Kangra, June 28 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Sunday told villagers, mainly shepherds of Bara Bhangal, one of the remotest hamlets in Kangra district, that he came here to assess the damage caused by recent natural calamities. Addressing a gathering, the Chief Minister said he had come to Bara Bhangal not for any political gains, but to understand and share the hardships faced by the people of the area. He said if politics had been his objective, he would have visite…
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Kangra, June 27 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Saturday reached the state’s remotest village, Bara Bhangal, in Kangra district, located at an altitude of over 2,800 metres, by helicopter and will stay overnight. During his stay in Bara Bhangal, Sukhu becomes the first Chief Minister to do so, as previous Chief Ministers had visited but none had stayed overnight.Sheep and cattle rearing is the main occupation of the nomadic locals. Situated between the mighty Dhauladha…
Shimla, June 4 (IANS) The Congress has returned to power in Chamba urban local body after 10 years and in the Chuwari municipality in Himachal Pradesh after 15 years, Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi said here on Thursday. He said the Congress also performed exceptionally well in the urban local body elections in Chamba district. “After 10 years Congress-backed candidates won both the President and Vice-President posts in the Chamba urban local body and after 15 years they secured both positi…
Shimla, March 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Monday said it is a proud day for Congress workers, as a worker who rose through the ranks has become an MP. Speaking at a ceremony here to celebrate the election of Congress leader Anurag Sharma as a Member of Parliament (MP), the Chief Minister said for the lone Rajya Sabha seat, the Congress high command had asked the state unit to suggest names of four district presidents. From those names, Rahul Gandhi selected S…
Shimla, Jan 19 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Monday decided to establish a state-of-the-art Cancer Care Centre at Dr Radhakrishnan Government Medical College in Hamirpur town. The Cabinet also approved the creation of 11 new departments and the creation and filling of requisite posts of various categories. It decided to amend the Social Security (Pension and Allowance) Rule of 2010 to ensure time-bound disbursal of social…
Dharamsala, Jan 2 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Police have booked a college professor and three women students on charges of ragging to death a 19-year-old woman student of the local Government Degree College in Kangra district. The victim, Pallavi, was a second-year student of the college.In a complaint to the police, her father Vikram Kumar alleged that on September 18 last year, three students — Harshita, Aakriti and Komolika — of the college had allegedly intimidated and assaulted his daughter….
Shimla, Jan 1 (IANS) A large number of devotees assembled in different parts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, the first day of 2026, to express gratitude for the past and seek blessings for the future. One of the busiest shrines in North India, the hilltop Naina Devi temple in the Bilaspur district saw a majority of pilgrims from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi, according to temple officials.The popular shrines of Chintpurni in Una district and Jwalaji and Brajeshwari Devi temples in Kang…
Shimla, Dec 22 (IANS) Aiming to make the state self-reliant in the energy sector, the Himachal Pradesh government has set a target to meet more than 90 per cent of its energy requirement through renewable energy sources and to transform it into a Green Energy State by March 2026, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here on Monday. At present, the annual energy consumption of the state is nearly 13,000 million units.He said the state has witnessed a massive shift towards harnessing solar e…