Himachal professor held for making advances at studentSHIMLA - A senior professor in Himachal Pradesh has been arrested on charges of making advances towards a woman student, an official said Thursday. Rs.300-crore dairy farming project planned for HimachalSHIMLA - The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) will promoting dairy farming in Himachal Pradesh to improve farmers’ economic conditions. Himachal Pradesh despatches 74 lakh boxes of applesSHIMLA - The apple season in Himachal Pradesh has finally picked up with 7,400,000 boxes having been transported out of the state. Minimise traffic hassles during VIP visits: DhumalSHIMLA - To minimise traffic hassles during the movement of VVIPs, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has directed the police to regulate traffic in such a way so that there is minimum inconvenience caused to the public, an official said Wednesday. Virbhadra gives notice to Himachal vigilance chiefSHIMLA - Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh Tuesday sent a legal notice to Himachal Pradesh Director General of Police (Vigilance) D.S. Manhas, asking him why he has given publicity to cases against him and his wife though it is still at the investigation stage. Himachal gets Rs.243.43 crore for rural roadsSHIMLA - The central government has sanctioned projects worth Rs.243.43 crore that would help strengthen the rural road network in Himachal Pradesh, an official statement said Tuesday. Virbhadra seeks CBI probe into Himachal call girl episodeSHIMLA - Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into police in Himachal Pradesh giving a clean chit to all the accused in an alleged high-profile call girl racket. Moderate earthquake in Himachal PradeshSHIMLA - An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted the hills of Himachal Pradesh Monday, officials said. Infusing life into British era graveyards in HimachalSHIMLA - Faded epitaphs, damaged tombstones, moss-covered graves…That is the condition of most British colonial era cemeteries - some two centuries old - in Himachal Pradesh. But now the state has decided to restore their lost glory. Himachal gets 33 percent less rainsSHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh has received 33 percent less rainfall this monsoon. “The overall monsoon was below average in most parts of the state. So far, the state saw 33 percent deficit rain,” meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told IANS. Himachal to post names of corrupt officers on websiteSHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh Police will post names of corrupt government functionaries on its official website, a senior official said Sunday. Six of family killed in Himachal accidentSHIMLA - Six members of a family were killed Saturday when their car skidded off the road and fell into a reservoir in Himachal Pradesh, police said. Call girl episode: Himachal police give clean chit to accusedSHIMLA - The Himachal Pradesh police Saturday gave a clean chit to the accused in a high-profile “call girl episode”, saying nothing objectionable was found against them nor had they committed any offence. Himachal allows ACC to generate power from kiln gasesSHIMLA - The Himachal Pradesh government Friday allowed leading cement manufacturer ACC Ltd to utilise the waste exhaust kiln gases for generating electricity, according to government officials. Nearly 150 stranded tourists rescued in HimachalSHIMLA - Nearly 150 tourists, including foreigners, stranded in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley since early last week due to snowfall and landslides, were rescued Friday, police said. Shimla’s Bishop Cotton School to celebrate 150th anniversarySHIMLA - Bishop Cotton School (BCS), one of Asia’s oldest boarding schools, is set to celebrate its 150th jubilee here next month, school officials said Friday. Nearly 150 tourists stranded in HimachalSHIMLA - Nearly 150 tourists, including foreigners, are stranded in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley since early last week due to snowfall and land slides. The rescue efforts by the administration have not succeeded so far. Antique idols stolen from Himachal templeSHIMLA - Seven antique idols have been stolen from a Himachal Pradesh temple, making it the second such theft in a less than a week, police said Tuesday. Himachal Pradesh plans to create hydropower fundSHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh will explore the possibility of creating a hydropower fund for the benefit of small, mini and micro hydropower producers in the state, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Wednesday. Himachal yet to evacuate stranded touristsSHIMLA - Around 150 tourists, including 96 foreigners, remained stranded in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley following the closure of roads due to snowfall and landslides. 75 tourists in Himachal stranded by landslidesSHIMLA - Around 75 tourists, including 50 foreigners, are still stranded in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley after the closure of roads due to landslides triggered by rains and snowfall last week, police said Tuesday. Five-day folk dance festival commemorates in ShimlaSHIMLA - A five-day folk dance competition began here on Monday, with dancers from the country and abroad participating. 19 army trekkers rescued from Himachal heightsNEW DELHI/SHIMLA - Nineteen trekkers from the Indian Army have been rescued from Himachal Pradesh’s tribal Lahaul and Spiti district after being stranded in high altitude slopes due to untimely snowfall last week - the first rescue mission of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv, officials said Monday. 19 Indian Army trekkers rescued in HimachalSHIMLA - Nineteen trekkers from the Indian Army have been rescued from Himachal Pradesh’s tribal Lahaul and Spiti district after being stranded in high altitude slopes due to untimely snowfall last week, police said Monday. Himachal gets relief from heavy rainsSHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh got relief from heavy rains Sunday after it had poured continuously for more than four days. 9 bodies fished out of swollen Himachal riverSHIMLA - Nine bodies were fished out of a rain-swollen river in Himachal Pradesh Sunday, more than a day after a car plunged into it, police said. Akali Dal wants special agricultural zone in PunjabSHIMLA - The two-day “Vichar Baithak” (brainstorming session) of Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal concluded here Saturday, with the party announcing all subsidies, including in agriculture, would continue and it would demand a special agricultural zone for the state. It’s a ‘blue wave’ in Shimla, courtesy AkalisSHIMLA - There is a ‘blue wave’ sweeping through Shimla these days. The signature blue turbans of the leaders and supporters of Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, here for a ‘Vichar Baithak’ (brainstorming session), have transformed the queen of hills into a “mini Punjab”. Car falls into river, nine feared deadSHIMLA - A car plunged into a rain-swollen river in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, and police said all its nine occupants may have drowned. Car falls into Himachal river, 9 feared deadSHIMLA - Nine people were feared killed Saturday when a car rolled down into a swollen river on the Chandigarh-Manali highway in Himachal Pradesh, police said. |
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