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HP to continue OPS, social welfare scheme despite fiscal challenges

Shimla, Feb. 13 -- Amid dwindling fiscal health and recommendations from the finance department, the state government has decided that the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) will not be stopped. In a high-level... Read More


'Pesticide' in drinking water tank in Rohru village; FIR filed

Shimla, Feb. 13 -- A case of suspected pesticide poisoning in a drinking water tank has surfaced in Bareshtu village of Tikkar tehsil in Rohru subdivision of Shimla district triggering panic among res... Read More


Non-availability of land adversely affecting project: Rail minister

Shimla, Feb. 12 -- Non availability of land is adversely affecting the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri (63km) New Rail Line project, informed Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday. Vaishnaw wa... Read More


No posts will be abolished: Sukhu

Shimla, Feb. 12 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday ruled out the abolition of government posts, despite recommendations from the state finance department to cut costs. Speaking afte... Read More


Non-availability of land adversely affecting project: Rail minister

Shimla, Feb. 12 -- Non availability of land is adversely affecting the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri (63km) New Rail Line project, informed Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday. Vaishnaw wa... Read More


No posts will be abolished: Himachal CM

Shimla, Feb. 12 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday ruled out the abolition of government posts, despite recommendations from the state finance department to cut costs. Speaking afte... Read More


No posts will be abolished: Himachal CM on financial crisis

India, Feb. 11 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday ruled out the abolition of government posts, despite recommendations from the state finance department to cut costs. Speaking afte... Read More


Sukhu holds firm on OPS, will meet PM to tide over fiscal crisis

Shimla, Feb. 11 -- Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday ruled out a rollback of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), asserting that the state will generate its own resources desp... Read More


Finance dept terms HP govt's poll guarantee OPS unviable

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government's flagship poll promise, the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), has hit a fiscal wall. Following the discontinuation of the revenue deficit... Read More


Finance dept terms HP govt's poll guarantee OPS unviable

Shimla, Feb. 10 -- The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government's flagship poll promise, the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), has hit a fiscal wall. Following the discontinuation of the revenue defici... Read More