Himachal Pradesh is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is bordered by union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west, Haryana on the southwest, Uttarakhand on the southeast, and Tibet on the east. At its southernmost point, it also touches the state of Uttar Pradesh. The state's name was coined by acharya Diwakar Dutt Sharma, one of the state's eminent Sanskrit scholars.
The weather forecast agency further predicted that Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are also likely to witness heavy downpour throughout the day. The thunderstorm accompanied with lightning is.. IndiaTimes - Published
Four new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, taking its strength to 34, the highest-ever. Justices V Ramasubramanian and Krishna Murari head the Himachal Pradesh and Punjab and.. IndiaTimes - Published
The state exchequer has been bearing the burden of income tax of the serving chief ministers and their council of ministers in five states, apart from UP. These states are Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari, 77, has been appointed the governor of Maharashtra, while BJP's Tamil Nadu chief Tamilisai Soundararajan, 58, moves to the Raj.. IndiaTimes - Published
In a reshuffle, the President announced new governors for 5 states in the country. Kalraj Mishra has been transferred from Himachal Pradesh to Rajasthan. Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh on Friday. The weather forecasting agency has also predicted heavy downpour.. IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA
The collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, has decided to recommend the names of Chief Justices of High Courts of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, Rajasthan and Kerala for their.. IndiaTimes - Published
An internal study of the Wildlife Institute of India reveals climate change will adversely affect around 150 native fish species of the Himalayan states, including Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu.. IndiaTimes - Published
In a statement, the home ministry said a high-level committee headed by home minister Amit Shah had cleared additional central assistance of Rs 3,338 crore to Odisha for the damage caused by Cyclone.. IndiaTimes - Published
As many as 63 people have lost their lives in Himachal Pradesh this monsoon season, while 25 of them were killed in heavy rains in the last few days, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the.. IndiaTimes - Published
All schools and colleges in Shimla and Kullu districts have been ordered to remain shut today even as incessant rains continued to wreak havoc in the state DNA - Published
Sources says Sharma's father and former Union minister Pandit Sukhram had asked the BJP for a Lok Sabha ticket for his grandson and Sharma's son, Aashray DNA - Published
The Hyderabad MP said the special provisions related to Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, and Himachal Pradesh will also be scrapped by the government soon. DNA - Published
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expelled former Himachal Pradesh power minister Anil Sharma from the party. Sharma is the son of former Union minister Sukh Ram, who had quit the BJP and.. IndiaTimes - Published
In a first ever initiative to monitor violations of traffic rules on national highways, the road transport ministry will deploy mobile teams of ex-defence personnel armed with body-cameras and will.. IndiaTimes - Published
Some state governments have joined the bandwagon of commercializing medical education in the name of making their colleges self-financed. So, 3%-15% seats are set aside for NRIs and some even have.. IndiaTimes - Published
Vrat, who was the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been credited for taking concrete steps against a number of social evils, including drug abuse there. DNA - Published
The death toll in Sunday’s building collapse near Kumarhatti in Himachal Solan district rose to 14 after 12 more bodies were retrieved from the debris on Monday. Of those killed, 13 are soldiers and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Mishra (78), who was in charge of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises portfolio in the Modi government, had resigned in 2017 after he he had crossed 75 years beyond which BJP leaders are barred.. IndiaTimes - Published
The building, which reportedly collapsed due to heavy rainfall, is located on Kumarhatti-Nahan highway in Solan, around 45 km from state capital Shimla DNA - Published
Around 29 people have lost their lives due to incessant rains for over a week, and state has suffered a loss of Rs 1.85 crores in eight days. DNA - Published
Flagship explorer ONGC is on its second clean-up drive to rid glaciers and river beds of garbage in select areas of Uttarakhand and Himachal. It is also deepening 15 lakes in Gujarat and clearing a.. IndiaTimes - Published
The villagers had borrowed Rs 2 lakhs from the Finance Commission and Rs 1 lakhs from the State Disaster Response Fund for waste water treatment project DNA - Published
Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur says the government has already undertaken a slew of reforms in ease of doing business and also put in place pro-investment policies DNA - Published
Thakur invited investment while addressing the members of the People of Indian Origin Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dubai during his maiden visit to the UAE, he added. DNA - Published
According to the update, Shimla, Solan, Bilaspur, Mandi, Kullu, and Sirmaur districts are likely to face thunderstorms over the next 2-3 hours. DNA - Published
Responding to a query, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand suffered losses to the tune of Rs 80 lakh and Rs 55 lakh, respectively, due to incidents of.. IndiaTimes - Published
At least 44 people have died and 29 sustained injured on Thursday when a bus fell into a gorge in Himachal's Kullu district. The driver apparently lost control while negotiating a sharp turn at the.. IndiaTimes - Published
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