Former Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh cremated with full state honours
Former Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh s son Vikramaditya Singh performed the last rites around 4.30 pm. A police contingent gave the guard of honour and gun salute to the former chief minister Thousands of his well-wishers gathered at the crematorium to bid adieu to the leader PTI
Updated Jul 11, 2021, 9:32 AM IST
Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh was cremated with full state honours at a royal crematorium in Jogni Bagh near Shimla s Rampur on Saturday afternoon.
His son Vikramaditya Singh performed the last rites around 4.30 pm.
A police contingent gave the guard of honour and gun salute to the former chief minister.
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Updated Jan 02, 2021 | 14:49 IST
The bird carcasses were sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly, the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Jalandhar and the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun for necropsy. Bar-headed goose | Photo Credit: IANS
Pong Dam: Biologists on Saturday sounded the alarm with over 1,000 migratory birds, largely the endangered bar-headed goose, a highest-altitude migrant, were found dead over the past one week or so in Pong wetlands one of the largest in northern India in Himachal Pradesh.
Chief Conservator Wildlife (Pong wetlands) Upasna Patyal told
IANS the reason for the deaths is still a mystery as their carcasses have been sent to different laboratories to determine their cause of death, but it could take days or at least a week to get results.
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