SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh capital on Tuesday received snowfall, leading to a surge in tourist footfalls as the visitors flocked to enjoy the snow-covered landscape.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh has installed 6,000 dustbins along urban and rural roads displaying names of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Members of Parliament. Another 13,000 more are in the process of being installed.

SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today flagged off the electric bus for Shimla town from State Vidhan Sabha Complex today.

SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched seven citizen centric services of Shimla Municipal Corporation developed by the Information Technology Department under e-District Project, which is an Integrated Portal for delivery of citizen services here today. The online services launched  are online billing, water bill payment, and property tax payment, application for water connection, application for sewerage connection, application for NOC of electricity, application for permission of canopy and application for dumping debris.

SHIMLA: An intense cold wave gripped most parts of Himachal Pradesh on Monday with the weather office predicting more rain and snowfall in store.

MOHALI: On the one hand due to the shortage of funds, State Govt. is facing financial crisis while on the other hand due to absence of clear cut policy, Dept of Higher Education is denying admissions to the willing students of other states in 5000-6000 vacant B.Ed seats in Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: Sunil Jakhar President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee(PPCC) today said that list of shortlisted names of candidates for 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab will be sent to AICC president Rahul Gandhi for final decision. Decision in this regard was taken todah a meeting of Election Committee of PPCC.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is turning into a haven for drug addicts due to easy availability of charas, a form of cannabis, in remote villages.

SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur released ‘Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2018 Himachal Pradesh’ yesterday evening, brought out by ASER 2018 a nation-wide survey that provides a snapshot of children’s schooling and learning for a representative sample of children across rural India.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested an engineering undergraduate student of a private university for positing comments in favour of the Pulwama terror attack that left 49 CRPF troopers dead, police said.

SHIMLA: After three days of widespread rain and snow, people in Himachal Pradesh woke up to a bright and sunny Sunday morning, but temperatures remained below the freezing point, an official said here.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Saturday visited the native village of CRPF trooper Tilak Raj, who was killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday, and attended his last rites.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has expressed its displeasure over substituting Punjabi as second language with Sanskrit language in the state-run school there, saying it would deny the Punjabi-speaking people their legitimate rights.

NEW DELHI: The Indian and Himachal Pradesh governments and the World Bank on Friday signed a $40 million loan agreement to help provide clean and reliable drinking water to the Greater Shimla area which has been facing severe water shortages and water-borne epidemics over the last few years.

SHIMLA: The BJP government in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday introduced a bill in the Assembly proposing to rename an upcoming medical university after its leader and former Prime Minister, late Atal Behari Vajpayee.

SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today inaugurated Bharat Ratan Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar State Library at Kennedy Chowk near State Vidhan Sabha Shimla constructed at a cost of about Rs. 10 crore. This library has a total floor area of over 2000 sq.mtr with seating capacity of 120 persons.

SHIMLA:  Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur was presented cheques of  worth Rs. 21 lakh for Chief Minister Relief Fund by Industries Minister Bikram Singh Thakur and Transport and Forest Minister Govind Thakur on behalf of The Himachal Pradesh Crusher Operators Association here today.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh's loan liability stood at Rs 49,745 crore, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Wednesday.

SHIMLA: Moderate to heavy snowfall may occur across Himachal Pradesh for the next three days, the Met Office said on Wednesday. Residents and tourists have been advised not to venture in the high hills.

SHIMLA: The State Government was contemplating to open Sanskrit University in the State to promote Sanskrit language in a big way. This was stated by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over the meeting of Himachal Pradesh Sanskrit Academy here today.