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Shimla, Oct 22 (PTI) The higher reaches of Lahaul and Spiti district and Manali in Himachal Pradesh received fresh snowfall, leading to a dip in the minimum temperature, officials said on Wednesday. The snowfall has brought smiles to tourism stakeholders in Manali and Lahaul and Spiti as they are expecting an increase in the tourist footfall. Light rains were witnessed in some parts of the state with Manali receiving 12 mm, Bharmaur 11.5 mm, Keylong 6 mm, Bhuntar 3.6 mm, Seobagh 2.4 mm, Palampur 2 mm, Kukumseri 1.2 mm, the Shimla Met office said. Tabo in Tribal Lahaul and Spiti district was coldest at night recording a minimum temperature of minus 0.7 degrees followed by Kukumseri 0.4 degrees, Keylong 1.8 degrees and Kalpa 4.9 degrees Celsius. PTI BPL DV DV
New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh bore the brunt of monsoon fury as rain-related incidents claimed 18 lives, with the IMD on Saturday issuing alerts for heavy rain in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Kerala. While torrential rain caused a flood-like situation in parts of Rajasthan; heavy rainfall and landslides in some areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim affected normal life and disrupted traffic movement. In Uttar Pradesh, 18 people died in a period of over 24 hours ending at 8 pm on Ju ...Read More >
Shimla, April 4 (PTI) Light to moderate rain and snowfall were observed in several areas of Himachal Pradesh, resulting in a decrease in both minimum and maximum temperatures. The Shimla Meteorological Office issued an orange warning on Saturday for hailstorms in four to five districts on April 7 and 8. In the higher reaches of Lahaul and Spiti and Kullu, fresh snowfall was reported over the past 24 hours since Friday evening. Gondla received 13 cm of snow, followed by Hansa and Keylong with 7.5 cm each, and Koksar with 3 cm. Mild snow also fell at the Atal Tunnel on Friday night. Intermitt ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of standard quality' and spurious drugs are being displayed on the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) portal on a monthly basis. "For the month of June-2025, Central Drugs Laboratories have identified ...Read More >
Shimla, Mar 30 (PTI) Mild snowfall continued in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, with Keylong receiving 2 cm of snow while intermittent rains lashed a few areas in the middle and lower hills. Snowfall was also reported in the higher reaches of Dharamshala in Kangra district, while hailstorms damaged stone fruits in the Kumarsein area of Shimla district. The snowfall has raised hopes in the tourism industry, with expectations of a good season and heavy tourist inflow. The Shimla Met Office has predicted a wet spell in the state till April 5, as a fresh western disturbance is ...Read More >
Shimla, June 5 (PTI) Thunderstorm, hail and gusty winds lashed Himachal Pradesh's Shimla in the past 24-hours, since Wednesday evening, the local meteorological office said. Light to moderate rains occurred in some parts of the state with Nagrota Suriyan logging the highest rainfall of 59.2 mm, followed by 39 mm in Bharwain, 20.4 mm in Shillaroo, 14.2 mm in Kufri, 13.2 mm in Guler, 11.4 mm in Shimla, 11.3 mm in Kotkhai, 11 mm in Kahu and 10 mm in Karsog, it said. According to the weather office, thunderstorms also lashed Kangra, Sundernagar, Bhuntar and Jot. The local Met centre has predict ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday ruled out any talks with Maoists and said the cadre of the proscribed outfit should give up arms, surrender before police, and join the mainstream. Addressing a rally after inaugurating the National Headquarters of the Turmeric Board in Nizamabad in Telangana, Shah also said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is still raising questions on Operation Sindoor, should see the weak appearance of Pakistan to understand the effectiveness of the Operation. "Congress asks (the Centre) to hold discussions with these people (Maoists). Our government's p ...Read More >
SHIMLA, Sep 13: Several vehicles were buried under debris, and crops were damaged due to a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. No casualty was reported in the cloudburst that occurred around 3 am in the Gutrahan village in the Naina Devi assembly constituency.Gushing waters carrying debris scattered all over agricultural lands, said Kashmir Singh, a villager whose land and crops have been damaged.Four vehicles were buried under debris, said a senior official adding that crop damage is being assessed and relief will be provided aft ...Read More >
