Shimla: Higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received light snowfall for the second consecutive day on Thursday, while parts of the low hills saw rain, even as an avalanche struck the mountains near Sissu in Lahaul and Spiti district.Light snowfall occurred in Sissu, Koksar and Gondla in Lahaul Spiti, at both the North and South portals…
Chandigarh: The UT administration has confirmed that elections for the city’s top three municipal posts will take place in the final week of Jan, debuting a “show of hands” voting system designed to end years of electoral controversy.In a significant departure from the secret ballot, the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor, and deputy mayor…
Chamba: Residents of nearly three dozen villages in Bharmour block of Chamba are gripped by fear following repeated bear attacks that claimed a life in Nov and left another person injured in Dec.Angered by the administration’s alleged inaction, villagers staged a protest on the road and asked the govt to capture the wild animal, failing…
JIND: The body of a woman was found stuffed inside a blue suitcase in a drain in Haryana’s Kaithal district on Tuesday. Farmers from Sheela Khera village noticed dogs dragging the suitcase between 3 and 4 pm, according to inspector Geeta Singh, SHO of the women’s police station. Chandigarh Headlines Today — The Biggest Updates…
Bathinda: A 24-year-old youth from Chhiniwal village in Barnala district of Punjab died of cardiac arrest in Surrey, Canada. The only son of a small farmer family, Baltej Singh had migrated to Canada two years ago in December 2023 on a study visa. As the family had only two acres of land, Baltej’s father Jagtar…
BAHALGARH: Several people were injured after multiple vehicles collided on the Delhi–Sonipat road on Tuesday morning amid dense fog. An eyewitness stated, “First, one car hit another car. Then, one of the cars drove away, and the other remained stationary and damaged. A little while later, another car came and hit the damaged car from…
Chandigarh: The Punjab cabinet on Monday approved the upgrade the sub-tehsils of Banur in Mohali and Hariana in Hoshiarpur to full tehsils. It also decided to modernise land revenue administration through amendments to Land Revenue Act and extended relief to special teacher educators serving under national program for school education, Samagra Shiksha.After the meeting, Punjab…
Kullu: Within hours of Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu‘s appeal to doctors to rejoin their duties from Monday, the Resident Doctors’ Association of the IGMC, Shimla, called off their strike on Sunday evening. In a statement, RDA president Sohil Sharma said that following the assurance given by the CM that “a detailed inquiry…
Chandigarh: Insurance cover under the Punjab govt’s universal health scheme, ‘Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojna,’ is set to be enhanced from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family per year from next month. This will provide cashless treatment at govt and empanelled private hospitals across Punjab and Chandigarh, said health minister Balbir Singh.“It…
