Six residents of Delhi were killed in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district, police said Tuesday.
‘Six residents of Delhi were killed when a Scorpio vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at Dadhol village near Ghumarwin (in Bilaspur district) at around 12.20 a.m. Tuesday,’ Superintendent [...]
The mercury rose marginally in this Himachal Pradesh capital Monday even as the higher reaches reeled under sub-zero temperature with Keylong being the coldest at minus 12.1 degrees Celsius.
‘Shimla witnessed a minimum temperature of 6.2 degrees Celsius compared to Sunday’s 5.1 degrees Celsius,’ Manmohan Singh, director of meteorological office here, told IANS.
He said Shimla’s minimum [...]
A cold wave continued to grip the hills of Himachal Pradesh Saturday with Keylong region recording the lowest temperature in the state.
‘Keylong (in Lahaul and Spiti district) was the coldest place in the state. It recorded a minimum temperature of minus 11.7 degrees Celsius,’ meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told IANS.
Kalpa in Kinnaur district was [...]
Himachal Pradesh Friday announced it would launch a health insurance scheme in the state for people living below poverty line (BPL) from March 1.
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal told reporters that the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna or national health insurance scheme would be launched across the state from March 1 for one year.
‘The scheme would [...]
No flight has either landed or taken off from the airport here for the past four days.
Overcast conditions, foggy weather and a defunct Instrument Landing System (ILS) are the reasons behind this glitch, which has forced passengers to look for other modes of transport.
‘I had my booking with Go Air airlines and I waited till [...]
Air connectivity between New Delhi and the Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla resumed Wednesday, an airport official said.
‘Flights were restored after five days,’ the official said. The air link was snapped due to thick fog in New Delhi.
Only Kingfisher operates daily between New Delhi and Shimla.
The Chandigarh airport has been virtually shut for three days and no flight has landed or taken off due to dense fog, officials said Tuesday.
‘We had to cancel all the flights because of very poor visibility. We are keeping our fingers crossed and waiting for these clouds to clear,’ said a Chandigarh airport official.
The airport’s [...]
The airport in the Himachal Pradesh capital remained shut for the third consecutive day Tuesday, an official here said. The air connectivity between Delhi and Shimla snapped Sunday due to a thick blanket of fog in the national capital.
‘No flight from Delhi arrived at the Shimla airport even on the third day today (Tuesday). No [...]
Air connectivity between New Delhi and Himachal Pradesh partially resumed Tuesday, an official said. The air link was snapped Sunday due to thick fog in the national capital.
‘Flights between Delhi and Kullu and Delhi and Dharamsala were restored Tuesday. Flights to and from Shimla may be restored later today (Tuesday),’ an official at the airport [...]
Rait village (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 4 (ANI): Tibetan Prime Minister in exile Samdhong Rinpoche attended a peace ceremony in Rait village of Himachal Pradesh.
The daylong seminar named “Education for Peace’, organised by the local Dronacharaya College witnessed the participation of trainee teachers from various parts of the country.
Rinpoche, who was the chief guest, hailed the [...]
Chandigarh, Jan 4 (IANS) Liquor sales show that Chandigarh adults drink 11 bottles of alcohol per month on an average, quite apart from beer and wine. Or annually, they drink nearly 136 bottles of alcohol.
Records show that nearly 200,000 bottles of liquor are sold in Chandigarh every day. Liquor trade insiders say the ‘high’ figure [...]
Shimla, Jan 3 (IANS) Air connectivity between Himachal Pradesh and New Delhi was snapped Sunday owing to harsh weather conditions in the national capital, officials said here.
‘All flights on the Delhi-Shimla, Delhi-Kullu and Delhi-Dharamsala routes have been cancelled today,’ Subhash Thakur of Kingfisher Airlines, which is the only air service provider in the hill state, [...]
Shimla, Jan 2 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Saturday morning resumed hydropower generation after closing it for more than an hour due to northern grid failure owing to heavy fog, a official said here.
‘The power in all the mini and major hydropower projects was restored around 4 a.m. The projects tripped after the northern grid developed snag [...]
Shimla, Jan 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh shivered Friday with the temperature remaining below sub-zero particularly in the higher reaches, the weather bureau here said.
The night temperature in Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti district, Friday morning dipped further. It was minus 11.9 degrees Celsius, down by 1.6 degrees from Thursday’s.
Kalpa in Kinnaur district saw [...]
Solan (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 1 (ANI): A five days sports meet was organised by the All India Tribal Welfare Council solely for tribal communities members at Solan here between December 27 and 31.
