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SHIMLA : Seven pilgrims, including six of a family, were killed when a private vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge here in Himachal Pradesh early on Monday, the police said.

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SHIMLA : Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday greeted the people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and wished the festival brings joy and happiness.

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SHIMLA : Circumventing an apex court ban on liquor vends along the highways, Himachal Pradesh has allowed liquor shops to operate in residential areas, aggrieved residents said on Friday.

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DEHRADUN : The Uttarakhand government is working in the direction of starting a direct bus service from the hill state to Nepal, an official said on Friday.

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CHANDIGARH : Haryana Power Engineers Association (HPEA) has strongly condemned the policy of giving current duty charge to senior engineers though regular posting orders can be issued against vacant posts. Even at the level of chief engineer current duty charge has been given , which is not desirable.

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DEHRADUN : Thousands of people, including a large number of foreign tourists, took part in the third edition of the International Yoga Day across Uttarakhand on Wednesday.

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SHIMLA : Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Wednesday led an event which drew nearly 1,000 people, including schoolchildren, who did yogic exercises amid cloudy skies.

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KEDARNATH : Four years after the flash floods wrought death and destruction in this Hindu pilgrim destination in Uttarakhand, its horrors continue to haunt the locals. Reconstruction and relief work have been steady but slow in the devastated area.

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SHIMLA: The BJP on Saturday created history for the first time in three decades by winning the maximum seats in a 34-member house of the Shimla Municipal Corporation, but it failed to get a simple majority of 18 members. Its supported candidates won 17 seats.

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SHIMLA: Ten pilgrims from Punjab were killed when a private bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Thursday, police said. All of them were from Amritsar.

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SHIMLA: A mild earthquake hit Himachal Pradesh's Chamba region, which saw quake for three consecutive days last month, a weather official said on Thursday.

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CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Secretay, D.S. Dhesi, said that along with government schemes, a change in the mindset of people towards persons with disabilities is the need of the hour to ensure that they become self-sufficient.

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CHANDIGARH : Unscheduled multiple and prolonged power cuts are being imposed across Haryana even before the start of paddy season after the power demand increased due to rise in temperature.

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DEHRADUN : Heavy rains lashed most parts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday, giving much needed relief to people across the hill state.

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SHIMLA : Eight people, including four children, were killed on Wednesday after a boundary wall of a factory collapsed amid a storm on their makeshift homes in Himachal Pradesh's Baddi town, officials said.

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CHANDIGARH: With a view to encourage the farming of Kharif onion in the State, Haryana Government has decided to provide 50 per cent subsidy on the onion seed.

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LUCKNOW : Doctors of private hospitals in Uttarakhand on Tuesday went on a four-hour token strike to protest growing incidents of violence against them, an Indian Medical Association (IMA) official said.

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DEHRADUN : After a spell of good weather, largely due to heavy downpour for several days, temperatures in the hill state of Uttarakhand are on the rise again.

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JAMMU: Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh condoled the demise of army personnel who were martyred when a convoy in which they travelling was attacked at Lower Munda, Qazigund.

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CHANDIGARH: Science City will soon be established at a cost of about Rs 200 crore in the part of National Capital Region (NCR) falling in Haryana. Besides, development of Kurukshetra as a tourism destination will be carried out on a grand scale.