Twenty four deities served notices
The Mandi shivratri festival committee has served notices to kardars of twenty four deities for not attending the shivratri festivals for last so many years. As many as 216 deities are invited every year to attend the annual weeklong international shivratri festival and the festival committee (Mandi district administration) makes
Gratitude to a bridge
While heartfelt adieu to people retiring from a government job or from a profession by paying tribute to their services or contribution is a common practice but in a rare gesture of gratitude to acknowledge services given by a Bridge for 142 years, the people of Mandi paid tribute to
Celebrations amidst bone chilling cold
When people of Lahaul – Spiti district are experiencing harsh winter this year with entire region wrapped under a thick blanket of snow the spirit to celebrate their traditional annual festival Halda has not dampened down in any way. Many areas of the tribal district celebrated a month long festival
CM launches Jal Jeevan Mission
Chief Minister on Friday launched Jal Jeevan Mission online for the state during his one day tour of Dharampur Assembly segment in Mandi district. He also interacted through video conference with the beneficiaries on this occasion and said this was one of the major ambitious programmes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Sukh Ram lobbying to make Ashrey as state Youth Congress president
Former Union Communication Minister Sukh Ram is lobbying hard to install his grandson Ashrey Sharma as the state president of Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress. Sukh Ram, who had managed Congress ticket for Ashrey Sharma to contest Mandi parliament seat on the eleventh hour before the parliament election in May 2019
What really changes with change in the state government?
The change in state government of Himachal Pradesh after five years term of either of the two major political parties, i.e. the Congress and the BJP has become a norm after the ruling Congress’ hegemony was broken by the BJP in 1990 Assembly election in the state . With change
Khichadi preparation creates world record
The Himachal Pradesh Tourism and Civil Aviation Department has created a world record of preparing the largest serving of Khichadi from beans and rice wieigieng 1995 kilograms at a time in a single utensil and has found a place in the Guinness’ book of world records. The serving of Khichadi
Two acid attack victims to get Rs 25 lakhs after 14 years
In a big solace to two acid attack victims from Kotli area of Mandi district the Criminal Injury Compensation Board (CICB) Mandi has awarded them a compensation of Rs 25 lakhs after about 14 years of the incident when the victims were seriously injured in an acid attack by a
Life toughens in tribal areas as temperature plummets
As the cold wave in north India has become severe the people living in the tribal district of Lahual – Spiti are braving the extreme weather conditions. The temperatures at Keylong, the district headquarter of Lahaul – Spiti has plummeted to a new low as the night temperature on Saturday
The Rohtang tunnel named after former PM AB Vajpayee
The Central government has named the Rohtang tunnel after former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The decision in this regard was taken by the Union cabinet in the meeting and from now on this tunnel would be called as Atal Tunnel, announced PM Narender Modi . The Atal