Disclosing this here today, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said this 0.52-kilometre ropeway was expected to be constructed with an outlay of Rs 65 crore and would connect the taxi parking area to the temple.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur registers fifth consecutive win in Lok Sabha polls from the Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur and Congress candidate Vinod Sultanpuri filed their nominations for Hamirpur and Shimla (SC) Lok Sabha seat, respectively on Monday.

Advocate General Anoop Rattan on Monday said that the High Court has extended the interim bail till April 26 and asked them to join the investigations and appear before the investigation officer whenever called. 

The BJP nominee for the Lok Sabha poll from Hamirpur is Union minister and sitting MP, Anurag Thakur, while the BJP nominees for the two Assembly by-polls in Hamirpur district are Congress rebels, Rajender Rana in Sujanpur and Inderdutt Lakhanpal in Badsar.

Led by Kartar Singh Chauhan, a former educationist, the panchayat has established drug-free committees in its wards, assigning the responsibility of eradicating drug abuse to women workers.