The ongoing weeklong Mandi Shivratri festival, which is marking its 500 years, is drawing a large number of visitors to witness the rich cultural heritage of Mandi town and the Shivratri festival, being showcased by the Shivratri Festival Organizing Committee through several new programmes. Mandi town is also known as

When India and Pakistan cricket team players are so unfriendly to each other despite playing matches together presently, in a contrast two former great Indian cricketers and captains of Indian team- Sunil Gawaskar and Kapil Dev have joined a dozen other former international captains on Tuesday, in demanding better prison

The weeklong famous Shivratri festival began on Monday with traditional Jaleb (Shobhayatra) in which hundreds of deities carried on shoulders of devotees dancing on drum beats marched from Madho Rai temple to Paddal ground Mandi as a large number of people gathered on both sides of the Shobhayatra path to

Four passengers traveling in a car lost their lives on Saturday, when the car (HP- 26B-8999), in which they were travelling, fell into a deep gorge in Nichar sub- division of Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The accident occurred near Jani village at about 9 am in the morning, after

In a significant relief to the Himachal Pradesh government, the Supreme Court of India on Friday extended the deadline to hold elections for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) and local bodies in the state from April 30 to May 31, 2026.   Acting on a petition filed by the state government,

State wide strikes at few centers and rallies were held in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, on the call given by the Coordination Committee of All India Trade Unions and Farmers’ Organizations against the alleged “communal and corporate nexus” of Modi led Central government. Hundreds of workers and employees of various unions

Adding a new cultural feast to Mandi Shivratri festival the Shivratri organizing committee added a new feature to the festival by organizing several cultural programmes commencing a week early on Tuesday. Though the famous weeklong Shivratri festival will begin on February 16, the committee has planned pre -festival cultural programmes

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu said the state government would move court against the discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) to the state. The CM made this announcement after a special session on presentation  held to discuss the situation arising out of the financial situation, at Shimla on

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced a complete ban on the use of mobile phones by students in all government and private schools in  Himachal Pradesh from  March 1, for enhancing the academic environment and well-being of students .  The CM made this announcement in the closing ceremony of the

Though bureaucracy in any government is considered the backbone of the government, the bureaucracy in Himachal Pradesh is under constant attack by several Cabinet Ministers. The relationship between the political leadership and the mandarins in the state has been very cordial all these years and even if there were differences