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KAITHAL: Kaithal, September 13: ADJ Nandita Kaushik sentenced three youths to life imprisonment in a case of attempt to murder and robbery. Two youths have been fined Rs 3,70,000 each and one Rs 3,20,000 by the court.

DHARAMSALA: Chief Minister Thakur Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Friday virtually inaugurated a state-of-the-art robotic surgery facility at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC), Tanda in Kangra district. The facility, set up at a cost of ₹30 crore, was launched from Chandigarh as the CM’s helicopter could not land in Kangra due to bad weather.

KAITHAL: The body of Lance Naik Shaheed Narendra Singh Sindhu, a resident of Rohera village in the district, wrapped in a tricolor reached in Army vehicle in the village on Wednesday. People from the entire village as well as the surrounding areas paid tribute to him. He was cremated with state honors. Rohtas, cousin of martyr Narendra Singh Sindhu, lit the pyre . On behalf of the district administration, SDM Ajay Singh attended the funeral and paid tribute to the martyr.

DHARAMSALA: Former Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Shanta Kumar revealed that a timely appeal to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has brought significant relief aid for Himachal Pradesh.

KANGRA (HP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited disaster-hit Himachal Pradesh, reviewed the situation and damage caused by cloudbursts, rains and landslides, and announced a financial assistance of Rs 1,500 crore for the state.

DHARAMSALA: BJP leader and Dharamshala MLA Sudhir Sharma has strongly opposed the collection of ₹2,500 from poor taxi operators, calling it unjust and anti-people.

SHIMLA: Exhibiting a humane approach towards building resilience and supporting natural calamity-hit communities, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has set up a dedicated voluntary fund with an appeal to "call of conscience" to help those “struggling to rebuild their lives”.

KAITHAL: With the coordination of the district administration, the flood relief material collected with the collaboration of the common man, including the BJP organization, the social organizations of the district, was flagged off by the Bharatiya Janata Party district president Jyoti Saini for the flood affected area of Punjab. She was accompanied by several dignitaries including senior BJP leader Ashok Gurjar and CEO Zilla Parishad Suresh Ravish on behalf of the district administration.

KAITHAL: Kaithal, September 6 The accused who cheated Matour residents of Rs 7 lakh on the pretext of sending a husband and wife to Canada was arrested by the police .

KAITHAL: There is news of the disappearance of two students from Gulmohar City here. Both students went to school at around 7.30 am on Wednesday, but did not return. Now the family has met SP Aastha Modi and requested to find these two students.

KAITHAL: During Investigation of a case of cheating of Rs 5.41 lakh in the name of sending a youth to US, ASI Rampal under guidance of inspector Om Parkash arrested accused Vikramjit resident of Amritsar Punjab and Krishna Kumar resident Pehowa district Kurukshetra.

KAITHAL: Two accused have been controlled by a special detective unit in the case of firing with arms and forcibly lifting the girl from a village in Chika.

KAITHAL: The deputy commissioner Preeti accompanied by officials of irrigation department and others today visited Guhla area , inspected the Ghaggar river situation and reviewed flood preventive measures she also talked to farmers and other local people.

KAITHAL: In the village Haripura, a man was arrested by special detective unit for trying to kill his real brother by firing from an illegal pistol. According to the complaint of Ajay, a resident of Haripura, he had an argument with his brother Sanjay alias Sanju. After the argument, Sanjay, while scuffle, took out a illegal pistol and chased him with the intention of killing him.

KAITHAL: An accused was arrested by the anti -vehicle theft staff in connection with the kidnapping of a husband and wife under the police station Titram area. According to the complainant, his son and daughter -in -law were coming from Kaithal on a bike in the evening on 26 August. On the way, a Brezza car stopped driven by unknown persons in front of his bike and kidnapped his son and daughter -in -law.

CHANDIGARH: Fulfilling one of the prominent election promises, the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government in Haryana on Thursday announced to implement the “Deen Dayal Laado Laxmi Yojana” initially for 20 lakh women above 23 years by granting them a monthly assistance of Rs 2,100.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday informed the Assembly that stamp duty would be completely abolished on the registration of residential plots up to 50 sq yards in urban areas and up to 100 sq yards in rural areas under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Mukhyamantri Shahri Awas Yojana, and Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Yojana.

