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The local Met office on Thursday predicted a wet spell of light to moderate rain in the state between September 15 and September 20.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has demanded the Union government to declare the disaster in Himachal as a national disaster

Every Friday starting from September 15, a mobile van carrying vegetables, fruits and other products like ghee, and pickles will be available at the state secretariat, Chotta Shimla, HPU campus, Summerhill and Krishi Bhawan, Boileauganj for a few hours, a statement said

Experts from the Geological Survey of India, IIT Ropar and Wadia Institute of Seismology will be roped in for an in-depth study of landslides in Himachal Pradesh

The accident occurred near Khashdhar in Chirgaon area of Rohru in Shimla on Sunday evening. 

Two special trains were introduced on the Kalka–Koti stretch of the UNESCO world heritage Shimla-Kalka narrow gauge railway line on Tuesday.

The Himachal Pradesh government will bring an effective policy to develop electric vehicle charging stations in the state and rope in private operators.

The monsoon fury in the hill state during July and August caused severe devastation, triggering flash floods and landslides and causing massive damage to both public and private property besides human lives.

Ramesh Attri presented a cheque of Rs 2 lakh to CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu towards Aapda Rahat Kosh on behalf of 18 NGOs working under Himachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society today.

Till now, at least 367 people have died in Himachal Pradesh in rain-related incidents this year since the onset of monsoon, the State Disaster Management Authority said on Friday.

No formal honouring or felicitation ceremony will take place in government functions until October 31 in the state as per directives from the government.

Himachal has been battered by heavy rainfall for the past several weeks and the state has suffered great loss of life as well as property in various rain-related incidents, such as landslides, cloudbursts, flash floods, etc.

The Chief Minister said the national highway between Mandi and Kullu has been severely impacted due to heavy landslides near Pandoh and it would take some time to restore it

Several houses collapsed after a massive landslide struck Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Thursday

Chief Minister provided a comprehensive overview of the destruction wreaked by the natural calamity and appealed for financial aid akin to that provided during the Kedarnath

So far 221 people have died in rain-related incidents since the onset of the monsoon on June 24 and about 11,900 houses have been partially or completely damaged, according to the state emergency operation centre.

Himachal Pradesh has been battered with heavy rains in the last few days triggering flash floods and landslides in the state.

Himachal Pradesh government declared the state as a "Natural Calamity Affected Area" in view of the damage caused by heavy rains leading to loss of human life and extensive damage to property.

According to officials, more than 250 people from landslide-affected areas have been shifted to safe places in the last three days.

Uprooting of a large tree caused a landslip leading to the collapse of a cluster of houses with deafening noise, said officials