Category: Himachal

A high-level meeting was held here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to review the immense losses caused to crops and fruits in the State due to untimely snow, hailstorm and heavy rains. Chief Minister directed the Deputy Commissioners of the State to assess the losses to the crops in their...

Secretary Health Amitabh Awasthi here today requested the eligible persons of the State to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as possible.  He said that the masses need to be aware of the seriousness of the second wave in which the transmission is far greater than the first wave and more number of people are...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today visited Deendayal Upadhyay Hospital Shimla to administer second dose of Covid-19 vaccine (Covishield) today. He had administered the first dose on 4th March, 2021. Later, while interacting with the members of electronic media, Chief Minister urged the people of the State to come forward to get themselves vaccinated against...

Keeping in view the convenience and interests of the farmers, the state government has decided to strengthen wheat procurement by opening wheat procurement centers in the state this year. While giving this information here today, Agriculture Minister Virender Kanwar said that farmers of the border areas of the state like Kangra, Solan, Sirmaur and Una...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here today while presiding over the high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation in the State with the senior officers of the State said that the liquid oxygen plants would be made functional soon in three major Medical Colleges of the State viz. IGMC Shimla, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical College,...

Ensuring welfare and wellbeing of people is responsibility of elected representatives: CM Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur urged the elected representatives of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to remain in constant contact with the family members of the Covid-19 patients in home isolation in their respective areas so that they do not face any difficulty and also...

Governor Bandaru Dattatraya today released a coffee-table book titled Himachal Birds: A Visual Treat compiled by Somesh Goyal, Director General of Prisons, Himachal Pradesh. Keeping in view the SoP and directions issued by the state government in view of sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in the state, the function was organised at a small scale...

Jogindra Central Cooperative Bank Management Solan here today presented a bank draft of Rs. 11 lakh to Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur as a contribution towards Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF).  Chairman of Bank Yogesh Bhartiya presented the draft to the Chief Minister. Chief Minister thanked the bank authorities for this noble gesture. He also...

A delegation of National Union of Journalist, Himachal Chapter led by State President Ranesh Rana called on Governor Bandaru Dattatraya at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday. They discussed various problems and challenges faced by Journalists particularly during the covid period with the Governor and apprised him about the initiative and steps being taken by the Union...

A delegation of Dev Bhumi Kshatriya Sabha, Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha called on the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here today. The members of the Sabha urged the Chief Minister to constitute Swaran Aayog in the State to provide an apt platform to the people belonging to general categories to raise their issues. Chief Minister...