Tag: Chamba

Himachal Pradesh election: 83-year-old walks 14 km in snow to cast vote in Chamba

Though the Election Commission of India (ECI) provided a voluntary facility to 80 plus aged electors to vote through ballot papers at their homes, several aged persons did not opt for that facility and preferred to cast their votes through the electronic voting machine (EVM) at their respective polling station today.

November 12, 2022

PM’s visit to Una, Chamba a poll gimmick: HP Congress

The BJP in the state is terribly scared about the election result, says HPCC president Pratibha Singh

October 13, 2022

Himachal CM reviews preparedness for PM’s proposed Chamba visit

Directing the authorities to make adequate arrangements to ensure that the general public do not face any inconvenience, CM said that adequate arrangements must be made for ensuring that flow of traffic does not get affected.

October 8, 2022

HP: 3 killed in road accident in Chamba

A case has been registered in this regard and further investigation to find out the cause behind the accident are on.

April 17, 2022

HP: Four of a family including 3 children charred to death in Chamba

Abhimanyou Verma said a fire broke out in a house in the wee hours on Tuesday in Kartosh village under Tissa police station after which locals informed the police.

September 14, 2021

HP: Four persons die on Manimahesh trek in Chamba

Chamba deputy superintendent of police (headquarters) Abhimanyou Verma said there were reports of four bodies being found near Dal Lake en route to Manimahesh pilgrimage in Bharmour in Chamba district.

September 13, 2021

9 killed, 9 injured as bus plunges into gorge in HP

Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur informed the House about the bus accident in the morning.

March 11, 2021

Mid tenure, Himachal CM changes team in office

Sharma’s appointment to the key post in Himachal Pradesh came after Sanjay Kundu, an IPS officer, was appointed Director-General of Police, HP on 30 May.

June 1, 2020

COVID-19: For once, they are not cursing their fate

Life is difficult in these areas, right from tribal district of Lahaul Spiti, Pangi valley in Chamba district, Bara Banghal in Kangra district, Dodra Kwar in Shimla district to many interior villages in Mandi, Kullu and Sirmaur districts in Himachal Pradesh for lack of development and people face hardships in routine.

April 6, 2020

COVID-19: Section 144 imposed in 4 districts of Himachal

Meanwhile, Kangra district administration on Saturday registered FIR against 63-year-old woman patient for concealing information of her infection as she was tested positive at Dr RPGMC Tanda for Coronavirus.

March 21, 2020

111 persons under observation for Coronavirus in Himachal

Informing about this, state Health and Family Welfare minister Vipin Singh Parmar said a list of 145 residents belonging to the state was received from Union government on 3 February, 2020.

February 10, 2020

Cops bank on new initiatives to reduce accidents, better policing in HP

Director General of Police S R Mardi said though the number of road accidents had reduced by 7 percent in Himachal, the cops would adopt new initiative of Educating, Engineering and Enforcement (EEE) to save more lives.

January 12, 2020

Nine students of Himachal being trained to document local biodiversity

The one-month training programme on Para-taxonomy (Peoples Biodiversity Register focused) under the Government of India- -Global Environmental Finance (UNDP-GEF) Project commenced on Thursday.

October 10, 2019

Two slight tremors felt in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba

The epicentre of both the quakes was in Chamba, bordering Jammu and Kashmir.

September 8, 2019

Himachal Pradesh: Manimahesh pilgrimage suspended due to heavy rains

The Manimahesh Lake is situated 26 km from Bharmour in Budhil valley, an important pilgrimage spot in Himachal Pradesh.

August 26, 2019

Kashmiri migrants feel at home in Shimla

Post Pulwama terror attacks, there were incidents of assault on Kashmiri migrants at different places and many returned home out of fear temporarily.

July 2, 2019

10 killed, 18 injured in bus accident in Himachal

Ten persons were killed on the spot while 18 others suffered injuries in the accident and they were rushed to Regional Hospital Chamba for further medical treatment.

April 28, 2019