Former Indian Hockey Captain and two times Olympian Padma Shri Charanjit Singh passed away in his native village Mairi in Amb sub –division of Una District of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. In his nineties Charanjit Singh was ailing with age related problems. Charanjit Singh was captain of the Gold Medal

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur called upon Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya at New Delhi on Thursday and urged him to sanction fifty ambulances to reduce the response time as per prescribed limits in the  hill areas., besides requesting to appoint 58 more ASHA workers under NUHM and

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has congratulated two Padam Shri award winners from the state Vidyanand Saraik,  Lalita Vakil and winners of the Police Medals.  He said, “While Lalita Vakil, hailing from Chamba has been working for the promotion of Chamba Rumal for the past 50 years this award is

The 73rd Republic Day was celebrated with gaiety and fervour across the state on Wednesday. The state level function was held at the historic Ridge Ground of Shimla where HP Governor Rajender Vishwanath Arlekar unfurled the National Flag and took salute at March past. The functions were also organised at all district

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has announced a 31 percent increase in DA of state government employees on the occasion of 52nd statehood day on Tuesday. Addressing a gathering after unfurling the tricolour and taking salute from the marching contingents of police, Home Guards and NCC cadets at Thodo ground

Though the Special Investigating Team (SIT) constituted to bust the mafia involved in illicit trade of spurious liquor after death of seven persons from Slappar area after drinking  liquor few days back have arrested nearly  a dozen persons in this case the involvement  of few district level Congress leaders have surprised many

The death of seven persons after consuming spurious liquor at Slappar during the past two days in Mandi district has one again exposed the alleged nexus and callous attitude of certain officials in checking the menace of illicit liquor trade in Himachal Pradesh. Though such incidents have occurred at a

Five persons have died after consuming spurious liquor at Slappar under Sunder Nagar sub-division of Mandi district on Wednesday. The Director General of HP Police Sanjay Kundu said, “On January 17 some people had consumed branded country liquor (manufactured by VRV Foods Limited Sansarpur Terrace) at Slappar and their condition

The researchers from The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi and The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) New Delhi have identified phytochemicals in the petals of rhododendron flowers which could be used to protect patients suffering from COVID -19 infections.   The findings of the research team headed by

The 9th National Ice Hockey Championship began at Kaza on Sunday with the formal inauguration of the games by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.     The National Ice Hockey competitions, being organised for the first time in the tribal district of Lahaul – Spiti have evinced keen interests from the ice hockey