Himachal Pradesh Lockdown News: Keeping in view the rising cases of coronavirus, the Himachal Pradesh government on Monday decided to extend night curfew in four districts of the state till January 5. The move was taken by the state cabinet during a review meeting. Notably, the districts where the night curfew is extended include Shimla, Kullu, Mandi and Kangra. Himachal Pradesh State Cabinet in its meeting today decides to continue with night curfew in the four districts in the State till 5th of January, 2021, keeping in view the COVID19 pandemic The state had on November 23 imposed night curfew in these districts as the coronavirus cases increased in the state last month. The night curfew was imposed from 8 PM to 6 AM till December 15. As per from this, the state government had ...

With temples closed amid the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the Mata Chintpurni temple in Himachal Pradesh's Una has started the facility of home delivery of 'prasad' to its devotees through online request. A day after the facility — 'Online Prasad Chhinmastika Bhog' — of the temple was launched by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, around 300 orders have been received. "We have received close to 300 orders on our website so far, which is encouraging. 'Prasad' offering is available in three categories as of now — ₹201, ₹601 and ₹1,101. The contents of 'prasad' in all three categories will remain the same, however, the quantity will differ," temple officer Abhishek Bhasker told The Hindu on Tuesday. "For the ord...