Shimla Summer Festival is organized here which is one hyped event that celebrates the season. The festival will be held from 2 June 2019 to June 7, 2019
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Himachal Pradesh: Manali gets snow, Shimla rain
Shimla: Though snowfall eluded the Himachal Pradesh capital here on Friday, the other tourist resort Manali had moderate snow of 6 cm and recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, Met said. The weather was expected to be dry after Sunday with the western disturbances likely receding from[Read More…]
Finding love on Facebook costs over 10 Lakh to a woman
The accused sent a friend request to the woman in January.
Posters offering “Real adult jobs” found in Shimla
The numbers given in the posters are of the Northeast and the agents do not respond to the calls without verifying the number.
Himachal hills turn white, vehicles’ movement hampered
The entire Kinnaur district and towns in upper Shimla remained cut off due to closure of roads on the fourth day, a government official said. The Met office in Shimla predicted light snowfall and rain in the state till Saturday. “Shimla and its nearby areas have been experiencing snowfall since[Read More…]
Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur lays stone for Shimla water scheme
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a scheme that would augment water supply to the state capital. The stone was laid at Chaba in Suni area and would be completed with an outlay of Rs 69 crore by April 2019, a[Read More…]
Snow, rains bring down mercury in Himachal
Shimla: Snow and widespread rains on Saturday brought down temperatures across Himachal Pradesh, a Met official said. While the tourist resorts of Shimla and Manali witnessed rains, other hill stations like Kalpa and Chitkul in Kinnaur district and Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti received the season’s heaviest snow, the official said. Manali[Read More…]
Himachal varsity to be disabled-friendly
Shimla: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said the Himachal Pradesh University was heading towards becoming the country’s first to be disabled-friendly. Addressing the 24th convocation of the varsity in Shimla, he hailed it for playing a key role in spreading education in the region. He also presented gold medals[Read More…]
Himachal Pradesh govt wants Shimla to rename as Shyamala after Allahabad turned to Prayagraj
After Uttar Pradesh Government changed Allahabad to Prayagraj, now another BJP state is considering changing the name of an iconic city. The Himachal Pradesh government is starting to bat for changing the name of Shimla to Shyamala. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur confirmed the news to end all[Read More…]
Noida double murder: Teen son kills mother, sister with pizza cutter
The sensational double murder of a woman and her 11-year-old daughter has been solved with her son, 16, confessing to have killed them with a pizza cutter because he was scolded and beaten up at home over a minor issue, police said on Saturday. The juvenile, who was the prime[Read More…]
Shimla: 28 feared dead, many injured after bus rolls down a gorge
At least 28 people are feared dead and many other injured after a bus fell into a ditch in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. The injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital. As soon as the incident is reported, the people around are engaged in rescue work. The police are[Read More…]
PM Modi to flag off first regional flight under UDAN scheme today
PM Narendra Modi will flag off the first regional flight under the ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)’ scheme on Thursday. The flight will be between Shimla and Delhi, the aviation ministry announced on Wednesday. “The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first UDAN flight under RCS on[Read More…]
45 killed as bus falls into river in Shimla
Season’s first snowfall blocks roads stranding tourists in Manali
Nearly 50 tourists are stranded in Kothi, Manali due to blocked roads. Traffic to tourist destinations Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie were snapped from the rest of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday due to heavy snowfall. Traffic bound for Shimla was disrupted at Shogi, about 15 km from Shimla, due to snowfall,[Read More…]