KAITHAL: The work in Kaithal's courts today remained closed in protest against the police registering false FIR against two lawyers in Ambala. Today the lawyers did not do any work, which caused a lot of trouble to the clients coming for courts related works from far away. The court campus remained deserted. A Proxy Council was fixed for every court on behalf of the association, which was taking further date in today's cases.

SHIMLA: The industries have migrated from Himachal Pradesh largely owing to the government's "anti-industry" policy and "corruption", with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's "failure" to stop it, said the BJP on Tuesday.

DHARAMSALA: Heavy rains continuing for the past two days have thrown normal life out of gear in Himachal Pradesh. The state government has ordered the closure of all schools and colleges today (August 25) in eight districts — Una, Kangra, Chamba, Hamirpur, Solan, Kullu, Bilaspur, Lahaul-Spiti and Mandi.

DHARAMSALA: The Dehra police of Kangra district have arrested the seventh accused in connection with the liquor shop robbery that took place earlier this year in Sikra Da Paroh under Rakkad Police Station.

LEH: “People think floods are just about cloudbursts — but that’s only half the story,” says renowned geologist and 2010 Leh flood survivor Dr. Ritesh Arya. “The real danger is when a landslide creates a natural dam — a wall of rock and debris. Rainwater builds up behind it and in seconds, the wall bursts. A roaring flood races down the valley, wiping out everything in its path,” added he.

DHARAMSALA: In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, District Kangra Police arrested three accused, including two foreign nationals, and recovered a total of 180.30 grams of hashish in two separate cases on Independence Day.

DHARAMSALA: A government official said that a Mahindra pickup carrying pilgrims from Moga, Punjab, met with an accident near Village Jadrangal on the Dharamsala–Palampur road this morning. The vehicle reportedly rolled down the slope near Balley Hotel, Ikku Mod, around 7:29 a.m.

SHIMLA: Braving darkness, fast currents and unstable terrain, the Indian Army on Thursday said its swift response averted a potential tragedy when a sudden flash flood struck Hojis Lungpa Nala in Himachal Pradesh’s mountainous Kinnaur district.

DHARAMSALA: Garoh village, on the outskirts of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, has been rocked by a gruesome murder that claimed the life of a 45-year-old man on Monday.

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh unit BJP President Rajiv Bindal on Tuesday said those who invoke the Constitution are the ones who are conspiring to weaken its basic institutions.

SHIMLA: Three minor students of one of the oldest premier boys boarding schools for boys in Asia, the Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, founded in 1859, have gone missing under mysterious circumstances while on a weekly day out in the Himachal Pradesh capital, police said on Sunday.

SHIMLA: In a major rescue effort, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), in coordination with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), rescued 413 stranded pilgrims from the Kinnaur Kailash trek route in Himachal Pradesh after two makeshift bridges on the trail were washed away due to torrential rains and cloudbursts.

The Himachal Pradesh government has taken a significant step toward consumer transparency by mandating that all hotels and restaurants in the state display the weight of food items served, alongside their prices, on menu cards.

KAITHAL: Municipal Employees Union Haryana protested with stitched black ribbons and carrying up side down brooms in Kaithal to protest against the non fulfilment of promise by local bodies and urban development minister Haryana Vipul Goel.

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Wednesday, approved amendments to the existing Compassionate Employment Policy, with priority for widows and parentless applicants below 45 years and dependents of government officials who died while performing their duties.

MANDI: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday expressed distress over the cloudburst incident in Mandi's Jail Road and said that he is closely monitoring the situation.

SHIMLA: The Joint Action Committee of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Employees, Engineers and Pensioners will l hold protest meetings at Shimla on August 7 if the management does not withdraw the orders regarding framing of charge sheet for major penalty against Joint Action Committee convenor Lokesh Thakur and co-convenor Heera Lal Verma for holding a press conference conference at Hamirpur, during which the committee issued a 21-day ultimatum to the board management to address its long-pending demands.

NEW DELHI: With the loss pegged at over Rs 1,200 crore, former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the damage caused in disaster-affected areas of the state while seeking an “area-specific’ relief package for rehabilitation.