Shimla: Giving a thrust to hydro-electric generation the Himachal cabinet today approved signing of pre-implementation agreement (PIA) for the 140 MW Chango-Yangthang project and 200 MW Bara Banghal project in the private sector. The cabinet also decided to invite private sector participation for the 60 MW Ropa Hydroelectric project through competitive open bidding. Presided over [...]

Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (SJVNL)has paid an interim dividend of Rs. 136 crore to the equity partners Governments of India and Himachal Pradesh for its financial performance during the year 2007-08. On account of equity participation of 75% in the corporation, the dividend cheque of Rs.102 crore was presented to the Union Minister of [...]

Himachal police today recovered blood spattered bodies of two young men, who had been sprayed with bullets, near a forest of Kufri, a famous Himachal Pradesh tourist town. The bodies were discovered Sunday by a passer-by at Mundaghat, about 25 km from here, said Shimla police chief R.M. Sharma. ‘Both men are well built and [...]

Shimla: Three persons died, two on the spot when a taxi while reversing went off the road near Mehali, a Shimla suburb, late on Sunday. Suresh 21, was a sole survivor in the accident who is undergoing treatment at IGMC hospital. The dead included Ankush 22, Pankaj Mehra 21 and Manoj 22 years old. The [...]

Shimla: Known as the sorrow of Una, the Swan River after partial channelisation is turning around the agrarian economy with introduction of cash crops as more and more lands is reclaimed from a catchment area that suffered periodic floods and massive soil erosion. Irrigation minister Ravinder Ravi told My Himachal News, for channelising the second [...]

Shimla:Former horticulture minister, Singhi Ram and former HP School Education Board Chairman, BR Rahi were arrested today after the district and session court here today cancelled the anticipatory bail that was granted to them in the fake certificate case. Anand Pratap Singh, superintended police Vigilance told My Himachal News, “Singhi Ram and BR Rahi stand [...]

Presiding over the 76th Board Meeting of the reconstituted HP State Electronics Development Corporation, Chief Minister applauded the role of Himachal Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation which has been instrumental in spreading computer literacy and earning eight-fold increase in its turnover in just four years.He stated that H.P. was one of the fastest growing IT [...]

Chief Minister Prof. P.K Dhumal once again said that the government would do its best for the upliftment of the minorities of the State. Addressing the delegation of Himachal Pradesh Hali Vikas Maha Sangh, he said that a number of upliftment programmes are being formulated and would be implemented strictly. A number of welfare boards [...]

Started in winters of January, 2004 when a group of students proposed the idea of teaching children of daily laborers, the mission has made an impact. The literary mission started with just 2 students and 1 teacher has now grown and includes 60-70 students and 20-30 teachers. Primarily the reason for the initiation of this [...]

It was on 5.10.2002 that the PWD issued a letter which stated that unauthorized roadside hoardings and advertisements should be removed immediately. The orders were issued to comply with the directions of the apex court. The guidelines framed thereafter read as follows: The hoardings will not be allowed in the acquired width of the national [...]

Delivering a speech on the occasion of Birth Centenary Celebration of late Devika Rani, celebrated by the International Roerich Trust at the Naggar’s Art Gallery Prof. Dhumal confirmed Hema Malini’s proposal of a dance training school in Himachal Pradesh. It was the birth centenary celebrations of late Devika Rani, the great grand-daughter of Noble Laureate [...]

Shimla: The state government is scouting for suitable land to set up an IIT and a central university as it has been sounded the prestigious institutions are proposed to be set up in Himachal under the 11th Five year Plan. Chief Secretary Ravi Dingra told My Himachal News that the deputy commissioners of Kangra and [...]

Shimla: The chief judicial magistrate at Shimla today remanded SK Mahlotra, a former deputy secretary in the HP School Education Board, to 4 days police custody for his suspected role in the fake certificate with which former minister Singhi Ram’s daughter obtained admission into a prestigious Delhi college. Mahlotra, who was interrogated yesterday, was arrested [...]

Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that the central government was discriminating with Himachal when it comes to development projects. There is no special economic package to the state despite of outstanding debt of 22930crore, he added. He was addressing the National Democratic Alliance meet in New Delhi. He said that the state deserved a [...]

In lieu of reports of less fare being charged by some private operators, Rajender Singh, Director Transport said that this was causing an unhealthy competition. As per the reports, these operators were charging less than the prescribed fare and were overcrowding the buses so as to save them from any kind of losses. Warning the [...]

The state government has approved of Institute of Disability Management and Rehabilitation at Shimla which would be opened by J.M. Institute of Speech and Hearing, Patna, Mrs Sarveen Chaudahry, the Social Justice and Empowerment Minister said. The institute was recommended by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. The Institute had been working [...]