The North News Hamirpur (HP), March 5 Hundreds of employees, pensioners and locals on Thursday gathered outside the office of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) chief engineer here and raised slogans against the installation of smart meters across the state. The Electricity Board Employees Union, Pensioners Forum, and consumers opposed the smart metering, saying […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, March 5 Congress candidate Anurag Sharma on Thursday filed his nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh, with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and several party legislators present during the process. Sharma submitted his nomination papers before the Assembly Secretary at […]
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The North News Hamirpur (HP), March 5 A four-day national-level Holi festival concluded at Sujanpurtira here, following which Himachal Pradesh Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania encouraged people to actively participate in such fairs and festivals, officials said. Speaking at the festival’s conclusion on Wednesday night, he said that fairs and festivals are the hallmark of our […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, March 5 The Congress picked an unlikely candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh: president of Kangra District Congress Committee, Anurag Sharma. Union minister Anand Sharma and former state Congress president Pratibha Singh and other party stalwarts were considered strong contenders for getting a Rajya […]
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The North News Shimla, March 5 The Himachal Pradesh government has declared snakebite envenomation (poisoning) a notifiable disease in the state in consonance with the National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming (NAPSE) in India by 2030, a statement issued here on Tuesday said. A state government notification issued last week by […]
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The North News Shimla, March 5 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday asked the Central government to grant 50 per cent royalty on water used by hydroelectric power plants in the state so that it can be self-sufficient in the absence of the Revenue Deficit Grant. The Centre had recently announced the […]
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The North News Shimla, March 3 The state government has mandated the installation of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations across commercial, public, semi-public buildings and real estate projects under the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (17th Amendment) Rules, 2026, officials said on Tuesday. The move has been aligned with model building bye-laws, which ensures […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, March 3 The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to the state government over its decision to affiliate government schools with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and to introduce a separate teachers’ cadre along with a new selection examination. During a hearing in Shimla on […]
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The North News Shimla, March 3 Himachal Pradesh is likely to witness a warmer March in 2026 as minimum and maximum temperatures would stay above normal, coupled with below-normal rainfall. The effects of the heat wave will be clearly visible in the state in March, with temperatures staying above normal and rainfall being below normal, […]
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The North News Hamirpur (HP), March 3 Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said the Sujanpur Tira Holi Festival here will be made an international-level event from next year. Agnihotri was addressing the people during the festival on Sunday evening. He said Rs 134 crore are being spent on various drinking water schemes in […]
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