The Shimla home of HH Princess Kusum of Bharatpur has an illustrious history that dates back to the late 19th century. A witness to the heydays of the Raj, Independence and the birth of Himachal Pradesh, the home has welcomed nobility and royalty.
The civic body aims to earn an income of Rs 10 crore per year by imposing the ‘green fee’.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of four projects for Nadaun assembly constituency of Hamirpur district.
Nearly 1.5 lakh tourists have visited Shimla on Christmas and around 80,000 to one lakh tourists are expected for New Year celebrations, a senior police officer said.
The Leader of Opposition said that it would be good if the Congress government does some work of its own and takes credit for it.
In a meeting with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur last evening, Singh said the tourism units were closed from the last 3 months owing to lockdown and now they were facing trouble in paying fixed costs like salaries, electricity, water bills and other taxes.
Ajay Gupta has been placed under suspension by the state government after his arrest, a senior official said. He was produced before a court on Thursday. The court remanded him to five-day judicial custody.
Groups of marauding monkeys, who went missing from the town few days after the state government imposed curfew on 24 March, can again be seen in parts of Shimla with lockdown easing, take away food joints opening and human activity increasing on streets.
Thakur said the scheme would help the consumers, especially migrant labourers to take ration from any fair price shop in the country and this would be done through National Portability Scheme of Ration Card.
The abduction took place soon after Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama recognized him as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama.
