Himachal
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Six out of eight missing trekkers airlifted in Kullu, other two safe
India | Mar 13, 2016, 10:55 PM ISTEight trekkers, who had gone missing in bad weather in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, have been traced and six of them rescued by ITBP troopers, nearly 70 hours after their disappearance.
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Alert issued after driver of missing taxi from Pathankot found dead
India | Jan 23, 2016, 09:31 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Police, today, issued an alert for a white Alto car taxi (HPO1 D 2440) which went missing after being hired by three unknown people from Pathankot. The driver of the taxi, Vijay
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Himachal Congress activists injured while burning PM Modi effigy
India | Dec 15, 2015, 12:08 AM ISTShimla: Several Congress activists on Monday suffered burn injuries while trying to burn Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effigy in the Himachal Pradesh capital, police said.As the Congress workers tried to set Modi's effigy on fire,
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Seven killed, 26 missing as bus falls into Himachal river
India | Jul 24, 2015, 08:25 AM ISTKullu: At least seven people were killed and 23 others injured when a private tourist bus from Punjab skidded off the road and fell into the swollen Parvati river in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on
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Himachal allocated Rs 353 crore for Railway projects: Suresh Prabhu
India | May 30, 2015, 10:20 PM ISTShimla/Manali: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu today assured that funds would be no constraint in pushing the Railway projects in Himachal Pradesh and for the first time Rs 353 crore had been allocated in the budget.Prabhu
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Heavy rains, snow predicted in Himachal in next 48 hours
India | Feb 28, 2015, 09:05 PM ISTShimla: The MeT department today predicted heavy rains in lower and mid hills and heavy to very heavy snowfall in higher hills and tribal areas during the next 48 hours.The MeT office predicted thundershowers at
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Sunny Wednesday in Himachal after days of snow
India | Feb 04, 2015, 11:49 AM ISTShimla: Two days after moderate to heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, it was a bright sunny Wednesday."It is bright and sunny after two days of widespread snow and rain in the state," an official of
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No case of 'love jihad' in Himachal: Government
India | Jan 13, 2015, 09:18 PM ISTShimla: The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday said no case of 'love jihad', religious conversion and illegal intrusion of Bangladeshi labourers has been reported in the state.Refuting allegations of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a
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Himachal slightly warmer, snowfall in store
India | Jan 02, 2015, 11:46 AM ISTShimla: Most of the hill stations of Himachal Pradesh on Friday saw a further rise in temperature, but the Met Office here has forecast chances of rain and snowfall in the next two days."There are
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Himachal turns into skiers' paradise after record snow
Lifestyle | Dec 23, 2014, 06:38 PM ISTShimla: With record amounts of snow falling, the pistes overlooking Himachal Pradesh's popular tourist resorts Shimla and Manali have turned out to be a paradise for skiers."This is just the beginning of good skiing days,"
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Sunny morning in Himachal after snowfall
India | Dec 23, 2014, 11:48 AM ISTShimla: it was a bright and sunny morning across Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday after two days of rain and snowfall, even though temperatures remained below the freezing point at many places."It was a bright, sunny
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NGO intervenes after Himachal school bars HIV+ woman from cooking
India | Dec 19, 2014, 01:53 PM ISTShimla: An HIV positive woman employed as a cook in a government school in Himachal's Kangra district was barred from cooking until an NGO persuaded the authorities to take her back."For three days I was
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Over 600 tourists evacuated in Himachal
India | Dec 14, 2014, 11:37 AM ISTShimla: More than 600 tourists struck in the hills overlooking the tourist resort Manali in Himachal Pradesh due to snow have been rescued, an official said on Sunday.Eighteen people were, however, still stranded and provided
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Tourists flock to hills as Himachal experiences rains, snowfall
India | Dec 13, 2014, 03:40 PM ISTShimla: Heavy rains lashed the plains and hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh, causing snowfall in Kullu, Manali and other tourist resorts. A large number of tourists from the plains of Delhi, Chandigarh and Punjab have begun
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Himachal to be free of open defecation by 2019
India | Oct 26, 2014, 07:36 PM ISTShimla: Himachal Pradesh has prepared an action plan to achieve all targets under the 'Swachh Bharat Mission', thereby ensuring a clean state free of open defecation by 2019, an official told IANS here Sunday.The aim
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Beas tragedy: More personnel to join search
India | Jun 13, 2014, 11:20 AM ISTMandi: The search operation to trace the 17 persons still missing following the tragedy in the Beas river involving a group of engineering students from Hyderabad resumed on its fifth day today with more personnel
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HP Tragedy: Survivors, four bodies to reach Hyderabad by special flights
India | Jun 09, 2014, 11:44 PM ISTHyderabad: A special flight carrying 24 students who survived the river tragedy in Himachal Pradesh will be landing here Monday night while bodies of four victims are being flown in a defence aircraft.Civil Aviation Minister
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Himachal CM raises state issues with PM, FM
India | Jun 05, 2014, 11:13 PM ISTShimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley about issues pertaining to the state and sought their support for its development today. Virbhadra Singh who
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Storm lashes Himachal; Rohtang Pass closed
India | Jun 01, 2014, 05:26 PM ISTShimla: Severe storm accompanied by rains and sleet today lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh, including state capital Shimla, disrupting the normal life while Rohtang Pass was closed due to fresh snowfall in tribal areas.Some state
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Himachal central Univarsity VC offers to resign
India | Jun 01, 2014, 11:41 AM ISTShimla: Furqan Qamar, vice chancellor of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, has sought the consent of President Pranab Mukherjee to relieve him from his post, university officials said on Sunday.Qamar has been appointed secretary