Tag: Himachal

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

Coronavirus scare: All Buddhist monasteries in Spiti Valley closes doors to outsiders

These religious places include all the five famous monasteries Kye, Tabo, Dhankar, Kungri, Tnagud located in the picturesque Spiti Valley.

March 17, 2020

Amid Coronavirus scare, natives of Spiti take to social distancing from outsiders

In an emergency meeting called by the villagers of Kaza including the panchayats, hoteliers, homestay owner's on Sunday, a uniform consensus was reached to close all hotels, homestay in their area till May end as a precautionary measure.

March 16, 2020

Family dispute blows lid off fake degree scam

Mamta had completed MA Psychology in 2011 from Karnal study centre of a private university based in Solan in Himachal Pradesh and had got government job on the basis of the degree.

March 15, 2020

Indu Goswami is ruling BJP’s choice for Rajya Sabha seat

Her name figured in the list of party candidates declared by Central Election Committee of BJP for states of Himachal, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra today.

March 12, 2020

IIT Mandi gets Rs 7.25 crore for Technology Innovation Hub

The major focus of the TIH in IIT Mandi will be on human-computer interaction (HCI) research, where projects will focus on design and development of computer technology (interfaces) and the study of interaction between humans (users) and computers.

March 11, 2020

Coronavirus: CM reviews preparedness for preventive and control measures

He said that a health outpost has been created at Primary Health Centre Mcleodganj in Kangra district.

March 5, 2020

HP’s growth rate declines, state witnesses hike in per capita income

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed about this while laying the Economic Survey for 2019-20 in the Assembly on Thursday.

March 5, 2020

Heated arguments over ‘article 370 and Kashmir’ in HP Assembly

As soon as Parliamentary Affairs minister, Suresh Bhardwaj objected to the reference by Congress member, Jagat Singh Negi and questioned him back with some remarks, the latter got agitated and protested loudly.

March 4, 2020

Bandaru Dattatraya for promoting asafoetida, monk fruit farming on large scale

Addressing CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology, Palampur (IHBT) function at Palampur in Kangra distict, he said the success of saffron cultivation in potential new growing areas in HP, would not only bring prosperity to the local farmers but meaningfully contribute towards the dwindling status of its production in the country.

March 3, 2020

Contaminated cough syrup: HP lodges FIR, suspends license of pharma company

In a suo motu statement in the state Assembly, the CM said the Drug Controller of J&K had brought the matter of death of children in Udhampur area due to presence of Diethylene in Coldbest-PC cough syrup (batch no. 5201) by M/S Digital Vision Kala Amb based Pharma company to the notice of state government through an e-mail on 15 February.

March 3, 2020

NABARD, IIT Mandi sign MoU to develop farmer friendly tech

IIT Mandi will get Rs 35 lakh under the MoU with NABARD for collaboration on setting up Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.

March 2, 2020

Himachal temples have gold over 500 kg, 19-tonne silver

Besides the gold and silver reserves, these temples have around Rs 400 crore in cash and banks as fixed deposits.

February 29, 2020

Mandi International Shivratri fair concludes

Addressing general public, Bandaru Dattatraya said Himachal's rich culture and its people's deep faith in their traditional values was unique feature of this hill state.

February 29, 2020

Govt committed towards welfare of employees: Jai Ram

Addressing a delegation of women employees, Chief Minister said the state government has always maintained cordial relations with the employees and most of their demands had been redressed.

February 24, 2020

HP, Kerala cultural exchange under Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat

State Education department Principal Secretary Kamlesh Kumar Pant informed about this after a review meeting of activities being taken under Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat programme.

February 24, 2020

SJVN aims to harness hydropower in Arunachal Pradesh

SJVN CMD Nand Lal Sharma informed about this during a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Chowna Mein at New Delhi.

February 23, 2020