The North News Shimla, March 7 The Himachal Pradesh government will mark April 4 as Disaster Awareness Day, remembering the deadliest earthquake that rocked Kangra in 1905, claiming over 20,000 lives, officials said on Saturday. The Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) has decided to organise several activities from April 1 to 5 to […]
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The North News Hamirpur, March 7 Two persons, including a tipper truck driver, suffered serious injuries after the vehicle skidded off the road here on Saturday, police said. The injured have been identified as Ashwini Kumar, the driver, and Ajay Kumar, police said. The incident occurred when the tipper truck was travelling from Palahi to […]
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The North News Shimla, March 7 Himachal Pradesh Education Minister Rohit Thakur on Friday directed institutions and universities to adopt modern evaluation processes such as technical evaluation, spot evaluation and better internal assessment mechanisms. Chairing a meeting of the state-level task force constituted for the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 in Himachal, he […]
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The North News Hamirpur , March 7 BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Friday expressed concern over the poor credit deposit (CD) ratio in Hamirpur district and urged bankers to improve this ratio to help residents become more financially independent. Participating in the District Level Review Committee (DLRC) and District Consultative Committee (DCC) meeting held at […]
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The North News Mandi , March 7 Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday inaugurated a robotic surgery facility at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College in Nerchowk, Mandi district. The establishment of this facility, which cost Rs 28.44 crore, makes Nerchowk the third medical institution in the state to offer robotic surgery. The […]
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The North News Shimla/Jammu, March 6 Senior BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Friday called the responsibility to serve the nation a matter of great pride and expressed his gratitude to the president, prime minister and home minister after his appointment as the governor of Himachal Pradesh. Gupta said, as the governor of Himachal Pradesh, he […]
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The North News Shimla, March 5 The Himachal Pradesh government has withdrawn its order deferring elections to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) until restoration of proper road connectivity, paving the way for elections in over 3,500 gram panchayats across the state, officials said on Thursday. Originally, the elections were scheduled to take place between December […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 6 Ladakh’s Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta has been made the Governor of Himachal Pradesh while Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retired) was appointed as the new Bihar Governor. Hasnain succeeds Arif Mohammed Khan, who took oath as Bihar Governor on January 2 last year. Tamil Nadu Governor R N […]
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The North News Una ,March 5 Nine pilgrims from Haryana’s Kurukshetra district were injured when a truck they were in fell into a deep ravine near Pirnagah in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district, police said on Thursday. Four injured persons have been shifted to the PGIMR in Chandigarh in a critical condition after the truck with […]
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The North News Hamirpur (HP), March 5 Hundreds of employees, pensioners and locals on Thursday gathered outside the office of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) chief engineer here and raised slogans against the installation of smart meters across the state. The Electricity Board Employees Union, Pensioners Forum, and consumers opposed the smart metering, saying […]
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