Shimla, Sep 15 (PTI) Rain lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh on Monday while some areas witnessed thunderstorms as 493 roads, including three national highways, remained closed for traffic. Jogindernagar received 56 mm of rain in the past 24 hours till Monday evening followed by Palampur 48 mm, Pandoh 40 mm and Kangra 34.2 mm, the local Met office said. Meanwhile, Nagrota Suriyan was lashed by 30 mm of rain, Mandi 27.5 mm, Sarahan 18.5 mm, Murari Devi 18.2 mm, Bhareri 17.6 mm and Karsog 17 mm, it said. Thunderstorms were witnessed in Kangra, Jot, Sundernagar and Palampur while gusty winds wer ...Read More >
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Bengaluru Crime: A woman's body, believed to be between 30 and 35 years old, was found stuffed inside a sack and dumped in a garbage truck in Bengaluru early Thursday. The identity of the woman is yet to be confirmed. Police said the sack was discovered by BBMP sanitation workers who immediately alerted the authorities. The body was found with her hands and neck tied, raising strong suspicion of murder. Officials stated that the body had been placed inside a gunny bag before being thrown into the garbage vehicle. Joint Commissioner of Police, C Vamsi Krishna, confirmed that the body has been ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 4 (PTI) Forty-three people have been killed and 37 gone missing in Himachal Pradesh due to the ravages of weather - cloudburst, flash floods, landslide - since the onset of monsoon last month, officials on Friday said. Monsoon hit the state on June 20 and has since then cost it Rs 5,000 crore in damages. Of the 43, 14 were killed in cloudbursts, eight in flash floods, and one in a landslide, while seven were drowned. The most deaths, 17, took place in Mandi district where ten instances of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides wreaked havoc on Tuesday. A search is still on fo ...Read More >
A cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district caused damage to vehicles and agricultural lands, though no casualties were reported. Fog disrupted visibility in Shimla, and the Met office issued a yellow warning for heavy rains. Recent floods and landslides have disrupted power and water supply, leading to road closures and significant loss of life and property in the state. Several vehicles were buried under debris, and farms were damaged due to a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur ...Read More >
Shimla, July 13 (PTI) Hundreds of people stuck in traffic jams following a landslide on the Mandi-Kullu stretch of the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway near 4 Mile in Himachal Pradesh heaved a sigh of relief as one-way traffic was restored after over 24 hours on Sunday evening. The road was closed following a massive landslide on Saturday afternoon following rains and while the light vehicles were diverted via the Chailchowk-Gohar-Pandoh and Kamand-Kataula and Bajaura routes, heavy vehicles were halted at Nagchala and Jhiri, officials said on Sunday. Still, a huge queue of traffic was stra ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 15 (PTI) The Met office on Tuesday forecast heavy rainfall in two to nine districts of Himachal Pradesh this week and issued yellow warning in the state, where a total of 199 roads are closed following rains. One death was reported in rain related incidents since Monday. A man from Gudhvin Post village in Hamirpur district fell from a Jamun tree near his house and died on the way to hospital. Since the onset of monsoon on June 20 till July 15, about 106 people lost their lives, 62 in rain-related incidents and 44 in road accidents and 189 have been injured, while 35 are missing, ...Read More >
Shimla, April 8 (PTI) A major accident was averted in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Wednesday after a part of a road in a landslide-hit area sank when a state transport bus tried to pass over it, causing a front tyre of the bus to go over the edge and remain suspended, triggering panic among passengers and locals. According to officials, the incident took place on the Kugti-Bharmour road when the a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus carrying around 20 passengers was on its way to Bharmour. A minor landslide had taken place along the route and when the bus tried to move th ...Read More >
Shimla, Sep 14 (PTI) A fresh spell of rain lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with Dharamshala in Kangra recording the highest rainfall of 232 mm, officials said on Sunday. Thunderstorms were witnessed in Shimla, Kullu's Bhuntar, Chamba's Jot, Mandi's Sundernagar, Bilaspur's Murari Devi and Palampur and other parts of Kangra, they said. Several houses and agricultural land were damaged in Khairi Gram Panchayat in Hamirpur's Sujanpur as a result of torrential rain on Sunday, the officials said. The devastation also led to damage to the main road and vehicles that were parked on the r ...Read More >
