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SHIMLA: In a bid to contain growing factionalism within the Sirmaur unit of Congress party, PCC president Pratibha Singh on Tuesday dissolved the Sirmaur district Congress committee. Senior party leader and former Speaker Gangu Ram Musafir has been directed to look after the organisational affairs in the district till further…

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Haryana on Sunday reported 486 new cases and 446 recoveries, while 5,077 persons were given the vaccine doses. No fatality was reported during the day, while the positivity rate of the day dropped to 3.78%. Meanwhile, Punjab recorded 102 new cases, taking the total number of positive cases to…

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is on yellow alert for two days in anticipation of heavy rainfall at isolated places along with thunderstorm, lightning, and gust (wind speed 30 to 40 kilometres an hour) in Chamba, Kangra, Hamirpur, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, and Sirmaur districts.

SHIMLA: A 20-year-old tourist from Ambala and a local pilot died in a paraglider crash at Dobhi in Kullu district on Wednesday around 11 am. The paraglider crashed to the ground shortly after taking off at Fliyan under Patlikuhal police station in Kullu district.

After repeated attempts, he successfully grows Shimla apples in arid region

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Haryana alone reported 304 or more than 85% of the region’s 357 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, while Punjab recorded 43 cases and Himachal Pradesh 10. Out of the three states, only Punjab reported one death, which was in Jalandhar.

SHIMLA: A massive forest fire near Kinnaur district’s Jangi village has left the villagers so scared that they have asked for a helicopter to douse it. Deputy commissioner Abid Hussain Sadiq said the administration had contained the wildfire within a perimeter to protect the village.

SHIMLA: In order to create future-ready students and empowering them to access job opportunities embedded in the drone sector, six universities of Himachal Pradesh along with 50 colleges and technical education department entered into memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) for running drone flying training…

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPERC) on Thursday imposed a penalty of Rs 45 lakh on Maharishi Markandeshwar University and Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital at Kumarhatti in Solan district for charging excess fee from two students.

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Haryana alone reported 165 or more than 77% of the region's 213 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, while Punjab and Himachal Pradesh added 24 cases each. Out of the three states, only Punjab recorded any death and it was an old case appended to the tally.

SHIMLA: During his one-day visit, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur dedicated seven developmental projects for Doon assembly constituency worth about Rs. 41.71 crore to the people and also laid the foundation stone of nine developmental projects worth about Rs 55.82 crore.