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Wildflower Hall auction fetches record 47% revenue share for HP

Shimla, Oct. 31 -- In a major boost for cash-strapped Himachal Pradesh, the government has secured a record bid of 47.1% of the annual gross revenue for granting licence rights to operate and manage t... Read More


Two decades of conservation boosts vulture nesting in Kangra

Dharamshala, Oct. 31 -- Once pushed to the brink of extinction by widespread poisoning linked to a veterinary drug, vultures in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra valley have shown encouraging signs of recover... Read More


Nurpur police seize drug trafficker's Rs.48-lakh assets

Dharamshala, Oct. 31 -- In a major action against drug trafficking under the ongoing anti-chitta campaign, Nurpur police have secured the forfeiture of assets worth Rs.48.30 lakh belonging to a drug t... Read More


Plan to fill 70% posts in healthcare sector by March 2027: Sukhu

Shimla, Oct. 31 -- The state government intends to enhance healthcare staff strength to over 70% before March 31, 2027, said Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday while virt... Read More


LG to officials: Ensure sustained crackdown on terror modules

Srinagar, Oct. 31 -- Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Friday chaired a high-level review meeting of security and administrative apparatus of Kashmir division and asked officials fo... Read More


Over 15k workers from HP to join Delhi rally tomorrow: Cong

Shimla, Oct. 31 -- Himachal Pradesh Congress targets to mobilise 15,000 party workers from the state for the INDIA bloc's rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on November 1, demanding the replacement ... Read More


Over dozen NC legislators hold meet in Srinagar

Srinagar, Oct. 31 -- The recent cabinet reshuffle hasn't gone down well with National Conference (NC) legislators, as more than a dozen lawmakers of the ruling party held a meeting in Srinagar on Frid... Read More


HP mid-day meal workers demand 12-month salary instead of 10

Shimla, Oct. 31 -- The Mid-Day Meal Workers Union, affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), staged protests across several blocks in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, demanding a full 12-mo... Read More


Routine halting of traffic on NH giving commuters tough time: Itoo

Srinagar, Oct. 31 -- A senior minister in the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday raised concern over the routine halting of civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway (NH) to allow th... Read More


Digital arrest rules must include compensation: SC

New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the mechanism to prevent digital arrest frauds must necessarily aim to prosecute bank officials involved for collusion and carry a compens... Read More