Kullu: A massive landslide triggered by continuous rainfall destroyed an under-construction steel truss bridge in the Bharmour region of Chamba district on Tuesday morning.The landslide struck around 7am, sending heavy boulders crashing into the structure. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. "Debris and boulders fell from a height of approximately 300 metres, striking the near-complete bridge. The impact damaged the abutment, causing the entire structure to collapse into the river," Bharmou ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 26 (PTI) In view of the adverse weather conditions, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday directed all the deputy commissioners in the state to stay alert and ensure 24x7 accessibility to the public. The direction came a day after heavy rains, cloudbursts and flash floods caused havoc in the state. Virtually reviewing the situation with district administration representatives on Thursday, he asked all the deputy commissioners to conduct relief and rehabilitation operations for affected individuals on a war footing. The chief minister also instructed them to identify ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 8 (PTI) With heavy rain pummelling several parts of Himachal Pradesh, the local meteorological department on Tuesday warned of a risk of low to moderate flash floods in parts of seven districts in the next 24 hours. These districts are Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur. The meteorological department also issued a 'yellow' alert, warning of heavy rains at isolated places in the state till next Monday. A total of 225 roads, including 153 in the worst-hit Mandi district, are closed while 163 transformers and 174 water supply schemes are affected in the state, ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 27 (PTI) Moderate to heavy rains affected parts of Himachal Pradesh, resulting in the closure of 53 roads to vehicular traffic. Additionally, 135 transformers and 147 water supply schemes were disrupted, officials said on Friday. A maximum of 23 roads were blocked in Kullu, 16 in Mandi, seven in Lahaul and Spiti, four in Una and three in Sirmaur districts, the report by the state emergency operation centre said. Pandoh recorded 139 mm of rain since Thursday evening, followed by Jogindernagar 73 mm, Shilaroo 54 mm, Kataula 45.2 mm, Sujanpur Tira 42 mm, Baijnath 32 mm, Rohru 30 mm, ...Read More >
Shimla, July 5 (PTI) More than 260 roads, including 176 in Mandi district, are blocked in Himachal Pradesh following heavy rains over the past few days, officials said on Saturday. The local MeT office has issued a 'red' alert for very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Kangra, Sirmaur and Mandi districts on Sunday. An 'orange' warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places has been issued for Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Chamba, Solan, Shimla and Kullu districts. Rainfall between 115.6 mm and 204.4 mm in a day is categorised as very heavy, while anything over ...Read More >
Shimla: The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received a fresh spell of snowfall, while some parts of the high and mid hills recorded light rainfall on Wednesday as the mercury dipped in the high-altitude areas of the state.Tabo in Lahaul Spiti was the coldest place in Himachal.It snowed in most parts of Lahaul Spiti, including Koksar, Sissu, Jispa, Gondhla, Tandi, and Keylong, as well as in the high mountain passes, including Rohtang, Baralacha, and Shinku La. It also snowed at the north portal of the Atal Tunnel. However, all the roads in Lahaul Spiti, including the Manali-Leh national high ...Read More >
Shimla, Mar 30 (PTI) The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh received mild snow till Tuesday morning, while intermittent rains lashed a few areas in the middle and lower hills. The Shimla meteorological office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds with wind speeds of 40-50 kilometres per hour on Friday and Saturday in isolated areas across 10 of the 12 districts, barring Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti. It also predicted a wet spell in the state till next Monday ( ...Read More >
