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CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday informed the Assembly that stamp duty would be completely abolished on the registration of residential plots up to 50 sq yards in urban areas and up to 100 sq yards in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Mukhyamantri Shahri Awas Yojana, and Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Yojana.

KAITHAL: The work in Kaithal's courts today remained closed in protest against the police registering false FIR against two lawyers in Ambala. Today the lawyers did not do any work, which caused a lot of trouble to the clients coming for courts related works from far away. The court campus remained deserted. A Proxy Council was fixed for every court on behalf of the association, which was taking further date in today's cases.

SHIMLA: The industries have migrated from Himachal Pradesh largely owing to the government's "anti-industry" policy and "corruption", with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's "failure" to stop it, said the BJP on Tuesday.

DHARAMSALA: Heavy rains continuing for the past two days have thrown normal life out of gear in Himachal Pradesh. The state government has ordered the closure of all schools and colleges today (August 25) in eight districts — Una, Kangra, Chamba, Hamirpur, Solan, Kullu, Bilaspur, Lahaul-Spiti and Mandi.

DHARAMSALA: The Dehra police of Kangra district have arrested the seventh accused in connection with the liquor shop robbery that took place earlier this year in Sikra Da Paroh under Rakkad Police Station.

LEH: “People think floods are just about cloudbursts — but that’s only half the story,” says renowned geologist and 2010 Leh flood survivor Dr. Ritesh Arya. “The real danger is when a landslide creates a natural dam — a wall of rock and debris. Rainwater builds up behind it and in seconds, the wall bursts. A roaring flood races down the valley, wiping out everything in its path,” added he.

DHARAMSALA: In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, District Kangra Police arrested three accused, including two foreign nationals, and recovered a total of 180.30 grams of hashish in two separate cases on Independence Day.

DHARAMSALA: A government official said that a Mahindra pickup carrying pilgrims from Moga, Punjab, met with an accident near Village Jadrangal on the Dharamsala–Palampur road this morning. The vehicle reportedly rolled down the slope near Balley Hotel, Ikku Mod, around 7:29 a.m.

SHIMLA: Braving darkness, fast currents and unstable terrain, the Indian Army on Thursday said its swift response averted a potential tragedy when a sudden flash flood struck Hojis Lungpa Nala in Himachal Pradesh’s mountainous Kinnaur district.

DHARAMSALA: Garoh village, on the outskirts of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, has been rocked by a gruesome murder that claimed the life of a 45-year-old man on Monday.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh unit BJP President Rajiv Bindal on Tuesday said those who invoke the Constitution are the ones who are conspiring to weaken its basic institutions.

SHIMLA: Three minor students of one of the oldest premier boys boarding schools for boys in Asia, the Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, founded in 1859, have gone missing under mysterious circumstances while on a weekly day out in the Himachal Pradesh capital, police said on Sunday.

SHIMLA: In a major rescue effort, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), in coordination with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), rescued 413 stranded pilgrims from the Kinnaur Kailash trek route in Himachal Pradesh after two makeshift bridges on the trail were washed away due to torrential rains and cloudbursts.

The Himachal Pradesh government has taken a significant step toward consumer transparency by mandating that all hotels and restaurants in the state display the weight of food items served, alongside their prices, on menu cards.

KAITHAL: Municipal Employees Union Haryana protested with stitched black ribbons and carrying up side down brooms in Kaithal to protest against the non fulfilment of promise by local bodies and urban development minister Haryana Vipul Goel.

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Wednesday, approved amendments to the existing Compassionate Employment Policy, with priority for widows and parentless applicants below 45 years and dependents of government officials who died while performing their duties.

MANDI: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday expressed distress over the cloudburst incident in Mandi's Jail Road and said that he is closely monitoring the situation.

