Dharamshala, May 1 : Kangra valley experienced an earthquake at 1227 hours today measuring 5.7 magnitude on the Richter scale and lasted for nearly 10 seconds with its epicentre at Jammu and Kashmir and Chamba border of this hill state. It was experienced in Kangra, Chamba and Mandi and other districts of Himachal Pradesh with no loss of life and property reported from any part of the valleyBhubaneswar,...

Source : Newkerala | 22 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

Kangra valley rocked with 5.7 magnitude quake

Source : Newkerala | 22 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

Kangra valley rocked with 5.7 magnitude quake

Kangra valley experienced an earthquake at 1227 hours today measuring 5.7 magnitude on the Richter scale and lasted for nearly 10 seconds with its epicentre at Jammu and Kashmir and Chamba border of this hill state.It was experienced in Kangra, Chamba and Mandi and other districts of Himachal Pradesh with no loss of life and property reported from any part of the valley.A senior Scientist of Wadia...

Source : Webindia123 | 23 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

Minor quake jolts HP

quake, measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale, struck at 2032 hrs and lasted for 5 to 10 seconds with its epicentre at Bharmour area of Chamba district. The tremors were experienced in Kangra, Chamba and Mandi districts of the state besides some other places.A senior scientist of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology at Dehradun Dr Susheel Kumar told UNI over phone that people rushed out of their houses...

Source : Webindia123 | 28 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

HP Guv, CM express grief over Chamba accident

Governor Urmila Singh, and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today expressed grief over the accident that took place at Bharmour in Chamba District last evening in which 12 people died.A private vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a 700-metre deep gorge under Badgran Panchayat in Bharmour subdvision, 85 km from district headquaters Chamba in Himachal Pradesh last night killing 12 people, police...

Source : Webindia123 | 39 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

Siblings die as car falls into rivulet in Chamba

siblings were killed and one woman seriously injured when their car fell into a rivulet near Kalighar areas of this district of Himachal Pradesh yesterday, police offical said.S P Chamba B M Sharma said the seriously injured woman was referred to Tanda medical college....

Source : Webindia123 | 40 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

Heated exchange in HP Assly over vacancy of paramedics

Heated exchange took place in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly today between treasury and opposition benches over the vacancy of paramedical staff and doctors in the health institutions in the state and in Chamba district particularly.Replying to a query raised in the questions hour by B K Chauhan (BJP-Chamba) Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur said that out of total 157 sanctioned posts of doctors,...

Source : Webindia123 | 56 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

7 dead, 2 injured as jeep falls into gorge

Seven people were killed and two injured when a jeep carrying Holi revellers fell into a deep gorge near the Ganogi village on Mussourie Chamba road in Dehri district of Uttarakhand this evening.Seven bodies have been extracted and two injured have been admitted to a hospital in near Chamba town, according to state emergency operatrion centre (SEOC).According to local sources, the youth mostly from...

Source : Webindia123 | 58 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

Trio held for gangrape of minor in Chamba district

Chamba court today sent a man in four-day police remand for raping a minor eight months ago. The court also sent two other accused in 14-day police remand at juvenile jail as they were minor. Chamba police have arrested the three accused on Wednesday after the parents of the 15-year-old girl, a resident of Malvass village in the district, lodged a complaint on the same day. Superintendent...

Source : Webindia123 | 112 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba

High hills see light snowfall, more expected

experienced light snowfall on Monday and a fresh wave of cold has gripped the lower regions. Overcast sky has caused increase in minimum temperature and decrease in day temperature in the past 24 hours.In the past two weeks morning frost and icicles had disappeared from most areas of Himachal since minimum temperature had risen by 2 to 3 degrees celsius. Now, at -9.4 degrees celsius, Keylong was the...

Source : Times Of India | 116 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Chamba