Tag: Kangra

Himachal govt working on the revival of traditional tourist destinations: CM

In a meeting with the officers of the district administration at Dharamshala on Tuesday, Sukhu also reviewed the steps being taken to develop Kangra as the Tourism Capital of the state.

May 23, 2023

First case of H3N2 reported in Himachal Pradesh, baby girl detected with virus

According to the Union Health Ministry, the cases arising from seasonal influenza are expected to decline from March end

March 28, 2023

HP urges Centre to release funds for Phina Singh Irrigation Project

The Phina Singh medium Irrigation Project in Nurpur in district Kangra was started at an initial cost of Rs 204 crore in 2011.

January 23, 2023

Nine districts of Kangra, Himachal come under vulture initiative

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List lists vultures as critically endangered species, and therefore the Wildlife Department began working to protect them more than 20 years ago.

November 18, 2022

Priyanka to address rally in Kangra district of Himachal on Nov 4

This will be AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s first visit to the Kangra district.

November 3, 2022

Over 55 lakh voters to exercise their franchise in Himachal assembly polls: CEO

CEO Maneesh Garg said that the process of finalization of electoral rolls till October 1, 2022 has been completed with the final publication of electoral rolls by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs).

October 11, 2022

Rozgar Sangharsh Yatra a mass movement against BJP: HP Congress

Youth of Himachal Pradesh are hopeless and helpless today. They have degrees but no means to earn their livelihoods, said Congress leader and former Minister GS Bali.

October 10, 2022

Tibetans vote to elect new president of 17th Parliament-in-exile

The incumbent president Lobsang Sangay after casting his vote in a polling booth in Gangchen Kyishong in Mcleodganj in Dharamshala said the Tibetan democracy-in-exile reflects the true aspirations of our brothers and sisters inside Tibet.

April 12, 2021

Tuberculosis incidence dips in Kangra

The average decline in TB incidence in Kangra district has been 39.4% over the baseline incidence of 220 (per lakh) over five years, as per assessment by the external teams, who visited and verified the TB programme performance earlier this year.

March 27, 2021

Restrictions in Kangra after bird flu scare at Pong Dam

The officials had been directed to maintain vigil in the 9-km area in the reservoir's radius, marked as a surveillance zone, and all tourist activities had been banned in Pong Dam till further orders.

January 5, 2021

HP DGP cracks down on unprofessional cops

After visits to Kangra and Sirmaur district, Kundu found that the value addition of SOs (Additional Superintendent of Police, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Sub-Divisional Police Officer) was not up to the mark despite having only 1 to 3 police stations under their jurisdiction.

August 4, 2020

Rs 100 crore pilot project to strengthen horticulture economy in HP

The spokesman said Rs 100 crore would be spent in the two-year long pilot project in identified villages and about 500 families would be connected with the horticultural activities

July 20, 2020

Males comprise 78% of COVID-19 cases in Kangra

The most populous district of Himachal reports 22 per cent asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, as per profile study of first 100 cases.

June 12, 2020

Two travellers home quarantined in Kangra test positive for COVID-19

Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Prajapati said at Dharamshala that a 56-year-old male from Sunehar, who arrived on 27 May by a private car, was found asymptomatic at the barrier.

June 2, 2020

HP on alert over expected locust attack in few districts

Koundal said that field functionaries have been alerted to keep continuous and constant vigilance on locust activity and get ready to control any locust emergency situation.

May 28, 2020

Covid-19: HP’s Kangra district takes lead in streamlining movement, surveillance with e-services

Two e-services have been launched by the district recently for all those people who want to move out from Kangra and those who desire to enter the district from other states amid countrywide Covid-19 lockdown 3.0.

May 8, 2020

Covid-19 lockdown: They don’t want this ‘dependence’ anymore

These slum dwellers, mostly illiterate, came to the state from Moradabad more than a decade back and do the digging work and other petty jobs in agriculture farms or other projects based on their individual capacities.

April 28, 2020