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

Shimla Municipal Corporation has ordered the demolition of two floors of the “controversial mosque at Sanjauli”. In an order passed by the Shimla Municipal Commissioner’s court ruled, “The remaining two floors of the Sanjauli mosque are illegal, and it has ordered the Himachal Pradesh Waqf Board and the Sanjauli Mosque

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated six indoor patient departments (IPDs) at the Atal Institute of Medical Super Specialities at Chamiyana in Shimla district on Thursday . The CM said, “In order to cope with the patient load at IGMC Shimla and provide better healthcare facilities, the departments of gastroenterology,