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Sundernagar – Driver of a private bus was killed and nearly three dozen passengers injured when the vehicle rolled down into a gorge near here. The administration has undertaken rescue and relief operation.

Shimla – The State Government has accorded approval for Rs. 5 crore for the construction of Government Degree College, Thachi in Mandi district. Stating this here today, a government spokesperson said that the Chief Minister while his tour to Seraj Assembly Constituency in Mandi district on January 21, 2018 had announced that budget provision will

Shimla – High altitude tribal areas and other higher hills in Himachal Pradesh had another spell of fresh snowfall while mid and lower hills experienced intermittent rains. The MeT office has predicted rain and snow from March 1 onwards and dry weather over the next two days.

Kullu – Mandi MP Ram Swaroop Sharma today inaugurated passport seva Kendra in Kullu. This is the fourth Kendra be established in Himachal after Palampur, Hamirpur and Mandi.

Shimla – State level transport development and road safety council will be constituted with experts on road safety as well as officers of line departments, said Transport Minister Gobind Thakur in meeting of officers of transport department here at Shimla today. He said road safety action plan will be completed by March 31 ,2018 so

Solan – Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while addressing a gathering at Circuit House here, said that time has come to bid farewell to cap politics in the state. In Himachal, political loyalties were denoted by the colour of caps. Former chief minister and his supporters use to wear a green band cap and were

Mandi – Residents of Janjehli protested in large numbers in favour of their demand for SDM office while BJP workers took out a rally raising slogans in favour of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. Protesters in Janjehli have threatened to gherao Vidhan Sabha in Shimla if their demand was not fulfilled.

Shimla – Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur stressed for geographically highlighting and branding the districts as per their  prominence in various specialized skills or products like  handlooms,  handicrafts, woodcraft, miniature paintings so that these can be popularized globally. He said that district Chamba for ‘Rumal’, Kullu and Kinnaur for Shawls, caps, handlooms and handicrafts.  Kangra paintings  has already made its presence

Shimla – Health & family Welfare Minister Vipin Singh Parmar has directed all the doctors in the state to prescribe only generic medicines while treating patients in hospital and dispensaries. Prescribing costly medicines amidst availability of generic medicines was injustice to the poor patient and it also thwarted the process of better health services in