Shimla, April 9 (PTI) High altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti and Shimla districts received fresh snowfall while widespread moderate to heavy rains occurred across the state, the local Meteorological station said on Thursday. The state capital, Shimla, and its surrounding areas experienced a severe hailstorm. Wintry conditions returned to the state, with minimum temperatures remaining two to seven degrees below normal, and maximum temperatures dropping 9 to 14 degrees below normal at most locations over the past 24 hours. The threat of landslides looms large after the rains and snowfall. An ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 18 (PTI) Several roads were blocked and the ongoing Kinnar Kailash Yatra halted due to incessant rains in Himachal Pradesh on Friday. The pilgrimage to Kinnar Kailash, the winter abode of Lord Shiva located at an altitude of 19.850 feet in Kinnaur district, commenced on July 15 and was to continue till August 30. However, the rains have rendered the journey unsafe and hence the pilgrimage stands halted until the weather clears up and the route is declared safe, Kinnaur Police said. The Lahaul and Spiti administration has also temporarily suspended bike rides on the Manali-Leh hi ...Read More >
Shimla, Aug 25 (PTI) Heavy to very heavy downpour in the 24 hours till Monday evening led to widespread destruction in Himachal Pradesh with houses being damaged at several places and around 795 roads, including two national highways, being closed. Around 956 power supply transformers and 517 water supply schemes were disrupted, officials said. The district administrations in Mandi, Kangra, Chamba, Una, Bilapsur and Kullu districts have ordered closure of educational institutions in view of the rains. Flood-like situations prevailed in parts of Indora, Fatehpur, Jasur and Nurpur areas of Ka ...Read More >
In the past 24 hours, since Saturday evening, Gondla in the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district received 28.2 cm of snow, followed by Keylong with 20 cm, Hansa with 5 cm, and Kukumseri with 1.3 cm. Intermittent light to moderate rains lashed parts of the state, and Sarahan received 23.5 mm of rain, followed by Dharamshala and Sundernagar 18.2 mm each, Manali 17 mm, Shimla 13.4 mm, Kukumseri 13.2 mm, Kalpa 11 mm, Palampur 10.6 mm and Kasauli 10 mm. Rain followed by a heavy hailstorm lashed Shimla o ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 30 (PTI) As monsoon remained active in Himachal Pradesh, news of rain-induced damages, building collapse, landslides and road blockades poured in on Monday. A five-storey building collapsed in Bhattakufer in the suburbs of Shimla on Monday morning, while several cows from a shed washed away in the cloudburst in Rampur. The building at Mathu Colony on the road to Chamiyana Super Speciality Hospital caved in, albeit without casualties as the district administration, sensing grave risk, had already evacuated the inmates. However, two adjoining buildings were also endangered. "We va ...Read More >
Jaipur, Aug 28 (PTI) The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday cancelled the contentious police sub-inspector recruitment exam-2021 owing to paper leak. Justice Sameer Jain in a detailed judgment cancelled the exam 2021 which was the bone of contention for both BJP and Congress governments in the state. "Illegality and fraud on the system was so conspicuous. It is strange that the state government did not take action any decision on the subject. The court's decision hopefully will act as a deterrent for the gangs playing with the future of youths," said senior advocate Major R P Singh who represe ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 30 (PTI) Heavy rains led to building collapses, landslides and road blockades in Himachal Pradesh on Monday. According to the state emergency operation centre, 259 roads including 129 in Mandi and 92 in Sirmaur district were closed in the state following cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains and 614 transformers and 130 water supply schemes have been disrupted. Since the onset of monsoon on June 20 to date, rain-related incidents have claimed 23 lives in the state, according to the state emergency operation centre. Himachal received an average of 135 ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 15 (PTI) The Met office on Tuesday forecast heavy rainfall in two to nine districts of Himachal Pradesh this week and issued yellow warning in the state, where a total of 220 roads are closed following rains. Since the onset of monsoon on June 20 till July 14, about 105 people lost their lives, 61 in rain-related incidents and 44 in road accidents and 184 have been injured, while 35 are missing, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC). Himachal Pradesh has suffered losses of more than Rs 786 crore. The state has witnessed 31 flash floods, 22 cloudbursts, and 18 l ...Read More >