Shimla celebrates this festival after every 20 years
News | March 02, 2020 10:35 ISTVillagers of Shimla's Guthan area organised traditional festival of local deity which is celebrated only after every two decades.
Villagers of Shimla's Guthan area organised traditional festival of local deity which is celebrated only after every two decades.
A moderate intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.2 shook Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla on Sunday morning, the Meteorological Department said.
JP National President JP Nadda met former Himachal Pradesh chief minister and Congress party veteran leader Virbhadra Singh in Shimla on February 28.
A thick layer of fresh snow covered the 'Queen of Hills' Shimla on February 21 after Mandhol village received fresh snowfall.
Six Chinese nationals, who arrived in Himachal Pradesh in the past few days, were put under surveillance here on Wednesday in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, an official said.
A three-day Skiing Competition concluded in Shimla's Narkanda.
On Friday, the MeT center has forecast rain, snowfall in high, middle hills, and rain, thunderstorm in plains, low hills till January 19. However, it issued an orange warning for January 13 and a yellow warning for January 16 of heavy rain, snow in the state.
For the third consecutive day, tourist spots beyond Shimla like Kufri and Narkanda have been out of bounds owing to all major roads being under a thick blanket of snow.
Though, the snowfall brought much cheer among tourists, nearly 100 roads were blocked in the entire state. The coldest place in the state was Keylong at minus 7 degrees Celsius.
A minor earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale hit Shimla in Himachal Pradesh on Monday morning. No loss of any life or property damage have been reported so far.
A mild earthquake was recorded in the Shimla region of Himachal Pradesh on early Monday, the Met office here said.
The railways on Wednesday started a seven coach glass-enclosed vistadome train on the heritage Kalka-Shimla route. The red-coloured train, which was decorated with balloons, chugged off from the Kalka railway station in Haryana at around 7 am said.
Most Christian denominations ring the Church bells to call the people to worship and convey the start of a mass or service. According to the locals, the Christ Church was built in Shimla around the year 1857.
The minimum temperatures recorded in Shimla, Una, Kufri and Dalhousie were 5.1, 5.2, 5.7 and 7.5 degrees Celsius respectively, he said. Una recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state at 25 degrees Celsius, Shimla MeT centre Director Manmohan Singh said.
A four-member team from Indira Gandhi Medical College's Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion headed by its Assistant Professor Dr Victor Masih was present to collect the donated blood.
"Appoint me as executioner so that Nirbhaya case convicts can be hanged soon and her soul rests in peace," Ravi Kumar, 40, Shimla
The government has advised motorists to check road conditions before travelling to higher reaches in the hills as there were chances of more snowfall till Thursday. People in the state capital shivered as chilly winds along with intermittent rains kept the minimum temperature at 4.7 degree Celsius. Manali recorded 3.8 degree Celsius.
A low intensity earthquake of magnitude 3 hit Shimla on Monday night, the National Center for Seismology said.
Gurdarshan Singh's had come to Shimla with his family including his two sons - Anikesh Singh (15) and Manjeet Singh (13) to take part in the state level celebrations at Bru Sahib Gurdwara in Pachhad of Sirmour district.
The Shimla MeT Centre issued a 'yellow' warning for heavy rainfall in plains and low and middle hills of the state on Wednesday and Thursday, an official said.
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