Himachal Pradesh, India News

India Gazette Monday 28th December, 2009 The central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police , deployed along the India-China border, is training its first para-gliding team to participate in sporting events in the country and abroad.

Investigators tracking American terrorist of Pakistani origin David Coleman Headley's India visits are probing if his friends -- an American couple -- had visited this picturesque resort in Himachal Pradesh for reconnaissance of a Jewish centre here.

By Rana Ajit, New Delhi, Dec 24 : The Punjab government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the federal government's fiscal sops to industries since 2002 for setting up shop in the neighbouring states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

There will be no white Christmas in the popular tourist resorts of Himachal Pradesh, the weather office here predicted Wednesday.

Food products major Nestle India has got the approval to set up a Rs.250-crore food and beverages manufacturing facility in Himachal Pradesh.

India Gazette Saturday 26th December, 2009 Himachal Pradesh Police have deployed quick reaction teams across the state to tackle terror attacks, a senior official said here Saturday.

Kinnaur : Himachal Pradesh Police has claimed to have arrested four Nepalese nationals, who were trying to smuggle maple wood from Himachal Pradesha s Kinnaur district to their country on Thursday.

Four people, including three women, succumbed to swine flu in Chandigarh, taking the toll in this Union Territory to 41, officials said here Thursday.

Delhi appears to be having a field day with winter, with the chill showing no signs of letting up.

Dharamsala, Dec 22 : Himachal Pradesh Government has launched a mass week-long campaign to make the State free of plastic by removing all polythene bags from residential areas and hillsides.

New Delhi News.Net Tuesday 22nd December, 2009 The body of a Swiss national was found from a house in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, police said Tuesday.

Chandigarh, Dec 22 At least five people, including three women, were killed and nearly 25 others injured when a private luxury bus rolled down a gorge in Himachal Pradesh early Tuesday.

Pune, Dec 19 : Rain or snow are likely to occur at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

The Himachal Pradesh government has cancelled the allotment of nine hydropower companies, including those of Jindal Power, in the past one year, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Friday.

Kachru died March 8 after allegedly being ragged by four final year students who are facing murder charges under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

Dharamsala, Dec 18 : The Himachal Pradesh Assembly today unanimously adopted a resolution urging the central government to submit an amended affidavit in the Supreme Court for protecting the rights of the state in Bhakra Nangal and Beas projects managed by the Bhakra Beas Management Board.

Shimla, Dec 18 : The second academic session of Himachal Pradesh's Indian Institute of Technology will begin in the state's Mandi town, a minister said Friday.

To attract the customers, the company announced two tariff plans - 1 paisa per second and 50 paise per minute both for STD and local outgoing calls SHIMLA, INDIA: S Tel, a mobile and Internet access services provider, Thursday launched its GSM mobile services in the country from the Himachal Pradesh capital, a company official said.

Dharamsala, Dec 16 : Himachal Pradesh will redraw the boundaries of its wildlife protected areas to allow development activities, Forest Minister J.P. Nadda told the state assembly here Wednesday.

Dharamsala, Dec 15 : The Himachal Pradesh government will approach the central government to seek an amendment to the affidavit filed by it in the Supreme Court regarding the state's claim to free power from the Bhakra-Beas Management Board projects, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Tuesday.