The center of this meet was to tap the talent of sports among the tribals and encourage them to participate in other competitive [...]
Shimla, Jan 1 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Shimla has started installing energy-saving streetlights in the city, an official said Friday.
‘We are installing LED (light emitting diodes) streetlights in Shimla to save power. Initially, the lights were installed around Town Hall (housing the corporation office on the historic Ridge),’ Shimla’s Assistant Municipal Commissioner K.K. Sharma [...]
Shimla, Dec 31 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh experienced the coldest December in over 15 years this winter with the minimum temperature recording two to three degrees Celsius below normal across the state, the Met office said Thursday.
‘This month was the coldest in the hill state in more than 15 years. It was due to the absence [...]
Kangra (HP), Dec 29 (ANI): Taking note of rising thefts in temples in Himachal Pradesh, the state government is set to devise smarter ways to invest donations made in gold, silver or cash.
Temple authorities say they are finding it real chore to manage hundreds of kilos of gold, besides tonnes of other precious metals [...]
Dharamsala, Dec 28 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Monday urged the Chinese government to release writer Liu Xiaobo and other political prisoners.
‘I am saddened by the Chinese government sentencing Liu Xiaobo, a well-known Chinese writer, to an 11-year jail term,’ the Dalai Lama said, according to a statement.
‘By forcefully sentencing Liu Xiaobo, and [...]
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), deployed along the India-China border, is training its first para-gliding team to participate in sporting events in the country and abroad.
‘We are raising a specialised team at Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. These men are selected from the various battalions and would soon complete [...]
Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) Icy winds continued to make people shiver in Himachal Pradesh Monday despite the state not experiencing any fresh rain or snow.
The state capital saw a further decline in night temperature. It recorded a minimum of 2.3 degrees Celsius Monday morning, a decline of 0.4 degrees from Sunday, according to the weather [...]
Shimla, Dec 28 (ANI): The Shimla administration has made all arrangements to entertain tourists during festivities to welcome 2010.
“We welcome the tourists in Shimla. We have made arrangements for their entertainment. We have made arrangements for better traffic movement, taking care to make better [...]
Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) Icy winds continued to make people shiver in Himachal Pradesh Monday, with the higher reaches of the Himalayas recording sub-zero temperatures.
This state capital saw a further decline in night temperature. It recorded a minimum of 2.3 degrees Celsius Monday morning, a decline of 0.4 degrees from Sunday, according to the weather [...]
Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) A sudden dip in the night temperature for the past few days has brought cheers to ice skating lovers in this Himachal Pradesh capital.
The natural formation of a thick coating of ice at Shimla’s 90-year-old ice skating rink has brought the promise of more fun-filled skating sessions this time.
‘This year the [...]
Shimla, Dec 27 (IANS) Food products major Nestle India has got the approval to set up a Rs.250-crore food and beverages manufacturing facility in Himachal Pradesh.
‘Nestle’s proposal to set up a food processing unit in Una district has been approved. The unit will provide direct employment to 650 people,’ said industries director Manoj Kumar.
The state’s [...]
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Six people died of swine flu at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here Saturday, taking the toll in the union territory to 48, health officials said.
‘Six patients – four men and two women – died here today (Saturday) of swine flu. They included three from Punjab [...]
Shimla, Dec 26 (IANS) The cold wave eased its grip on Himachal Pradesh Saturday, with no fresh snowfall or rain, the Met office here said.
The minimum temperature in Shimla was recorded at 4.2 degrees Celsius, a rise from Friday’s 2.6 degrees. The town witnessed a sunny day.
Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district recorded a minimum [...]
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 25 (IANS) Two New Zealand nationals, including a woman, have been arrested for possessing ‘charas’ (hashish), police said Friday.
Allan Bruce Mills and his girlfriend Peta Sim Clair were arrested from Bhuntar near here Thursday and 96 grams charas recovered from their possession, Superintendent of Police K.K. Indoria told IANS.
He said the [...]
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 25(ANI): Himachal Pradesh Police has claimed to have arrested four Nepalese nationals, who were trying to smuggle maple wood from Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district to their country on Thursday.
A case has been registered under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) [...]
Shimla, Dec 25 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh’s hospitality industry is welcoming thousands of tourists, mainly from the north Indian plains, for the Christmas weekend.
Most hotels and guest houses in tourist destinations across the state are totally booked ahead of the three-day extended weekend that starts with Christmas this Friday.
‘This time the tourist response has been overwhelming [...]
