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The legislation, initiated by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, amends the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971. It effectively bars pension for any MLA disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. The bill was passed by voice vote. Leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur led the charge for the BJP, alleging the amendment was born of "political vendetta" against those who recently exited the ruling party. "This is being done with an ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): Sharp exchanges, pointed questions, and even a touch of humour defined the Himachal Pradesh Assembly as members debated the ambitious ₹3,500 crore expansion of Gaggal Airport in Kangra district on Thursday. The legislators across party lines pressed the government on land acquisition, rehabilitation, and regional connectivity in the region. The issue was raised through a Legislative Question by BJP MLA Pawan Kajal, who flagged concerns about 80 ...Read More >
Shimla, April 2 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh government raised loans amounting to Rs 35,555 crore during the past three years and the state's debt liability stood at Rs 1,01,863 crore as on January 31, 2026. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh informed the state assembly during question hour on Thursday that loans amounting to Rs 12,177 crore were raised in 2023-24, Rs 12,276 crore in 2024-25 and Rs 11,102 crore in 2025-26. Besides market borrowings, loans were also availed from NABARD, National Hou ...Read More >
Shimla, Apr 2 (PTI) Himachal Assembly on Thursday passed a bill seeking to bar the MLAs, disqualified under the anti-defection law, from pension. Six MLAs were disqualified by Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania in March 2024, The bill will deprive the two first-time MLAs, Chaitanya Sharma from Gagret and Devender Bhutto from Kutlehar, of pension. Ravi Thakur and Rajinder Rana, who lost the assembly bye-election, would not be entitled to pension for the 14th Assembly term. Sudhir Sharma and Inder ...Read More >
Shimla: The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government in Himachal Pradesh has availed a Rs 35,555 crore loan over three years. By January alone, the total debt burden of the state had already crossed the Rs one lakh crore mark, standing at Rs 1,01,863 crore. The government will have to pay an interest of Rs 6,694 crore on the outstanding loan for FY 2025-16, and the amount is projected to rise to Rs 7,272 crore in the current financial year. In response to a joint query submitted by BJP M ...Read More >
A social media post by BJP MLA Sudhir Sharma, apparently targeting Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, has evoked sharp criticism from Congress leaders in Himachal Pradesh. On Thursday, Sharma shared a photograph of the chief minister holding a sketch of his portrait, accompanied by the caption "Pradesh ka itihas mein pehli bar, cartoon ka sketch" (First time in the history of the state, a sketch of a cartoon). Reacting to the post, Naresh Chauhan, Principal Adviser (Media) to the Chief Min ...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 th ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 27 (PTI) The death toll in Wednesday's flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district has gone up to six as one more body has been found, officials said. The body was found at a hydro-project site near the Manuni Khad area in Khaniyara village, taking the total number of victims in the tragic incident to six, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Kangra, Aditi Singh, said on Friday evening. Rains hampered the search-and-rescue operations jointly undertaken by the National ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 27 (PTI) Search and rescue operation by joint teams of national and state disaster response forces, police and home guards to look for six missing people following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh resumed on Friday morning, officials said. These people are feared to have been swept away following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday. So far, five bodies have been recovered from a hydro project site in the Kangra ...Read More >
Shimla, Jun 27 (PTI) Search and rescue operation by joint teams of national and state disaster response forces, police and home guards to look for six missing people following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh resumed on Friday morning, officials said. These people are feared to have been swept away following cloudbursts and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday. So far, five bodies have been recovered from a hydro project site in the Kangra ...Read More >
Shimla/Dharamshala, Jun 26 (PTI) With the recovery of three more bodies on Thursday from a hydro project site in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district that was hit by flash floods a day ago, the death toll has risen to five, officials said. Search operations have been intensified to find the six persons still missing since flash floods triggered by cloudbursts hit Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday. Two bodies were recovered on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Chain Singh, a ...Read More >
New Delhi: JSW Steel has transformed Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL) into a viable and going concern after acquiring it out of bankruptcy in 2021, and its liquidation would have adverse ramifications on all stakeholders, the Sajjan Jindal-led steelmaker and BPSL's lenders told the Supreme Court. They also sought an 'open court' hearing of their petitions seeking a review of the top court's May 2 order scrapping JSW's acquisition of BPSL under the bankruptcy law. While JSW filed the review peti ...Read More >
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 26 (ANI): Following heavy rainfall and a cloudburst in Dharamshala, flash floods swept through the Manuni river area, impacting a local hydropower project and leaving several workers missing, officials said on Thursday. According to an Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Shilpi Beakta, Rescue teams have so far recovered multiple bodies and managed to save one person alive. 'Yesterday at around 4.30, a video circulated and we received a message that a d ...Read More >
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 26 (ANI): Following heavy rainfall and a cloudburst in Dharamshala, flash floods swept through the Manuni river area, impacting a local hydropower project and leaving several workers missing, officials said on Thursday. According to an Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Shilpi Beakta, Rescue teams have so far recovered multiple bodies and managed to save one person alive. Also Read | 8th Pay Commission To Triple Medical Allowance and Raise Minimum Sal ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Three people died and at least a dozen are feared missing after being swept away in a flash flood triggered by torrential rains in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, local authorities said on Thursday. A rescue operation has been launched to trace the missing, said Dinesh Sharma, a local government spokesperson in Kangra. The town is about 18 kilometres (11 miles) from Dharamshala, a popular tourist destination known for its Tibetan culture and as the home of Tibetan ...Read More >
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