The news of a horrific fire incident has come to light in village Malahat on Peernigah Road of Una. According to the information, 60 shanties were burnt to ashes in this fire. It is being told that this fire started around 1 o’clock.When the administration got the information about the fire, the fire tenders also reached the spot, after which efforts were on to control the fire with the help of four fire tenders. According to the news, no one has been reported to be injured so far. At present, the district administration has also reached the spot and started…
Author: Yogesh Bhardwaj
The Supreme Court has directed the Uttarakhand government to submit before April 22 the details of the status of cases registered on charges of objectionable provocative speeches against the Muslim community in an alleged religious parliament in Haridwar in December last year. Justice A. M. A bench headed by Khanwilkar issued notice to the Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday after hearing a petition seeking a stay on a program organized on April 17 in Himachal Pradesh on the lines of Haridwar.The apex court gave these directions to both the governments on the application of petitioner journalist Kurban Ali and others.…
Himachal Pradesh Education Department has issued rules to recruit eight thousand part time multitask workers. A three-member committee headed by the SDM will select the multi task workers. Local people will get priority in recruitment. Application on plain paper and application of necessary certificates will be with the Block Education Officer or District Deputy Director. Apart from the selected candidate, a waiting list of two candidates will be prepared on merit basis in each school.Workers will be selected on the basis of 38 marks. They will be given an honorarium of Rs 5625 per month for ten months. The appointments…
Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agrihotri took a dig at Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and said that it would be better if Bhagwant Mann should worry about Punjab. Where daily killings are taking place. Freebies are being reneged on. Mukesh said that you will go colorless from Himachal. People will not come here in false promises and freebies. During the press conference in Una on Friday, he said that Kejriwal and Mann should tell where is 300 units of free electricity, why are there cuts, why the outsourced workers are not sure. He said that people cannot be misled by…
A road accident has occurred in Summerhill, Shimla. Where the HRTC bus went out of control and rolled down the road. A total of three people have been injured in the accident. The injured have been shifted to IGMC Hospital. where they are being treated. All three injured drivers are being told. The accident took place near Chali, which is adjacent to Summerhill. Police has reached the spot. It is being told that this bus was going HP 68 4211 on the Chali-Dharkufar route of Shimla. During this, there was an accident near Van Vihar. There were about half a…
In Himachal Pradesh, the heat has taken a severe form in the month of April. The temperature continues to rise. From the plains to the mountains, there is a scorching heat. People are forced to hide in their homes to avoid the scorching heat in the low and plain areas of the state. According to the Meteorological Department, the temperature will increase further this week.The Meteorological Department has issued an alert for the next three days, issuing a warning of heat wave in the plains and mid-mountain areas. Director of Meteorological Center Shimla Surendra Paul said that till April 8,…
An HRTC bus going from Manali to Shimla at Dood near Chandigarh-Manali National Highway Pandoh has crashed after colliding with a hill. The driver died in the accident, while 20 passengers were injured.The injured are being taken to the Zonal Hospital Mandi through an ambulance, while some of the injured are being given treatment at the Pandoh Health Center. The accident happened around one o’clock.This bus was coming from Manali towards Shimla, suddenly it got out of control and collided strongly with the hill as well as the road. The accident was so severe that the bus was badly damaged…
Building houses has become expensive in the state. After the 7 per cent increase in GST, there has been an increase of Re 1 per brick. In district Una, now eight thousand rupees will have to be paid per thousand bricks. In this way, now eight rupees per brick will be available on the spot. Transportation and shipping will be separate. The GST for bricks has been increased from 5 to 12 per cent from April 1. In such a situation, the brick kiln operators have also increased the rate. With the increase in coal and other items required for…
The eyes of the employees of the state are on the honor ceremony of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur being organized by the Himachal Pradesh Non-Gazetted Employees Federation in the state on April 3. This is because a section of the employees is demanding to remove the discrepancies that have come up due to the new pay scale. The biggest discrepancy in this is the termination of the 2-year rider. If this is announced by the Chief Minister, then it will benefit a large section of the employees. Apart from this, the second big demand of the employees is to…
