The industrial cluster of Baddi was rated as the fourth most-polluted city of India next only to Byrnihat in Meghalaya, Delhi and Noida with the air quality index (AQI) hitting the “very poor” level ...

Despite the winter season, Shimla, that once was the summer capital of the country, has recorded 23.1°C maximum temperature, the highest in the month of January. This is also the second consecutive ...

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama departed from Dharamsala this morning to Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in South India for an extended stay. Starting his journey from the Main Tibetan Temple by ...

Taking a serious note of the alleged embezzlement in the deployment of water tankers in the Matiana and Kasumpti divisions of the Jal Shakti Vibhag (JSV), the state government has suspended five ...

A police constable was arrested and another placed under custody for allegedly killing a hotel manager at a New Year’s party in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district, officials said on Friday. The ...

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu yesterday said that the state government would soon allocate 22 new hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 828 MW. The projects ranging from 6.5 MW to ...

A devastating fire swept through Tandi village in Kullu’s Banjar subdivision, reducing around 20 houses, fodder, and cow sheds to ashes. The fire, which started from a fodder shed, spread rapidly due ...

The CBI arrested an alleged middleman on Saturday in connection with a bribery case, in which an assistant director of the ED is under the scanner, officials said. The officer managed to give a slip ...

The weather department has predicted another spell of rain and snow from Thursday onwards. Light rain and snow is likely at isolated places on January 2 and 3 and at a few places on January 4 over ...

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Thursday, flagged off the 13-day educational and recreational tour for 22 orphan children adopted as ‘children of the state’ under the Sukh ...

Heavy snowfall in Lahaul valley and Manali region on Friday caused a major disruption on the Manali-Leh highway, as around 1,200 vehicles, including tourist cars and buses, got stuck in Solang Nala of ...

As many as 157 roads, including three National Highways, continue to be blocked for traffic across the state following a spell of snowfall and rainfall on last Monday and Tuesday. Maximum roads ...