Tag: Himachal Pradesh

Dharamsala: Donning traditional dresses, hundreds of Tibetans on Saturday joined the 84th birthday celebrations of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the main temple Tsuglakhang here. The Dalai Lama, revered by the Tibetans as a “living god”, attended the prayers and blessed the gathering, which also included Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan-government-in-exile. […]

Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday wished a long and healthy life to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 69th birthday. In a letter, the spiritual leader wrote: “As a long time guest of India, and as someone who cares deeply about this country, I congratulate you on the growing confidence […]

New Delhi: The voting for bypolls to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states has begun. In Madhya Pradesh where bypoll is being held for Jhabua Assembly seat, the voting, which started at 7 am across 356 booths, will end at 5 pm, an official said. The main contestants for […]

Shimla: A person, who had earlier recovered from the novel coronavirus, tested positive for the infection again on Saturday, taking the number of active cases in Himachal Pradesh to 23, officials said. One more person tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 40, according to […]

Shimla: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, nearly 1,000 rural women with the financial backing of the Himachal Pradesh government have been making hand-made designer ‘rakhis’ from household material that not only generates livelihood but also aims to reduce dependence on Chinese products. For this, 200 self-help groups comprising 987 members have been actively involved in making […]

Shimla: With the death toll of migratory water birds rising to 2,401, and almost half of them being endangered bar-headed goose visiting the Pong wetlands, Himachal Pradesh wildlife authorities on Monday said that avian influenza (H5N1) was the cause. The dead included a little white-fronted goose that was visiting the Pong wetlands alone for the […]