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KULLU: A 27-year-old Canadian paraglider died after crash-landing into the Dhauladhar mountains in Himachal Pradesh last week, while two foreign pilots were rescued from the upper reaches of Kangra and Kullu districts on Monday. In keeping with her wishes, Megan Elizabeth from Canada was cremated in Bir as per Hindu rituals on Tuesday.All three paragliders…
SHIMLA: Ram Kumar Bindal, elder brother of Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Rajiv Bindal and a practitioner of traditional medicine, was arrested Friday for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman under the pretext of a medical examination, police said. BJP termed the case a “politically motivated mischievous act”.The survivor filed a complaint on Oct 8, stating she…
Avalanche in Dharamshala (PTI) NEW DELHI: Early Friday, Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh was hit by an avalanche on the snow-covered Dhauladhar Hills.A video captured by PTI news agency showed the powerful slide cascading down the mountains. No casualties have been reported so far.The avalanche comes after heavy rains in the first week of October, which…
KULLU: Sheer luck and a few bars of metal saved two children in the landslide that hit a passenger bus in Bilaspur on Tuesday evening.Siblings Aarushi, 10 and Shaurya, 8, escaped because they had moved to the rear seat of the half-empty bus to play just minutes before the hillside came crashing down.The landslide struck…
NEW DELHI: Punjabi singer and actor Rajvir Jawanda, 35, died on Tuesday after battling for nearly 11 days following a serious road accident in Himachal Pradesh.The accident occurred on September 27 in the Baddi area while he was traveling to Shimla in Solan district, when he reportedly lost control of his motorcycle. He was immediately…
NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh has experienced 434 extreme weather events in the last seven years,, resulting in the loss of 123 lives, the state govt told Supreme Court. More worryingly, it said that the higher Himalayan region were facing glacial retreat and scanty rainfall, which were adversely impacting the alpine ecosystem, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. There…
NEW DELHI: The monsoon devastation in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 427 lives between June 20 and September 20, according to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). Of these, 243 deaths were caused by rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning and lightning, while 184 fatalities occurred in road accidents during the same period. Public…
NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh faced more rain-related damage on Friday after fresh landslides were reported across the state, already battered by heavy rains this monsoon. In Shimla, a landslide near St Edwards School in the Himland area forced the administration to shut the school for two days. The slide also blocked the city’s Circular Road,…
NEW DELHi: Heavy overnight rainfall in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district caused severe destruction in Dharampur town, with the local bus stand flooded and multiple vehicles swept away on Tuesday. Additionally, three people died and two were rescued after a landslide in the Nihri area of Mandi district, where debris from an adjoining cliff caused a…
