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

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has strongly criticized the Central governments’ decision to discontinue the Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) to special category hill states.  Talking to media persons at Shimla, the CM said, “This would be remembered as ‘black day ‘in the history of Himachal Pradesh as the

Himachal Pradesh Government has dissolved all the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in whole of the state, (except all Gram Panchayats (GPs) and Panchayat Samitis of Kelylong sub-division in Lahaul- Spiti district, GPs and Panchayat Samitis in Pangi sub-division of Chamba district),  and four GPs of Kullu district, as term of

The Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat was evacuated on Thursday morning after a threat to blow up the secretariat with a bomb, today morning. According to officials, the threat was received by E-mails sent to the National Informatics Centre (NIC) at the Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh  and to the Director,

The Indian Meteorological (IMD) centre, Shimla has issued an orange and a yellow alert in its weather forecast predicting heavy snowfall and rain in Himachal Pradesh for  January 27 and 28  (Tuesday and Wednesday ) for different parts of the state.  The orange alert has been issued for Kullu, Kinnaur,

Legendary broadcaster and veteran journalist Mark Tully, the voice of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the sub continent for years, is no more. He passed away in a hospital in New Delhi, on Saturday  He was 90. Tully, the British correspondent, who made Delhi his home, covered momentous events that

The 56th statehood Day was celebrated throughout Himachal Pradesh on Saturday,  Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu unfurled the National Flag at a state level function held at Pragpur in Kangra District. The CM also took salute from the marching contingents of Police, Home Guard, NCC Cadets and Van Mitras. Addressing a

Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has decided to construct a 4.3-kilometre-long Naddi Zipline Project near Dharamsala in Kangra district at an estimated cost of Rs. 7.41 crore. It will be Asia’s longest zipline and is expected to emerge as a major attraction for tourists visiting the area. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister

Dharam Prakash Gupta Though the Himachal Pradesh government has directed police to take strict action against private bus operators violating traffic norms in order to check accidents in the state in the wake of recent bus accidents, nothing much seems to change as successive state governments have failed to act.