Three tourists from Punjab narrowly escaped a tragedy after being swept away by the strong currents of the Parvati River in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Tuesday, officials said.
After battling a series of setbacks last year—including devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh that repeatedly disrupted vital road links to Ladakh, a prolonged agitation that turned violent and claimed four lives in police firing, and the adverse impact of the Pahalgam terror attack on travel sentiment—the Union Territory of Ladakh has staged a remarkable tourism revival this summer.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday inaugurated the new Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Jammu and announced that a similar centre would soon be established in Lucknow, further expanding India’s regional weather forecasting network.
Members of the Nihang organisation Tarna Dal on Wednesday began collecting what they termed a “Khalsa Tax” from vehicles entering Punjab from Himachal Pradesh, protesting against the entry tax imposed by the neighbouring hill state.
Congratulating party workers, elected representatives and party leadership, Tandon said the people of Himachal Pradesh have once again demonstrated their faith in the BJP’s vision of transparent governance, accountability and inclusive development.
Considering his health issues, the Election Commission has made special arrangements for him to cast his ballot. The district administrations of Kinnaur will send a special car and a wheel chair to pick him up to the poll booth and drop him back, and like always a warm welcome will be given by laying a red carpet for him.
The AAP government has been flagrantly destroying the state economy by indulging in extravagant expenditures.
The schedule of visits of polling parties should be intimated in advance to the representatives of the candidates and the voters themselves.
Their grouse is that the party leadership had ignored the youth leaders. About 14 youth leaders had applied for the tickets for the assembly segments, however, despite three names being shortlisted in the various surveys, not even a single name was there in the final ticket list.
Jai Ram Thakur, on Thursday, said during the elections, many aspirational workers wish that they get party tickets, but there is an established system in our party for the process.
