Another good news was announced by State Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta that apple will be brought under Rashtriya Krishi Bima Yojna. He said this after meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Shri Sharad Pawar at New Delhi. He requested the Centre to sanction Rs. 150 crore for promotion of herbal, medicinal and aromatic plants in the [...]
Shimla: Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has asked all cabinet ministers to be in office for at least four days in a week, preferably between Tuesday to Friday, for ensuring availability and effective governance. Speaking to media persons, he said that on a visit to any of the districts, the ministers have been asked to [...]
PALAMPUR: Mr Parveen Sharma local BJP MLA today said that development activities in Palampur area which had come to stand still during congress regime would be geared up. Besides, various development projects which were left half way by congress government would be revived. Addressing news conference at PWD Rest House here this afternoon, Mr Sharma [...]
Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal today revealed that the state government is committed to provide adequate quality fertilizer to the farmers of the state at remunerative prices at their door steps to help them procure better yield of their crops. He said that he had requested the Union Chemical and Fertilizers Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, [...]
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, today wrote a letter to Union Railway Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav, urging him to start direct train service between Una and Haridwar to facilitate the devotees of lower areas visit the holy place conveniently and incorporate the persistent demand of the people of lower districts of [...]
KUMARHATTI: The left parties have criticized the decision to cancel the license of Kasauli based Central Research Institute (CRI). Mr. Tekinder Singh a state secretariat member of CPM said here today that it was another attempt to felicitate the privatization. The government policies to support the globalization have come as major setback to domestic institutions, [...]
Shimla: From succumbing to become a prey, Jai Singh, a resident of Baggi village of Sundernagar region in Mandi district, turned predator felling a leopard with his bare hands in a fight that lasted just fifteen minutes. Singh, who teaches history to plus two students in a government school at Kullu, was out fetching water [...]
KUMARHATTI: Mr. Kuldeep Singh, the veteran CPM leader from here has been elected Chairman of party State Reception Committee today to chalk out the party strategy for forthcoming 13th state conference at Rampur Bushahr from March 1st to 3rd. Mr. Prem Gautam has been elected as Vice Chairman of committee while Mr. Onkar Shad and [...]
Shimla: Education Department spokes person informed today that the Himachal Government has now imposed a ban on organizing public meetings in the school premises during working hours in which the students are forced to participate and added that it has also been viewed seriously that the school children are made to stand on the roadside [...]
JawalaMukhi:The Bhartiya Janta Party today passed a no confidence motion against the congrees sported president of Jawalamukhi Nagar Panchayat of Kangra district. The motion was presented in the presence of S D M Dehra Mrs. Mamta Chaudhry.She was deputed by the D C Kangra to convene the meeting.Out of seven, five members were present in [...]
Shimla: Not even a year old but the heritage gathered and neatly displayed is a tribute to the martial valour of the Indian armed forces down the ages. The Army Heritage Museum, amidst scenic surroundings of the Annadale ground, is an effort by the armed forces to assemble all martial artifacts, lest the future generations [...]
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Government has issued a notification under section 25 of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 that it will be a holiday for female employees on Rakshabandhan and Bhai Dhuj i.e. 16th August, 2008 and 30th October, 2008, respectively. These gazetted holidays are for females whether daily wager or regular employee, in all Government Offices/Boards/Corporations/Educational [...]
Shimla: Himachal Governor, V.S. Kokje, today attended a condolence meeting organized in the memory of Mahamandaleshwar Shri Shri 1008 Swami Vidya Nand Giriraj Maharaj at Chandigarh, and paid a tribute to the late Swami Vidya Nand. He asked the people to follow teachings and path shown by the Swami Vidyanand, who always worked for the [...]
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Monday said it has received the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval for its semi-solid dosage manufacturing plant at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. More—
Shimla, January 28 The long-term transport plan formulated by the Town and Country Planning Department seeks to improve connectivity within the state by upgrading some of the existing roads and building new longitudinal roads and laying more rail lines. The existing national highways are mostly latitudinal, running from the west to east and that leaves [...]
Shimla: The Himachal government has urged the center to relax norms for opening of aganwari and mini anganwari centres because of isolated habitations existing in difficult topographical terrain. Sarveen Chaudhary, minister for social justice and empowerment said, “relaxing the norms for the hill state would enable a larger section of the population to benefit from [...]
Shimla: National Winter Games for ‘Taraee Zameen Par’ special children was declared open by governor VS Kokje at Bishop Cotton School, today. Speaking on the occasion Kokje asked more people to come forward and promote activities for people with disabilities so as to ensure their active participation. He said that special persons should be helped [...]
