In a big jolt to the Himachal Pradesh BJP, former Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram and his grandson Ashray Sharma joined the Congress in New Delhi in the presence of All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi. Sukh Ram , a veteran of  Himachal  politics,  who had been changing

The sitting BJP Member of Parliament (MP) from Mandi parliamentary constituency Ram Swaroop Sharma is quite confident of getting re-nominated as the party candidate for the coming parliament election, despite hectic lobbying by rival candidates in the race to get BJP ticket. Ram Swaroop Sharma, whose candidature has found support

 India’s highest or perhaps the world’s highest polling booth has been set up at Tashigang village in tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh at the height of 15256 feet, for the ensuing Parliament election. This village is situated near India – China border and the Chinese territory

The week-long festivity of the Shivratri fair reached its crescendo on Monday as a large crowed thronged to Chauhta bazaar of Mandi to pay obeisance and seek blessings of hundreds of gods and goddesses assembled here before their happy departure to their respective abodes, on the last day of the

The weeklong Shivratri festival of Mandi, which began here on March 5th this year, is a famous religious and cultural celebration of this region. Though the festival was formally inaugurated by Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur, the ceremonies of the festival had started much before with the

There are many unique traditions in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, especially in Kullu valley, also popularly called Dev Bhoomi. The Kullu valley has presence of hundreds of deities and deity culture is having deep imprint on life and culture of people. Since the deities are an integral part of

Researchers of Indian Institute of Technology Mandi have made headway in finding a drug to treat the Zika virus (ZIKV) that has affected more than a million people across the world.  A team led by Dr. Rajanish Giri, Assistant Professor of Biotechnology, IIT Mandi, is working on this subject. Following

The Lal Bahadur Shashtri Medical College, (LBSMC) Ner Chowk,  got its first cadaver on Wednesday when the dead body of communist activist Keshav Sharma was donated to the medical college after his death on Tuesday. The dead body was handed over to the college by advocate Desh Raj Sharma, member

Six times Himachal Chief Minister and tallest Congress leader with strong mass base,  Virbhadra Singh, despite being in an advancing age, has once again proved his mettle in the Congress politics of  Himachal Pradesh with the removal of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee ( HPCC) chief Sukhvinder Singh ‘ Sukhu’. Virbhadra

The Central government is contemplating starting first batch of MBBS course in recently opened All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bilaspur, at campus of Lal Bahdur Shashtri Medical College (LBSMC) Ner Chowk from next session. Since the work of constructing the AIIMS building at Bilaspur is yet to start