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Shimla, Apr 3 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly murdering a Buddhist woman nun in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, police said on Friday.The accused – Gagan Sharma (23), Vishal (23), and Gaurav Sharma (20), all residents of Mandi – were arrested on Thursday night...

Shimla, March 30 The Himachal Pradesh government closed 774 schools and merged 532 schools with nearby ones between January 31, 2026, until the end of the current fiscal year, Education Minister Rohit Thakur informed the state assembly on Monday.In a written reply to a question by BJP MLA...

Shimla, March 27 More than 1,500 cases of missing persons have been reported in Himachal Pradesh in the past three years, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the state assembly on Friday.In a written reply to a question from BJP MLA from Badsar, Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, Sukhu said there...

Shimla, March 26 Two people were killed after a car collided with a private bus near the Pandoh Dam in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, police said.Two people were also injured in the accident, which occurred on the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway, they said.The car, which...

Shimla, March 22 On Sunday, instructions were issued to evacuate nine houses in the Ropdu village in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, following a massive landslide.A landslide occurred in the Kotli subdivision after intermittent rainfall over the past three days. A cow shed was...

Shimla, March 21 High-altitude tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh experienced moderate to heavy snowfall for the fifth day on Saturday, while some mid and lower areas were lashed by widespread rains, causing a sharp drop in temperature.However, most parts of the state had a dry day on Saturday...

Shimla, March 20 Intermittent snowfall continued on Friday in the higher reaches of Manali and the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh.The Atal Tunnel, Solang, and Rohtang Pass were covered by a thick blanket of 90 to 120 cm of snow, while the Bhuntar-Manikaran road was closed...

Shimla, March 18 A married couple was arrested with 21.01 grams of 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) from a hotel in Sundernagar in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Arun Bhatti and Parul Guleria, both residents of Mandi who had recently gotten...

Shimla, March 14 The meteorological department here on Saturday issued an orange warning for thunderstorms, lightning, and strong winds in the districts of Kullu, Mandi, and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh for Sunday, while predicting rain across the state until March 18.It also issued a yellow...

Shimla, March 10 The Shimla meteorological office issued an alert on Tuesday, warning of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and strong winds (40-50 kmph) in five districts starting Wednesday.The weather office forecast rain across Himachal Pradesh until March 15, issuing an alert for the...

Shimla, March 9 The Shimla Met Office issued a warning on Tuesday about a heat wave, potentially escalating to severe heat wave conditions, in the Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, and Solan districts. It also predicted rainfall across the state until March 15.The state experienced dry weather over the...

Shimla, March 8 With the mercury rising, Himachal Pradesh experienced a "severe heat wave" in Dharamsala and Bhuntar on Sunday, while a "heat wave" was experienced in Sundernagar.The local meteorological office in Shimla has issued a yellow warning for heat waves in three districts on Monday –...

Mandi/Shimla (HP), March 6 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Friday that Himachal Pradesh could have been debt-free if the previous BJP government had maintained financial discipline.Addressing a public gathering at Diyargi in the Nachan Assembly constituency of Mandi district, the...

Shimla, March 6 – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated a robotic surgery facility at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College in Nerchowk, in the Mandi district, on Friday.The facility, established with an investment of ₹28.44 crore, marked another step...

Shimla, March 5 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, in Himachal Pradesh, have developed a real-time landslide monitoring and early warning system.Scientists said the technology has been deployed in three landslide-prone areas in the Mandi district and claimed that the...

Shimla, March 3 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced on Tuesday that financial assistance exceeding Rs 17 crore has been provided to ex-servicemen, gallantry award winners, and the families of martyrs in the state during the current financial year.An amount of over Rs 17 crore has...

Shimla, February 23 The e-auction process for retail liquor outlets in Himachal Pradesh for the financial year 2026-27 began on Monday.The state government has approved the allocation of retail liquor units through a transparent online e-auction system this year, and applicants will be able to...

Mandi (HP) February 16 Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri inaugurated the seven-day International Shivratri Fair in the state's Mandi district on Monday.In line with tradition, he performed puja of Madhav Rai, the principal deity of the Mandi estate, and joined a procession (Jaleb) which...

Mandi (HP) February 15 Three men died and one sustained critical injuries when a pick-up jeep they were travelling in allegedly plunged into a 100-meter gorge here, police said on Sunday.The jeep was on its way from Silibagi to Lambathach when it crashed near Badamod in the Seraj assembly...