New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that the Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh would be held in single phase on November 4 and the counting of the votes would be done on December 20. Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath, in a press conference in New Delhi, said that as many as 45 lakh voters will cast their votes in Himachal Pradesh for the 68 Assembly seats...
05:25 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced dates for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. While Gujarat will have elections in two phases - December 13 and 17, Himachal Pradesh will vote on November 4. The counting for both the Assembly elections will take place on December 20. The dates were announcements by Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath. He said that the model code of conduct has come into...
04:36 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election dates will be announced by the Election Commission at 4 PM on Wednesday. Campaigning has already started in the two states with Gujarat seeing a lot of action as both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as well as the Congress are leaving no stones unturned to mobilise their supporters. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is already touring the state while Congress President...
02:10 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh on Saturday signed a $100 million loan agreement with the government of India and the World Bank to support green initiatives in the state. The agreement would focus on climate-smart development in energy, watershed management, industry and tourism, an official statement said. The loan agreement was signed by Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy, joint secretary with the Ministry of Finance Prabodh Saxena and World Bank (India) Governance Adviser...
06:03 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Shimla: Eight people have died due to scrub typhus at a hospital in Shimla, the disease caused by infected mites. Other than the 8 dead, 117 tested positive for the disease in Himachal Pradesh. The patients were referred to Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMC)her from Solan and Shimla, doctors said. More cases of scrub typhus, a zonotic disease which can be transmitted from animals to humans, were pouring in...
05:21 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Shimla: The death toll in a hospital in Shimla from a disease caused by infected mites has risen to 10, a doctor said on Saturday. Two more people have died due to scrub typhus at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, the doctor said. One patient belonged to Bilaspur district and the other to Solan. Scrub typhus is a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite. Its...
03:44 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Palampur: The toll in the bus accident near Malli on the Palampur-Ashapuri road near Palampur rose to 34 on Tuesday with authorities recovering 20 more bodies, police said. Five others, including two women and a child, were seriously injured in the mishap which took place when a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus rolled 1000 ft down into a deep gorge on Monday evening. Till late Monday night 14 bodies...
01:29 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Palampur: At least 14 people were killed and over 20 went missing when a state-run bus skidded off the road and fell into a 1,000-metre-deep gorge near Mallu area in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Monday. The Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus carrying about 45 people was on its way from Palampur to Ashapuri temple when it fell down from a place 40 km from Palampur, police said. Fourteen bodies...
08:47 AM, Sep 11, 2012
The success story of IPL 4 has returned home after an unproductive stint with Himachal Pradesh. ...
05:50 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Shimla: All vehicles, registered outside Himachal Pradesh, will have to pay "green tax" from September 15 for entering the state capital. The National Highways Authority of India has given its nod to the Shimla Municipal Corporation to impose the tax on all vehicles bearing non-Himachal numbers. The contract for collecting the tax has been given to a private company which was selected after an open bidding, a senior SMC official...
10:57 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday announced a fresh agitation targeting Congress from October 2 that will last till next Lok Sabha elections with immediate attention on upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Addressing a press conference, Ramdev said he will continue his work despite the Congress targeting him and his fight will be for a change in power and system. "People will give a suitable answer...
05:59 PM, Sep 01, 2012
New Delhi: Delayed but heavy rainfall lashed several parts of northern India over the last 48 hours. The national capital on Tuesday evening was lashed by heavy rains for three hours and overnight rains have led to further water-logging and morning traffic is moving slow. For the second consecutive day, commuters in Delhi had a harrowing time as heavy rains flooded roads, causing traffic snarls, while water also entered several...
08:36 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Consistent rainfall in Delhi has caused the water level in the Yamuna river to rise steadily. ...
05:56 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Shimla: Ending two-week-long uncertainty, the Congress central leadership on Sunday appointed former Union minister Virbhadra Singh as Himachal Pradesh Congress chief replacing Kaul Singh Thakur. There was no official confirmation from the AICC but Kaul Singh, who returned from Delhi, said he had tendered his resignation and Virbhadra Singh would take over as new HPCC president. AICC general secretary and in-charge of party's affairs in Himachal, Birender Chaudhary, also confirmed...
12:07 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Five people were swept away in flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir as the monsoon on Sunday continued to hold sway in many parts of the country's northern plains. Three persons were killed in rain-related incidents in Jammu division. A middle-aged man was swept away in a flashflood in a river in Khokyal area in Kathua district, while a teenager was...
06:43 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: As North India received widespread and heavy rains over the last two days, normal life was brought to a standstill at many places with Rajasthan being the worst hit. The Army had to be called in for rescue and relief work as many districts in Rajasthan received unusually high amount of rainfall leading to the death of 33 people. Delhi and negihbouring areas also received heavy rainfall in...
07:34 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Shimla: Several parts of Himachal Pradesh experienced heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours, triggering landslides at various places and disrupting vehicular traffic in the state. The Kullu-Manali-Rohtang highway was blocked for several hours due to landslides while hundreds of tourists remained stranded in tribal Kaza area as landslide blocked the roads linking the tribal valley from other parts of the state. However, all the roads in tribal areas and...
10:34 PM, Aug 19, 2012
Shimla: At least 52 people, including 18 women and two children, were on Saturday killed and 46 others injured when an overcrowded private bus veered off the road and fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district. The mishap took place near Rajera, 8 km from the district headquarters of Chamba, when the bus driver lost control over the vehicle after a tyre burst and it fell into the...
08:01 PM, Aug 11, 2012
While 32 people died on the spot, eight injured persons succumbed to injuries on way to hospital. ...
02:30 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Shimla: At least 40 people were killed and 17 injured on Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled down into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police said. The private bus was going to Chamba town when it skidded off the road and fell into the 300-feet deep gorge near Rajera, some 10 km from the town. "The rescue operation is still on. The injured have been admitted to...
12:41 PM, Aug 11, 2012
