The death of a NIT student with suspected over dose of a drug exposes extent of drug menace
With the death of an engineering student in his hostel room at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur after a suspected overdose of a drug, has exposed the alarming menace of drug addiction spreading among students and youths of Himachal Pradesh. The death of an M Tech student Sujal
CM asks BJP leaders to seek relief package for the state from the PM
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has asked BJP leaders to desist from doing politics over the relief package to Himachal Pradesh by the Central government in the wake of natural calamity and instead request the Prime Minister to give a relief package to the state. Addressing a gathering at Paddal
Zila Parishad employees withdraw strike after assurance from minister
The ongoing strike by employees of Zila Parishad has been withdrawn by the employees after getting assurance from Minister of Rural Development Anirudh Singh to concede their demands. The development came when the state government had suspended 167 striking junior engineers working in various Zila Parishads on Friday. Forty seven
CM launches DBT to disaster affected families from Kullu
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu started ‘Punrvaas’, a rehabilitation initiative of the state government for the disaster affected families on Saturday from Kullu through direct transfer of relief packages. The CM released Rs. 3 lakh each to 324 affected families of Kullu district amounting Rs 9.72 crore as the first
Union Minister Anurag Thakur administers oath to youths in meri mati mera desh programme at Mandi
The Union Minister of Information, Broadcasting, Youth and Sports Affairs Anurag Thakur said, “Meri mati mera desh is a unique programme through which brave men and women of India are being honoured by taking panch pran oath to salute them.” Addressing the audience at Motipur in Mandi on Saturday the
HP Govt suspends 167 striking JE’s working in Zila Parishads
Acting tough against the striking employees of Zila Parishad, the state government has suspended the services of 167 junior engineers . Forty seven hundred employees working in different Zila Parishad of the state have launched an agitation demanding their merger with the employees working in Panchayati Raj department of the
State govt. to withdraw special road tax levied on tourist vehicles – CM
Himachal Pradesh government would soon reduce the special road tax and other taxes levied on tourist buses, tempo travelers and commercial tourist vehicles. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, after meeting a delegation of Shimla Hotel and Tourism Stakeholders’ Association at Shimla on Thursday said, “The state government is seriously considering
Central team visits Dam sites to probe complaints of release of excess water during monsoon fury
A team of the Central Water Commission visited Pandoh Dam on Wednesday to probe the circumstances in which excess water was suddenly released from the dams during monsoon fury in the state this year. It is notable the rain fury in the month of August this year had caused huge
565 pass outs including sixty PhD’s , awarded degrees in 11th convocation of IIT Mandi
As many as five hundred and sixty five pass outs from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi of B Tech, M Tech, MSc, MA, 10 Master of Science courses and sixty PhD, were awarded degrees in the 11th convocation ceremony of the institute held at IIT campus on Monday. Aditya Sarkar
Him Academy Public School organizes annual day function
Him Academy Public School organized its annual day function in the school campus at Vikas Nagar (Hamirpur) on Sunday. Vaishali Sharma (HAS), an alumni of Him Academy Public School, presently BDO Karsog, was chief guest of the function and was accorded a guard of honour by NCC wing of the