The state government will recruit 1,200 police personnel who besides curbing the drug menace will also play the role of tourism police, Sukhu said in a statement.
Sukhu said 16 heliports were being constructed in all district headquarters, including the tribal and far flung areas, in a phased manner to facilitate the tourists to access unexplored destinations in no time, a statement...
The CM underlined the severity of the situation and said that the landslides and flashfloods have caused extensive damage to public and private properties.
Gian Dasi, a resident of Urman, said his house has been completely destroyed and he has taken shelter under a tarpaulin sheet amid a threat from falling stones and fear of snakes.
"Is the reason for not declaring a national calamity in Himachal that there is a Congress government in the state," the public works minister asked.
On Wednesday, workers at the Summer Hill landslide site retrieved the body of P L Sharma, head of the Mathematics department at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi told PTI.
The decision has been taken in view of the unpredictable and evolving climate patterns, which are posing a significant threat to the state's agriculture and horticulture sectors, he said in a statement issued here.
"The government must ensure that the victims, irrespective of affiliation to any political party, should get adequate relief," said Thakur, the leader of opposition in Himachal Pradesh.
The chief minister also met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss development projects in the state.
Talking to a group of reporters in Hamirpur, he said on one hand, the Congress party was claiming that Manipur was plagued by violence, and on the other...
Sukhu wanted to lay the foundation stone of this Police Station in person but could not reach Shahpur due to inclement weather conditions, it said.
"It is strange that on the one hand the government is claiming to make the state drug-free and on the other opening liquor vends and closing anganwadis and...
Sukhu also assured that the state government will increase the honorarium of the OTAs working on an outsource basis in the state, besides increasing the...
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has started the process of setting up five new charging stations for 70 e-buses running in Shimla city and about...
"I am happy that the campaign against drug abuse is getting support and the people of Himachal have decided to fight a decisive battle against drugs," Governor...
"Indifferent attitude of the government on the brutal murder of a youth in Chama district who was chopped into pieces and its failure to take quick action have...
The Rs 200-crore scheme announced in the first budget of the Congress government was approved by the cabinet on Monday.
“The practice of physically visiting employment exchanges for over 50 years is now being replaced with a more convenient online registration system,” he...
The operational cost of the e-buses is approximately Rs 25 per kilometre -- much lower than diesel-powered buses. Promoting e-mobility will reduce carbon...
Speaking at a camp of the RSS volunteers at Tipper village of Hamirpur, he said, "In the pledge, we remember the almighty and take a vow to remain a volunteer...
Presiding over the meeting, Sukhu said to generate revenue, the timely extraction of dried-out trees from the forest before their natural decomposition was the...
Thakur said many "foreign forces" get active at the time of elections to vitiate the democratic process and build tension, but such attempts have failed in the...
Development has come to a standstill and "lockout" has become the buzzword under the government led by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the leader of opposition in the...
He said Gandhi had insulted and hurt the sentiments of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community for which the court punished him.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Dr. H.K. Chowdhary, Deputy Commissioner of Kangra, Dr. Nipun Jindal, Superintendent of Police, Mrs. Shalini Agnihotri,...
