Shimla Feb 24 PTI Forty-five bus passengers have been stranded in Himachal Pradeshs Chamba district due to heavy snowfall a state disaster management official said on Thursday The Chamba District Emergency Operation Centre DEOC informed that the passengers of the private bus have been stuck near Jot the official said Police teams have been dispatched to the spot to rescue the passengers he added PTI DJI CK

Shimla Feb 24 PTI Leader of Opposition LoP in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Mukesh Agnihotri on Thursday accused the state government of spying on MLAs through their personal security officers PSOs Raising the issue in the assembly on the second day of the ongoing budget session Agnihotri stated that the state CID in a message on its WhatsApp group directed the PSOs of the MLAs to inform it about their locations The PSOs were further directed not to disclose to MLAs that their locations had been asked he claimed The LoP alleged that the state government did not get Pegasus software but it is spying on the Opposition as well as the ruling MLAs through PSOs The state government should immediately suspend the officer who sent the message on the WhatsApp group Agnihotri said Replying to his allegations Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the government had not directed any officer to spy on any of the MLAs The question of doing so by the state government does not arise at all he said adding that the privacy of the MLAs would be maintained Sometimes information regarding the locations of MLAs is sought by the police for ensuring their security he added The chief minister said he would check if any such message was sent for spying He added that action would be taken against the responsible officer if its determined that information regarding the whereabouts of MLAs was sought for spying PTI DJI CK

Shimla Nov 24 PTI Himachal Pradesh recorded three coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday that raised the toll to 3821 while 116 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 226705 an official said Two new fatalities were reported from Kangra while one from Una district The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 931 in the state the official said Besides 47 more patients recovered from the infection taking the recovery count to 221936 the health official added PTI DJI CK

Shimla Oct 27 PTI Himachal Pradesh recorded two coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday that raised the toll to 3725 while 261 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 223406 an official said The deaths were reported from Kangra and Shimla districts Forty-eight more patients recovered from the infection taking the recovery count to 217693 the health official said The number of active COVID-19 cases has reached 1972 in the state he added PTI DJI CK

Shimla Sep 27 PTIHimachal Pradesh recorded 209 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday raising the infection tally to 218523 a health official said No coronavirus-related death was reported on Monday and the death toll from the pandemic stands at 3653 people in the state Meanwhile 225 more patients recovered from the infection the health official said Himachal Pradesh has 1730 active novel coronavirus cases he said The overall recoveries so far have reached 213124 in the state the official added PTI DJI CK