SHIMLA: The Joint Action Committee of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Employees, Engineers and Pensioners will l hold protest meetings at Shimla on August 7 if the management does not withdraw the orders regarding framing of charge sheet for major penalty against Joint Action Committee convenor Lokesh Thakur and co-convenor Heera Lal Verma for holding a press conference conference at Hamirpur, during which the committee issued a 21-day ultimatum to the board management to address its long-pending demands.

NEW DELHI: With the loss pegged at over Rs 1,200 crore, former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the damage caused in disaster-affected areas of the state while seeking an “area-specific’ relief package for rehabilitation.

KAITHAL: Shyam Lal (28) of Narar village near here died in a road mishap on Dhand road this morning. He was returning to his native village on his motorcycle after welcoming a group of Kanwariyas when this incident took place. He relatives and co- villagers who were behind him noticed his body lying in a pool of blood on road side .They immediately took him to civil hospital in Kaithal but the victim had already died.

DHARAMSHALA: In a major development for the tourism sector, the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) will now operate from the historic Kashmir House in Dharamshala, announced R.S. Bali, Chairman of HPTDC and Vice Chairman of the Tourism Development Board (Cabinet Rank), during a press interaction in Nagrota.

KAITHAL: About 32 sheep have died due to eating stale " Phirni chura" 35 sheep fell sick in vegetable market of Fatehpur Pundri . After this incident, there has been a stir among the people of the area. Giving information, sheep owners Subhash and Bira Ram said that while returning after grazing sheep last evening, they noticed that phirni chura was lying behind Pundri Mandi which was eaten by their sheep.

DHARAMSALA: The Himachal Pradesh government has relieved Shalini Agnihotri from her post as Superintendent of Police (SP) Kangra, following her appointment to a central deputation. She will now serve as Secretary in the Department of School Education and Literacy under the Union Ministry of Education.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday said the government would soon announce a special relief package for the disaster-affected families after consulting the Cabinet.

KAITHAL: All private schools in the district remained closed on Wednesday to protest against the brutal killing of Jag vir Singh, principal of Kartar Memorial Senior Secondary School in Hisar. A meeting was held at the District Secretariat in the morning to express resentment on this murder. The representatives of all private schools participated in it.

DHARAMSALA: In a tragic paragliding accident on Sunday afternoon, a 25-year-old tourist from Gujarat lost his life while a local pilot sustained serious injuries in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.

KAITHAL: Sonu, a resident of Kalayat, was arrested during investigating of a case by HC Devendra Singh of Special Detective Unit, while clamping down on illegal Arm supplier.

KAITHAL: The body of a youth was found on the track of the pond on Tuesday near Sheetalpuri Dera on Park Road. He had an injection of intoxicant in his hand. Police suspect that he died of injection reaction. The deceased has been identified as a 30 -year -old Deepak of village sanad. Police reached the spot on the information of the priest.

SHIMLA: A few hours of overnight torrential monsoon rains left a trail of destruction of public and private property with loss of life mounting as many still missing on the ninth day of the calamity, considered one of the worst in Himachal Pradesh’s Janjehli Valley, known globally for nature beauty.

KAITHAL: A Bihari labour died of snake bite in Manas village of this district last night.. The worker died three hours after the snake bite. The incident took place at about 2 am today.

DHARAMSALA: In a significant pre-dawn operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a high-profile raid in Dharamshala city of Himachal Pradesh, targeting a communication center allegedly linked to suspicious international transactions and human trafficking.

SHIMLA: Rescuers resumed the search operation in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district on the third day on Thursday to locate 34 people who went missing after cloudbursts and heavy rain triggered massive landslides and flash floods.

KAITHAL: Superintendent of Police Aastha Modi said that if a person claims to be a police officer, ED or C.B.I. officer and demands the money through online medium, then be careful because by doing this you can be a victim of cyber fraud. No government employee or officer demands money through online medium and if anyone is doing this, then it is definitely a cyber criminal who wants to make you a victim of cyber fraud. At present, people are being made victims of cyber fraud by adopting different ways by cyber criminals.