The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has obtained search warrants against six private universities in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab from Special CBI Judge Shimla to investigate their alleged involvement in the misappropriation of post-matric scholarships for SC&ST and other reserve category students. The Shimla branch of CBI, investigating the

Subedar Major Pawan Kumar of the Indian Army, a resident of Shahpur in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, was killed in Pakistani shelling in Poonch on Saturday morning, informed the Army this morning.  Subedar Major Pawan Kumar Sharma was serving in the 25 Punjab Regiment and was killed in shelling

India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire ending the four-day-long armed conflict, which had threatened peace in the subcontinent, as both hostile nuclear powers had launched major offensives across the India-Pakistan borders. Earlier, US President Donald Trump posted on X, “India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire.”  

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has directed all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) to stay vigilant in view of the latest cross-border tensions escalating between India and Pakistan. Presiding over a high-level meeting at Shimla on Friday, the CM took detailed feedback from all the DCs

Nachan Forest Division organised a seven-day training camp for Van Mitra, which concluded on Wednesday. Divisional Forest Officer Nachan, Surender Kashyap said, “A total of 58 van Mitra, 37 women and 21 men attended the training camp, and after the training, they will be involved in community-driven forest conservation and

The Himachal Pradesh government enhanced the fare of long-distance buses in the state by fifteen per percent. As per a notification issued on Thursday from Shimla, “The bus fare in the plain area has been increased from Rs 1.40 to Rs 1.60 per kilometre, and in the hilly area the

The delay in reconstitution of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC), even after nearly six months after its dissolution, has kept the Congress workers guessing and hampered the functioning of the Congress organisation in the state. The HPCC, which was dissolved by the Congress High Command to rope in ‘new

Two workers in a rosin factory at Kosri village were reportedly burnt alive on Tuesday in a major blaze under the Nalagarh sub-division of Solan district. According to a report, “Charred bodies of two workers from Uttar Pradesh were recovered from a rosin factory in the afternoon and have been

The Himachal Pradesh University Teachers’ Welfare Association (HPUTWA) and Non-Teaching Staff Association jointly held a protest on Monday, outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office, Summer Hill, demanding immediate disbursement of salaries.  The HPU teachers also boycotted the classes in protest of non-payment of salaries. Addressing the protest, Dr Nitin Vyas, president, HPUTWA,

‘ The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet meeting held at Shimla on Monday, chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Thakur, gave its approval to convert Class IV part-time workers employed in different departments completing seven years of service on March 31, 2025, to daily wage employees. The Cabinet also gave its approval