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Himachal Pradesh Cabinet to implement scheme giving compensation of Rs 2-10 lakh to sexual assault survivors
• 7 years agoThe Himachal Pradesh cabinet has decided to implement 'Compensation Scheme for Women Survivors of Sexual Assault/Other Crimes-2018' to provide compensation to the women who had suffered loss, injury, as may be, as a result of the offence committed and thus required rehabilitation.
Himachal Pradesh may lose investors, warn industry experts, urge CM not to raise job quota for locals to 80%
Ashwani Sharma • 7 years agoThough Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur's proposal to raise employment quota for locals to 80 percent will help it gain political mileage, such a move will turn away investors and put the hill state at a great disadvantage against others, warn industry experts
Narendra Modi in Himachal Pradesh: PM accuses Congress of misleading farmers over loan waivers
• 7 years agoHis criticism of the Opposition over loan waivers comes days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said his party will not let Modi rest till the Centre writes off farm loans across the country.
12 Himachal natives, two from Punjab stranded in Saudi Arabia; CM Jai Ram Thakur seeks Sushma Swaraj's help
• 7 years agoFourteen people are stranded in Saudi Arabia with most of them, including residents of Himachal Pradesh, in the West Asian nation's jails after two local travel agents allegedly sent them to work there on tourist visas, police said Saturday.
From Shimla to Shyamala? Jai Ram Thakur isn't Yogi Adityanath, won't be able to change name overnight
Ashwani Sharma • 7 years agoThe VHP has built up the argument saying it was asking only for correction as was done in case of Orissa to Odisha, Pondicherry to Puducherry, Bombay to Mumbai, Uttranchal to Uttrakhand, Calcutta to Kolkata and Bangalore to Bengaluru.
Congress to hold protests across Himachal Pradesh on 7 October, demanding withdrawal of bus fare hike
• 7 years agoCongress demanded withdrawal of the fare hike announced on 24 September in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh rains: Centre releases Rs 122 crore as initial aid; Jai Ram Thakur says state suffered loss of Rs 1,479 crore
• 7 years agoThe Centre has released Rs 122 crore to rain-hit Himachal Pradesh as an initial assistance to undertake rehabilitation measures.
Himachal Pradesh: IAF airlifts 26 stranded tourists from Lahaul valley, rescue operations continue for fourth day
Ians • 7 years agoMost of them were stranded at various locations in the Himalayas for the past six days with heavy snowfall in the region triggering massive landslides that snapped road links in the Lahaul-Spiti district since 22 September.
1,000 still stranded in Himachal Pradesh due to heavy rains, snow; rescue operations continue for third day
Ians • 7 years agoChief Minister oh Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur has apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the state suffered losses totalling approximately Rs 1,250 crore due to the heavy rains.
Himachal Pradesh rains: Officials rescue 35 IIT Roorkee from Lahaul-Spiti district; over 1,500 tourists still stranded
Fp Staff • 7 years agoHeavy snowfall on the Rohtang Pass has cut off the Lahaul and Spiti valleys affecting a large number of tourists in Himachal Pradesh.