Samyukat Kissan Morcha leader Rakesh Tikait has demanded transport subsidies to farmers for transporting their produce to market. Tikait, while addressing a press conference at Mandi on Thursday said, “When the Central government can give transport subsidy to sugar cane growers for transporting sugar, why can’t the government give transport

Justice Amjad A Sayed was sworn in Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday in a oath ceremony at Raj Bhawan Shimla. The oath was administered by Himachal Pradesh Governor   Rajender Vishwanath Arlekar. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, ministers Mahender Singh Thakur and Suresh Bhardwaj, leader of opposition

Himachal Pradesh Government has appointed Chief Engineer Jal Shakti department Mandi as Engineer- in – Chief (Projects) in the department. A notification to this effect was issued by Chief Secretary to the state government Ram Subhag Singh on the recommendation of the screening committee on Wednesday. The Governor of the

Eleven persons trapped in a cable car belonging to Timber Trail Resorts (TTR), stuck mid air for nearly five hours were rescued with the help of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Monday, near Parwanoo. The tourists returning back from hotel Moksh atop the hill to the TTR resort

Girls have bagged top two positions in the merit list of Plus Two examination conducted by HP Board of School Examination Dharamshala, results of which were declared on Saturday. Two top positions in the merit have been grabbed by girls. Vani Gautam of SVPM Government Model Girls School Ghumarvin (

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given warm send off from Gaggal Airport (Kangra) on Friday by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur, Speaker Vidhan Sabha Vipin Singh Parmar and other leaders. The Prime Minister was on a two-day visit

Protests at several places in Himachal Pradesh were held on Thursday to oppose the new Army Recruitment Policy announced by the Central government. Hundreds of youths marched at Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur and Chamba districts. The CITU workers also held a protest demonstration at DC Office Shimla.  At a few places

Prime Minister Narender Modi was accorded a warm welcome on his arrival at Sports Authority of India (SAI) ground in district Kangra on Thursday. Governor Rajendra Vishvanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur welcomed the PM and the CM facilitated him with a traditional muffler. The Prime Minister has come to Dharamshala

Prof.  Rajeevan Chandel and Dr Rohit Dhiman, two faculty members of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur have patented their invention “Method and System for Enriching Life in Humanly Maintained Aquaculture Environment.” The patent has been granted to them for proposing a novel integrated system for remote monitoring of the

The Central government has unveiled a new recruitment scheme Agnipath for recruiting Agniveer (soldiers) in three wings of the Army i.e. Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy for a short period of four years. Announcing the scheme in New Delhi on Tuesday, Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh accompanied