India's richest biodiversity site in the western Himalayas - the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh is likely to become the country's seventh natural UNESCO World Heritage site, a wildlife official said.

The long wait ended on Sunday as the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) declared class 10 results.

The death toll in Wednesday's bus accident on the Kullu-Mandi national highway climbed to 40 on Thursday with the recovery of four more bodies while another four persons succumbed to their injuries.

The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) declared class 12 examination results on Monday.

In a bid to promote inter-caste marriages, a cabinet committee headed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has increased the inter-caste marriage incentive from Rs 25,000 to Rs 75, 000.

Earthquakes of slight intensity jolted Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, Nepal-India border (Uttarakhand) and Indo-Bangladesh frontier region in Tripura on Thursday, the met department here said.

In a tragic incident, twelve people, all belonging to a village in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, were killed when a private vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a 700-metre-deep gorge on Sunday night, police officials said.

Tens of thousands of devotees are assembling at prominent Hindu temples in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with the onset of the 10-day Chaitra Navratras, considered by Hindus as a holy period.

The Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday said it will issue electronic ration cards under public distribution system in the state to enable the card holders to draw ration from any depot, ending the monopoly of depot holders.

Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and Leader of the Opposition, Prem Kumar Dhumal has described the state budget for 2013-14 as 'visionless and directionless' and said that it has belied the hopes of the people, especially the youth.