Himachal Pradesh senior police officer suspended

September 24th, 2009 SHIMLA - A senior professor in Himachal Pradesh has been arrested on charges of making advances towards a woman student, an official said Thursday. V.S. Varwal of the Y.S.

September 22nd, 2009 SHIMLA - The central government has sanctioned projects worth Rs.243.43 crore that would help strengthen the rural road network in Himachal Pradesh, an official statement said Tuesday. "In order to strengthen the rural road network in the state, the central government has approved Rs.243.43 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana," Himachal Pradesh Public Works Minister Thakur Gulab Singh said in the statement.

September 19th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh Police will post names of corrupt government functionaries on its official website, a senior official said Sunday. "We will soon post the names of corrupt officers on the website of the vigilance bureau," Director General of Police (Vigilance and Anti-Corruption) D.S.

September 13th, 2009 SHIMLA - Nine bodies were fished out of a rain-swollen river in Himachal Pradesh Sunday, more than a day after a car plunged into it, police said. All the nine people were travelling in a Scorpio when their vehicle fell into the Beas river near Mandi town during the wee hours of Saturday.

September 9th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh has cleared 13 industrial proposals worth Rs.330 crore including those of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Johnson and Johnson, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Wednesday.

September 6th, 2009 SHIMLA - A senior government official was arrested Sunday while accepting a bribe of Rs.4.25 lakh from three contractors, police said. "Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board's chief engineer Latish Malhotra was arrested from Dharamsala in Kangra district Sunday while taking a bribe of Rs.4.25 lakh from three contractors," Director General of Police (Vigilance) D.S.

July 9th, 2009 SHIMLA - A senior IAS officer was booked Thursday in Himachal Pradesh for corruption, police said. "The state Vigilance Bureau this (Thursday) afternoon booked General Industries Corporation managing director Sanjay Gupta for possessing ill-gotten money worth Rs.200,000," Inspector General (Vigilance) S.R.

June 7th, 2009 SHIMLA - A bear mauled to death a woman in a Himachal Pradesh village, police said Sunday. The victim, Devki Devi, 60, was grazing livestock when she was attacked by the bear near Nerwa village of Shimla district Saturday, police said.

April 26th, 2009 SHIMLA - The Election Commission has made provisions for special ballot papers that can be read by touch for blind electors who are not conversant in Braille, a senior Himachal Pradesh poll official said here Sunday. 'Out of 1,070 visually impaired electors in Himachal Pradesh, only 27 are Braille-conversant voters,' state Chief Electoral Officer Anil Khachi told IANS.

April 7th, 2009 SHIMLA - A senior police officer in Himachal Pradesh, arrested on charges of cheating a businessman, has filed a complaint against Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal for abusing power and possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials here said Tuesday. 'Additional Director General of Police B.S.

April 6th, 2009 SHIMLA - Senior Himachal Pradesh police officer B.S. Thind, who was arrested Saturday on charges of cheating, conspiracy and intimidation, was released on bail Monday, the police said.

April 5th, 2009 SHIMLA - A senior police officer in Himachal Pradesh, who was arrested here Saturday on charges of cheating, conspiracy and intimidation, is in hospital after he complained of heart problem, the police said Sunday. Doctors said the accused 'is fine and likely to be discharged Monday'.

April 4th, 2009 SHIMLA - A senior police officer of Himachal Pradesh was arrested here Saturday on charges of cheating, conspiracy and intimidation, police said. 'Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) B.S.

March 19th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Security at the Bhakra Dam in Himachal Pradesh has been beefed up following reports from central intelligence agencies that terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) intended to target the mega hydro-electric project. The 225-metre high Bakhra Dam is located nearly 20 km from Nangal town in Punjab.

February 13th, 2009 SHIMLA - Four people were arrested from a Himachal Pradesh village near here and eight leopard skins were seized from them, police said Saturday. Police sources said the accused belonged to Shimla district and they purchased the pelts from a villager.