Himachal Pradesh News - Find all Breaking News, News Headlines, Current News, Daily News, and Weekly News in news.amrujala.com.http://news.amarujala.comSHIMLA:Shimla's last few sprawling green belts are in peril. A political decision to allow construction in the green zones -- the only surviving lungs in the concrete jungle -- by lifting a 12-year-old ban will render the hills more barren, an offic...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Shimla's-green-belts-in-peril-7792-3.htmlSat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla: Himachal Pradesh has reported its second death this year due to swine flu, a health official said Wednesday. A 66-year-old woman from Shimla district died Monday evening within an hour of hospitalisation in the Indira Gandhi Medical Colle...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Second-swine-flu-death-reported-in-Himachal-7776-3.htmlThu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersChamba:The Himachal Pradesh Police department has introduced an online system of examinations for the first time in the state. Initially, a two-day departmental exam in information technology to the posts of head police constables had been conduc...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/HP-Police-introduces-online-system-of-exams-7754-3.htmlMon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersSHIMLA:The state museum in this Himachal Pradesh capital, a repository of the state’s rich cultural, artistic and archaeological heritage, Friday got a new block to showcase rare miniature paintings. Inaugurating the block, Chief Minister Prem Ku...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Shimla’s-museum-to-showcase-miniature-paintings-7739-3.htmlFri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersSHIMLA:Re-polling will be held April 19 to elect the president of the Himachal Pradesh Indian Youth Congress (IYC) after the election of Union Minister Virbhadra Singh’s son was declared null and void, an official statement said here Wednesday. V...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-Youth-Congress-re-poll-April-19-7693-3.htmlWed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersDharamsala:As Himachal braces itself for the crucial Assembly polls scheduled next year, the political mercury in the state has already started shooting up with several political heavyweights starting their homework to ensure their tryst with luck t...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Political-mercury-rises-in-Himachal-as-Assembly-poll-nears-7670-3.htmlMon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla:The Himachal Pradesh Assembly today adjourned sine die after passing the HP Lokayukta Bill and four other legislations. The five-week budget session had 21 sittings, including two private member days. The Governors'' address and state budg...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-Assembly-adjourns-sine-die-7651-3.htmlFri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersSHIMLA:A newly constructed bypass connecting Haryana and Himachal Pradesh was opened for motorists Friday that will help avoid some major bottlenecks, an official said. The bypass would avoid Pinjore, Kalka and Parwanoo towns that were the main b...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-Haryana-bypass-opens-for-motorists-7642-3.htmlFri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersCHAIL:The defence ministry has decided to introduce Chinese language from this academic session in one of its prestigious residential schools, said an official on Wednesday. The students will be taught the Chinese language from this session, Rash...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Military-school-students-to-learn-Chinese-7622-3.htmlWed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla:Harinder Hira has been appointed as the new chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh. Currently posted as additional chief secretary, Hira has been elevated to the chief secretary post following the retirement of Rajwant Sandhu today. Hira, ...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Harinder-Hira-new-Himachal-chief-secretary-7594-3.htmlSat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla:Himachal Pradesh will recruit 200 doctors to strengthen medical services in the state, an official said here Wednesday. These include 125 specialists with a postgraduate degrees, a government spokesperson told IANS. The decision was taken...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-to-recruit-200-doctors-7559-3.htmlWed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersSHIMLA:Himachal Pradesh has given priority to health by increasing its budget by 25 percent in the next fiscal as compared to the previous year, an official said here Wednesday. The budget for 2012-13 has a provision of outlay of Rs.1054.27 crore...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-Pradesh-to-spend-more-on-health-7513-3.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersSHIMLA:Himachal Pradesh's picturesque Chail Palace hotel, built in 1891 and popularised in the blockbuster film "Three Idiots", has been granted national heritage status, an official said Friday. The union tourism ministry has included the Himach...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-hotel-gets-national-heritage-tag-7491-3.htmlFri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersNew Delhi:Located in the foothills of Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh abound with natural beauty today received national tourism award from President Pratibha Patil. The award was presented to the hill state at a function held in Vigyan Bhawan here i...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-Pradesh-gets-national-tourism-award-7434-3.htmlWed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla:Cement companies in Himachal Pradesh have agreed to cut cement prices in the state by Rs 25 per bag, a senior official has said. “Various cement companies located in the state have conveyed the revised and latest cement prices per bag at d...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Cement-cos-slash-prices-by-Rs-25/bag-7384-3.htmlSun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersSHIMLA: Seventeen labourers, most of them from Jharkhand and Bihar, were killed Tuesday when their vehicle skidded off an icy road and rolled down a 200-ft-deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, police said. While the 17 -- who worked...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/17-labourers-killed-in-Himachal-accident-7355-3.htmlTue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla: Five people were killed in this Himachal Pradesh capital on Saturday when their car skidded off the road and rolled down a 1,000-ft-deep gorge. Police said the cause of the accident is believed to be slippery road due to snow. "The bod...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Car-skids-off-road-in-Shimla,-five-killed-7298-3.htmlSat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersSHIMLA:After two consecutive days of moderate to heavy snowfall and rain, Himachal Pradesh Tuesday got some relief, but the cold wave continued to grip the hills. The meteorological office here said no major snow or rain has been reported in the ...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Himachal-gets-relief-from-snow,-rain-7275-3.htmlTue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla:Already reeling under snow and the intense cold, Shimla received fresh snowfall even as the other important hill towns including Manali also came under thick blanket of snow on Wednesday. The state’s Public Works Minister (PWD) Gulab Singh...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Fresh-snow-in-Shimla,-govt-steps-up-relief-efforts-7238-3.htmlThu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapersShimla: A day after moderate snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, the state saw a bright, sunny Tuesday morning. But it followed a bone-chilling night. The picturesque tourist resort of Manali in Kullu district saw a low of minus 7 degrees Celsius early...http://news.amarujala.com/state/himachal-pradesh/Manali-freezes-at-minus-7-degrees-7212-3.htmlTue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTNewspapers