The cabinet also gave its nod to introduce e-stamping in the State for the collection of stamp duty to promote ease of doing business.
He said that PGI Satellite Centre Una was crucial for providing better health care services for the people of Una, Kangra, Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts.
The results of the elections, which are being held on party symbols, will be declared on Thursday. The civic body’s five-year term ended in June 2022 but the elections were delayed by 11 months.
According to State Election Commission data, 93,920 voters are registered to exercise their franchises in the elections. These include 49,759 male and 44,161 female voters at 153 polling booths.
The BJP, which controlled the civic body, in addition to being in power at the Centre and in the state, failed to develop Shimla town, he charged and alleged that there was corruption in the utilisation of Smart City Mission funds.
This comes after Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Suresh Kashyap tendered his resignation to the party’s national president JP Nadda citing his personal reasons.
According to Rajesh Kumar, superintending engineer of HP Power Board, Hamirpur, an estimate of Rs 156 crore has been prepared for strengthening and modernisation of the power supply system in the district.
Rainfall is likely at many places on April 20 and 21 due to western disturbances and cyclonic circulation, the weather forecast said.
Panchayat head Sonam Zangpo said the gram sabha meeting held on Sunday took a consensus decision to stop serving beer at weddings and other festivals to curb wasteful expenditure at such functions.
Irked by the reply, BJP’s Randhir Sharma said the answer given by the minister was political and asked what alternate arrangements have been made to keep the work going.
According to a complaint filed by the victim’s mother, when she went to her son Vijay’s (44) house, she found his body lying in a pool of blood, police said.
As per the report of field officers from across the state, out of 4,01,853 hectares, crops on 85,538.20 hectares of land have been damaged due to inadequate/ deficient rains.
The temple trust said Hindu organisations supported the wedding of the civil engineer groom and the M.Tech bride.
Superintendent of Police, Kullu, Sakshi Verma told PTI that there was an altercation between locals and pilgrims during a local fair but no serious injuries have been reported.
The chief minister also performed puja at the ancient Radhe Krishna temple and sought blessings for his family and the people of the state.
According to the police, a tourist bus HR 38 AB 0007 on its way from Haryana to Manali overturned on the Manali-Chandigarh highway.
These projects involve a total proposed investment of Rs 1,754.44 crores (approximately) with employment avenues for about 3,635 persons.
Uttar Pradesh bagged the second spot with a score of 99.01, followed by Gujarat with 97.08 marks, Delhi with 96.72 and Haryana with 96.40, it said.
India is presiding over the G-20 this time under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this decision was taken on 1 December 2022.
Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded minus -2.2 degree Celsius while Kukumseri in Lahaul-Spiti recorded minus-1.6 degree Celsius. Narkanda recorded -0.3 degree Celsius, while Kufri recorded 2.5 degree Celsius.
According to a family member of the woman, she was scheduled to marry a man from Galore in Hamirpur, who, when he came with barat, demanded from her family a car, a hefty amount of money, and gold jewellery.
Debasweta has also appointed SDM Sujanpur Tira, Harish Gajju as Mela officer to organise the national-level Holi festival in a well-planned and smooth manner.
During the past 24 hours, Keylong in the Lahaul-Spiti district recorded the lowest temperature at minus 3.5 degree Celsius, Kukumseri in Lahaul-Spiti recorded minus 1.3 degrees Celsius, Kalpa in Kinnaur recorded minus -0.4 degrees Celsius.
The fire brigade and a team of police personnel reached the spot in time to control the fire, but could not save lives.
He was addressing a massive gathering at Nadaun in his home constituency.
