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…
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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…