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High-density orchards to be developed in state
Shimla: About 18,200 hectare of new high density orchards will be developed on private land across the state under the World Bank-funded Rs 1,134 crore horticulture development project.
Rain fury costs PWD Rs 290 crore
Shimla: Heavy rain continued, throwing normal life out of gear and more than 280 roads were blocked due to landslides in the past 24 hours in the state. The MeT Department has warned of heavy rain in low and middle hills for four days up to August 11 and a wet spell in the region for the next six days.
Landslide damages houses in Kangra
Kangra: Residents of Sard Bammi village near Rakkar in Dehra subdivision of the district abandoned their houses after debris of a landslide entered 18 houses and washed away seven cattle head. Tilak Raj Sharma, a resident, said they feared returning to the village after the incident.
Man dies after Fatehabad BJP MC chief stops ambulance for long
Fatehabad: A patient allegedly died after Fatehabad BJP municipal president stopped an ambulance for over half-an-hour after his car had a minor accident with it.
BJP rules out Barala's resignation
Chandigarh: Senior BJP leader Anil Jain, in-charge of the party’s Haryana affairs, on Monday ruled out the resignation of its state unit chief Subhash Barala following the arrest of the latter’s son in a stalking case here.
Not the first case of kin embarrassing Barala
Chandigarh: The stalking incident in which his son Vikas Barala was arrested and later released on bail is not the first criminal act of his kin to have become cause of embarrassment for state BJP president Subhash Barala.
Heavy rains lash HP, more predicted
Dharamsala: Heavy rains pounded Himachal Pradesh over the last 24 hours with Dera Gopipur town in the state gauging 174 mm of precipitation. The weatherman has said the wet spell is likely to continue till August 11.
SUVs, luxury cars to cost more as GST cess hiked to 25%
New Delhi: SUVs, mid-sized, large and luxury cars that had become cheaper after GST rollout on July 1 will cost more as the GST Council has approved a proposal to hike cess on them to 25 per cent, from 15 per cent now. Under the new GST regime, cars attract the top tax rate of 28 per cent. On top of this, a cess of 1-15 per cent is levied on them to create a corpus to compensate states for loss of revenue from GST implementation.
13-year-old girl killed in leopard attack in Reasi
Jammu: A 13-year old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, the police said today.
Unidentified militant killed in encounter in Kashmir
Srinagar: An unidentified militant was today killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Kashmir. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in village Samboora late last night following information about presence of militants there, a police official said.