Himachal Pradesh

Cold wave conditions prevail in north India; minimum temperature in Delhi drops to 9.6 deg C

10:40 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: Cold wave conditions continued unabated in several parts of north India on Friday with the minimum temperature in Delhi dropping to 9.6 degrees Celsius and a MeT official predicting severe winter for Rajasthan in the coming days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that due to the prevailing of dry north or northwesterly winds over most parts of northwest India, minimum […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Nigerian, wife caught by HP Police for cyber fraud

4:56 pm January 8, 2021

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Police has arrested a Nigerian and his wife from Delhi in connection with a cyber fraud of around Rs 13 lakh, a senior police official said. Nigerian Nwachukwu@Prince and his Manipuri wife Thanmhring were arrested from Uttam Nagar in Delhi on January 6 in connection with a cyber fraud case registered at […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Amid bird flu scare, alert sounded in J-K

7:05 pm January 5, 2021

Jammu: As neighbouring Himachal Pradesh reported cases of bird flu, Jammu and Kashmir has sounded an alert and started collecting samples to check the health of the winged guests flocking the Union territory during winters, officials said. The joint teams of Animal Husbandry and Wildlife departments on Tuesday visited Gharana wetland in the outskirts of […]

Light rain, snowfall at some places in Himachal

10:14 pm January 4, 2021

Shimla: Light rain and snowfall were witnessed in some parts of Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. Kalpa received 1 mm snowfall, while Dharamshala witnessed 2.2 mm and Saloni 2 mm rain, Shimla MeT centre Director Manmohan Singh said. The Met centre has issued a “yellow” warning for thunderstorm, lightning […]

Minor fire incident at Baddi plant: Panacea Biotec

2:37 pm December 30, 2020

New Delhi: Drug firm Panacea Biotec on Wednesday said a minor fire broke out at its manufacturing facility at Baddi, in Himachal Pradesh resulting in temporary suspension of work at the affected part. A minor fire incident took place on December 29, in a technical engineering floor in one of the air handling units of the soft gelatin […]