The Congress had accused the Chief Minister for adopting luxuries for his travels despite the state government having a financial crunch and a debt burden of Rs 60,000 cr on the state’s head.
A pro-Khalistani outfit threatened to stop Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur from unfurling national tricolour on August 15, the Independence day.
Himachal Pradesh has been badly hit by flash floods, landslides, house collapse, and complete disruption of life due to heavy rains and cloud bursts.
‘The Corona has not gone,’ said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur after returning from flash-flood affected areas of Lahaul-Spiti
The caller even appealed all farmers in Punjab and pro-Khalistan Sikhs to come with tractors and stop Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur from unfurling the national flag
Kinnaur and Lahaul Spiti districts have already achieved 100 percent mark in vaccination.
The district administration had earlier tried to airlift the tourists and locals stranded in the area but inclement weather posed a challenge to fly the choppers.
Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur who flew to Dharamshala and reached straight to the affected villagers and offered Rs 4 lakh ex gratia to the kin of the deceased.
The BJP is counting on Jairam Thakur, a mason’s son, to build brick by brick a strong support base that will see through anti-incumbency in Himachal Pradesh
There are chances of the Chief Minister facing pressures to act soft against PSO, who also happens to be his long-time aide from early days as MLA in 1998.
The incident has sent shockwaves in the state with senior police officers demanding the arrest of the security personnel for insulting and attacking the SP
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has started preparations in the state for the next assembly elections much in advance.
The decline in the cases, however, has led to unlocking of the Covid restrictions and scraping of the RTPCR condition for entry of the tourists to the state.
Once restrictions on mobility at the borders are lifted, this will help to revive tourism, which has suffered a bitter blow during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
‘Let me be very clear, in 2022 I will be in the same place, where I am today,’ Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said
CM Jai Ram Thakur denies any move to change Dalhousie name
Narinder Bragta, a former horticulture minister, was serving as the Chief Whip of the party in the state assembly.
The Sangh Parivar has jumped into the action mode as byelections for the Fatehpur assembly and Mandi Lok Sabha seats are just around the corner.
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Vaccines for this group only on Mondays and Thursdays to stagger jab drive
The new restrictions were announced a few hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Thakur over a phone call.
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A senior official in the personnel department admits that Covid-19 has severely affected several bureaucrats from top to lower ranks.
The ‘Corona curfew’ is a lockdown that will come into effect from midnight May 6 and will continue till May 16.
While Himachal’s Covid-19 recovery rate has reduced from 85 to 78 per cent within a week, as many as 165 people succumbed to the virus during the last five...
The medical students are irked over the meagre remuneration of Rs 3,000 per month fixed for the contractual doctors, junior and senior resident doctors, and...
