollment and recruitment of students in NCC, interacted with the university administration and NCC cadets. During this, the Commanding Officer of Seven HP (I) Company NCC Shimla along with Group Commander Brigadier Rohit Dutta, Colonel DR. Gargey was also present. The NCC cadets presented a Guard of Honor to the Group Commander on his arrival in the University campus. Vice Chancellor of APG Shimla University Prof. Dr. Ramesh Chauhan welcomed and thanked the Group Commander for visiting the…
Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath will also have rallies due to the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh. The dates of these rallies will be decided soon. These rallies and other election strategies were brainstormed in an important meeting chaired by BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda in New Delhi. Leaders like Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Himachal Pradesh BJP President Suresh Kashyap, National Organization General Secretary BL Santosh, BJP’s state election in-charge Saudan Singh, co-election in-charge Devendra Singh Rana, etc. participated in the meeting. Discussions were…
The daily earning of Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) is Rs 2 crore, while the expenditure goes up to Rs 4 crore. The condition is that every month the corporation is taking a loan of about Rs 62 crore from the government to meet the salary, pension, TA, DA, medical bills, diesel and other expenses of the employees. 90% of the routes of the corporation are running in loss. Only five per cent routes are in profit, while on five per cent routes the corporation is neither profiting nor losing. Since the Corona epidemic, the financial condition of the Transport Corporation has not…
1,347 applications have been received from 68 assembly constituencies to become Congress candidates for the state assembly elections. Applications were invited till 5:00 PM on Thursday. 677 leaders and activists have submitted their claim by applying through e-mail and 670 through plain paper. Now these applications will be sorted from September 2 to 4 at the State Congress Headquarters Rajiv Bhawan Shimla. A meeting of the State Election Committee has been called in New Delhi on September 5. Party’s state in-charge Rajiv Shukla, state president Pratibha Singh, election campaign committee president Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and leader of opposition Mukesh Agnihotri will be present in this…
Five NCC cadets from 7 H.P. (I) Company National Cadet Corps (NCC) Shimla were selected to participate in the “Army AttachmentTraining Camp”, who returned to Shimla here on Thursday after successful training from the 15-day “Army Attachment Training Camp”.
Pension will increase by 5 to 15 percent for the pensioners of Himachal Pradesh between 65 and 75 years of age. Apart from this, the state government will release Rs 25 crore for the payment of medical bills of pensioners. The government has made a provision of Rs 1,000 crore to release the first installment of arrears to 1.90 lakh pensioners and about two lakh employees. Giving revised pension to pensioners will put an additional burden of Rs 130 crore on the government. These announcements were made by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over the meeting of Joint Advisory Committee (JCC) of…
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said that the Bulk Drug Pharma Park would attract an investment of Rs 50,000 crore and provide employment to 30,000 people. It will be a great model project in Himachal in terms of employment and investment. The CM thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this gift. Said that he has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the demand for this park. What is Bulk Drug Park? It is a space with common infrastructure facilities for the exclusive manufacture of APIs or DIs or KSM. Bulk Drug Park will also have a common waste management system. Criteria of a…
The HP High Court today sought response from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, Shimla Municipal Corporation and Yogendra Mohan Sengupta on a petition filed by the state government challenging the recent order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) restraining the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department from taking any further steps in pursuance of the Draft Development Plan, 2041 for the Shimla Planning area. While issuing notices, a Division Bench comprising Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Virender Singh directed the respondents to file their replies within four weeks and listed the matter for further hearing…
Traveling on the Chandigarh-Shimla highway has become expensive. From today, drivers will have to loose more pockets to pass through the highway. Because toll companies have increased the rates of toll tax. Toll tax has been increased by 10 to 15 percent by toll companies. The new rates have come into effect from 12 o’clock tonight. That is, from September 1, more money will have to be paid for toll tax. Let us tell you that on weekends, a large number of people from tricity including Chandigarh go to visit hill stations of the neighboring state of Himachal Pradesh. Kasauli is the most preferred tourist spot…
Flights will resume from the state capital after a gap of two and a half years. Alliance Air will launch its Shimla-Delhi-Shimla flight from September 6. This flight will operate with ATR42-600 with an introductory fare of Rs 2,480. The flight will depart from Delhi at 6.25 am and arrive at Shimla Jubbarhatti airport at 7.35 am and return back to Delhi at 8 am to reach delhi at 9.10 am.
Himachal Pradesh government has submitted an interim report of Rs 1981.86 crore loss due to heavy rains to the central team. In this, a loss of Rs 957.09 crore has been estimated to the Public Works Department and Rs 725.07 crore to the Jal Shakti Department. There has also been heavy damage to other departments and private property. A high-level inter-ministerial team of the Center, which arrived in Himachal during this monsoon season to assess the damage so far, held a virtual meeting with Chief Secretary RD Dhiman and high officials of all concerned departments on Tuesday. After extensive discussions with the central team,…