A major fire broke out in the district on Thursday. In which more than 150 shanties of migrant laborers were burnt to ashes. The accident came to light on Thursday in Bathu village falling under Haroli sub-division. However, there was no casualty of any kind in the accident. But while dousing the fire, a fire brigade worker sustained burns. At the same time, the loss of lakhs of rupees is estimated to the migrant laborers due to this fire incident. As soon as the information about the incident of arson was received, the fire brigade team of Industrial Area Tahliwal…
Congress today staged a vigorous protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Shimla against inflation. Due to the increase in the prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas, the life of the general public has become miserable. Against which Congress and other parties are on the streets today. Congress’s Himachal in-charge Rajiv Shukla, Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri State President Kuldeep Singh Rathore and other Congress workers participated in the demonstration. During this, Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri said that inflation is at its peak during the BJP rule. Petrol prices have hit a century, due to which the prices of…
Toll will be charged from the drivers driving on the national highway from April 1 at the new rates. Orders have been issued from the Union Ministry of Surface and Transport. There has been an increase of Rs 10 to 45 at Sanwara toll plaza on Kalka-Shimla NH-5. Mahindra Pundiyar, manager of toll plaza operator Ranchor Company, said that from April 1, one-way fee of car-jeep will have to be paid Rs 65 and double fare Rs 95. Light Commercial Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle and Mini Bus 105 on one side, Bus-Truck (Two Axle) on one side 215, Three Axle…
Now building houses in the state has become very expensive. Here the rates of rebar, cement, sand-gravel etc. have suddenly increased. Within two months, the rates of bars have gone up by 30 per cent per quintal. In the upper areas of the capital Shimla, the prices of bars have gone up to Rs 8,600 to Rs 8,800 by adding GST. The rates of cement have also increased to Rs 465 per bag. Same is the case with other parts of the state. In the inaccessible areas, the bars are reaching very expensive. The price of square pipe has reached…
A major accident has occurred on the Chamba-Jot road of the district. Three people were killed and two were injured in a car accident near Batalwa temple located on the road. It is being told that the car riders were coming from Kangra to Chamba. All these people are said to be residents of Chamba Palur Panchayat. Police and people have taken the injured to the local hospital and the dead bodies have also been taken out of the ditch and sent to the hospital. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained. The car fell into a…
A tragic incident came to light at Sadhupul in Solan district at around 10 am today when a private bus (HP64A-4221) fell into a ditch unintentionally. Buses run daily from Solan to Sadhupul. According to SDM Solan, a total of 7 people were aboard the bus at the time of the accident, out of which 1 died on the spot and other injured were taken to the hospital for treatment. He said that the police and the local administration are present at the spot. According to the local people, this accident happened due to the narrow road. The bus goes…
In Himachal Pradesh, domestic consumers consuming up to 60 units of electricity monthly will not get electricity bills from May. Consumers will get electricity bill at the rate of Re 1 up to 125 units. This system will start in the state from April 1. On the basis of the electricity spent in April, under the new system, the bills will come in May. 11 lakh consumers of the state are expected to get relief from this decision.Electricity bills will be issued under the old system till March 31, 2022. Recently, the government had talked about starting this system from…
The famous Johadji Sahib fair, located in the princely state of Patta Mahlog under Kasauli sub-division of Solan, is starting from April 2. Celebrated for nearly four centuries, this ancient historical fair is a symbol of Hindu-Sikh unity. In this fair, which lasts for two weeks, devotees from many states including Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh reach the gurudwara to visit the Sheesh Navane. The fair will end on the day of Vaisakhi on April 14. Baba Gangdas, Baba Kharak Singh and Baba Jawahar Singh have also meditated at this place.The speciality of the johad located here is that it never…
In Shimla, the capital of Himachal, the excitement about the municipal elections has intensified. Political parties have become active in the wards by forming committees at their own level, in such a situation, the discussions have intensified regarding the conduct of MC elections on the party symbol. During a program organized in Shimla on Wednesday, Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj said that the government is considering whether or not to conduct municipal elections on the party symbol and the situation will be clarified soon.The minister said that so far no direct elections have been held on the party symbol in…