over 150 houses have been damaged while 55 were partially damaged, besides a loss of overin agriculture and horticulture sector has been recorded, according to preliminary estimates.Presiding over a meeting of the high-powered committee to ascertain the situation arising after havoc caused by rains, landslips and snow in the district, bringing life to a standstill,were being undertaken on war-footing...

Source : Times Of India | 6 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

77 more stranded tourists airlifted in Himachal

Shimla, June 19 : The Himachal Pradesh government Wednesday continued its operations to airlift tourists stranded for the past four days in Kinnaur district, which has been entirely cut off following landslides, an official said here.Seventy-seven sick, old and women tourists were evacuated from Sangla, Pooh, Kaza and Rekong Peo, the district headquarters, by a state-run helicopter, Special Secretary...

Source : Newkerala | 15 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Himachal hydropower units remain shut for fourth day

Shimla, June 19 : The country's largest hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh remained shut for the fourth consecutive day Wednesday following a high silt level in the Sutlej river, triggering a power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.The plants in Kinnaur district were shut down Sunday as the silt level in the river shot up following incessant rains."The silt level in the river is still alarmingly...

Source : Newkerala | 18 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Himachal hydropower units remain shut for fourth day

Shimla, June 19 (IANS) The country's largest hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh remained shut for the fourth consecutive day Wednesday following a high silt level in the Sutlej river, triggering a power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.The plants in Kinnaur district were shut down Sunday as the silt level in the river shot up following incessant rains."The silt level in the river is still alarmingly...

Source : Yahoo Finance | 19 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Himachal hydropower units remain shut for fourth day

Shimla, June 19: The country's largest hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh remained shut for the fourth consecutive day Wednesday following a high silt level in the Sutlej river, triggering a power crisis in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.The plants in Kinnaur district were shut down Sunday as the silt level in the river shot up following incessant rains."The silt level in the river is still alarmingly...

Source : Oneindia | 20 Hour(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Charges framed against four in Rambha Apt rape case

charges were framed on Tuesday against four of the six accused in the case.Charges were framed in the fast track court-1 of Ravishankar Prasad. Ria (name changed) was allegedly raped by her boyfriend and his five other friends.DSP (speedy trial) C P Vidyarthy said charges were framed against Rahul alias Ranvijay, Rahul, Dinesh and Sushant Paswan. They were present in the court when charges against...

Source : Times Of India | 1 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Himachal CM, over 150 tourists airlifted

Shimla, June 18 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was airlifted Tuesday from Kinnaur where he had been stranded for the past three days after the area was cut off following landslides, an official said here.Over 150 sick and old tourists were also evacuated. Over 1,200 tourists, mainly from West Bengal, are still stranded in the district.When the heavy rainfall stopped Tuesday morning,...

Source : Newkerala | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Water level in Bhakra, Pong dam zooms up

Shimla, June 18 : Heavy rainfall has alarmingly increased the water level in Himachal Pradesh's Pong and Bhakra dams, officials said Tuesday.The monsoon enables both dams, which serve the irrigation requirements of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, to store water."The water level in the Bhakra dam's Gobind Sagar reservoir and the Pong dam reservoir stood at 1,596 feet and 1,319 feet, respectively, Tuesday,"...

Source : Newkerala | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Himachal proposes primate parks to contain monkey menace

has plans to develop primate parks by planting 10 lakh fruit-bearing trees, plants and shrubs to keep monkeys in their natural habitat.This fact came to light in a proposal on the ways to counter monkey menace in the state submitted in the Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday."Killing or sterilisation of the animals (monkeys) is not the permanent solution," Advocate General Sharvan Dogra told a division...

Source : Newkerala | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla

Himachal CM, dozen tourists airlifted

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was stuck in Kinnaur district for the past three days since the area was cut off due to landslides, was airlifted Tuesday. Over a dozen sick and old tourists were also evacuated, an official said.When the heavy rainfall stopped in the morning, the state deployed a government chopper to ferry the tourists stranded across Kinnaur."The chief minister and his staff were...

Source : Newkerala | 2 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Shimla