sirmaur district

Shimla, March 29 Twenty people have been arrested for allegedly injuring three individuals by attacking them with sharp objects in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, with police suspecting that the reason for the attack is an ongoing dispute.The injured individuals are identified as Harsh...

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...

Jaipur, March 24 – A balloon bearing the logo of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was recovered from a village near the border in the Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan on Tuesday, prompting authorities to launch an investigation into its origin.The incident was reported from Village 11...

Nahan (HP), March 22 Panic gripped the village of Bakhog in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday when a balloon bearing markings seemingly linked to Pakistan was spotted in the fields.The balloon, which featured the acronym "PIA" in green, along with other symbols that appeared...

Shimla, March 19 The Met office on Thursday issued an orange alert for heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds (speed 40-60 kmph) for areas in Mandi, Shimla, and Sirmaur for the next day.The weather office predicted the spell of rain and snow in the state to last until...

Shimla, March 19 BJP legislators on Thursday protested against the "illegal" felling of trees in the Shallai area of Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, and said that more than 300 pine trees were cut under the administration's nose.BJP MLAs, holding placards with slogans like "Remove the...

New Delhi, March 19 Patel Engineering has received a letter of award from the Himachal government for the Rs 910 crore Package I of the Renuka Ji Dam project.The project, located in the Dadahu village of the Sirmaur district of the state, is scheduled to be completed within 30 months, Patel...

Nahan (HP), March 18 To maintain law and order during the Chaitra Navratri fair, Sirmaur Deputy Commissioner (DC) Priyanka Verma on Wednesday imposed a ban on carrying firearms, explosives, and other sharp weapons in the Kala Amb area until April 2.The 15-day Navratri fair will be held in...

Shimla, March 16 BJP state president Rajiv Bindal accused the Himachal Pradesh government on Monday of "shielding" the accused who illegally felled more than 300 trees in the Shillai assembly constituency of the Sirmaur district.He said that the way in which hundreds of pine trees were cut...

Shimla, March 15 The state capital of Shimla and its surrounding areas experienced a thunderstorm on Sunday, accompanied by hail and rain, while the higher-altitude regions in Kullu and Lahaul and Spiti districts received another round of fresh snowfall.Bhuntar recorded 12 mm of rain, followed...

Shimla, March 11 Police here have arrested two individuals, including a woman, with 562 stamps of LSD – a hallucinogenic substance – estimated to be worth around Rs 1.1 crore in the black market, an official said on Wednesday.The accused have been identified as Sandeep Sharma (40), a resident...

Shimla, March 9 Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, on Monday alleged that several cases of corruption and political patronage have come to light during the tenure of the Congress government.Addressing a press conference here, he referred to the illegal...

Nahan (HP), March 6 Two people were arrested in the Nahan area of the Sirmaur district for allegedly cutting the nails of a leopard, officials said on Friday.The arrest was made after the post-mortem report of the deceased female leopard at the Animal Rescue Centre in Tutikandi, Shimla...

Shimla, March 6 Approximately 10,000 women will participate in a state-level event to celebrate International Women's Day in the Nahan area of Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district on March 8, an official said on Friday.The event, organized under the auspices of the Directorate of Women and...

Shimla, February 24 – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu said on Tuesday that the state government would not proceed with the upcoming Kishau and Renuka dams hydropower projects unless neighboring states provide concrete assurances to the state to settle the long-standing arrears...

New Delhi, February 23 Patel Engineering has been declared the lowest bidder by Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation for the development of Package 1 of the Renuka Ji Dam project, valued at Rs 910.08 crore.The project, located in the village of Dadahu in the Sirmaur district of the state, is...

Shimla, February 18 – Himachal Pradesh BJP President Rajeev Bindal on Wednesday said that the state of health services in Sirmaur is "alarming," citing issues such as expensive diagnostic tests, registration fees, shortages of medicines, and a reduced number of doctors.He stated that three...

Nahan (HP), February 15 Four employees of the Tirupati life science factory in Paonta have been hospitalised after a leak of toxic methylene dichloride from a storage tank, causing panic among workers, police said on Sunday.According to eyewitnesses, eight employees were affected by the leak...

Shimla, February 14 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Saturday that during the all-party meeting, he asked the BJP to clarify their stance on the issue of revenue deficit grants for Himachal Pradesh, but they remained silent.He said that Himachal Pradesh had been receiving the...