Weaving has been the mainstay of every Kullu-ite’s livelihood for generations now. A month long study by Anoop H, Shilpa Kendre, Jyothsna Sekar, Shilpi Baral from SP Jain Institute of Management of Research (Mumbai) in association with My Himachal reveals startling facts on the health of the traditional Kullu weaving industry. The advent of technology [...]
Shimla: Alfred Ford’s dream project of setting up a world class ski village in the Himalayas may finally become a reality as the Himachal High Court today disposed of a public interest litigation opposing the $ 300 million Himalayan Ski Village project. In its disposal order the court allowed the government’s plea to reconsider and [...]
Shimla: In two separate car accidents, four persons have died while two injured have been admitted to hospital for treatment. A small car carrying five people went off the road at Nauan near Rampur in Shimla district. Munari Lal (47) Govind Lal (50) and Om Prakash died on the spot and Ritu Devi (22) daughter [...]
KUMARHATTI: An 18-yr old boy has died after consuming some poisonous substances by mistake at Jagli village near Ramshehr last night. Vikram Singh had taken the substances on April 28th night at his home following which he was admitted in PGI, Chandigarh. However he breathed his last at PGI last night. Denying any foul play, [...]
Removing of woman’s uterus KUMARHATTI: After failing to find any favour from the state government and Health Department, Mr. Ram Dayal Dhiman the father-in-law of Mohini whose uterus was allegedly removed in an unprofessional manner by a government gynecologist has decided to knock the High Court door. Talking to My Himachal news here today, the [...]
PALAMPUR: Mr. Brij Behari Lal Butail former Minister and senior congress leader today alleged that since when the BJP government had assumed power in the state all development activities in Palampur has come to standstill. Addressing a news conference here this morning, he said despite the fact that adequate budget provisions were made by the [...]
Anurag Thakur of BJP today filed his papers for contesting the Hamirpur Lok sabha seat, the elections for which will be held on May 22nd. This seat was vacated by his father, Prem Kumar Dhumal on his election to the state assembly to become the state chief minister. Earlier amidst slogan shouting by hundreds of [...]
Shimla:The State Government would further strengthen ayurveda health-care system so that better medical services would be made available to the people at their door steps in far flung areas of the State. Dr. Rajiv Bindal, Health Minister informed while addressing a day long workshop on National Rural Health Mission organized by the department of Health [...]
Mrs. Sarveen Choudhary Social Justice and Empowerment Minister handed over ‘Shaheed Kalash’, containing sacred soil of all the places connected with first war of independence to Tulsi Ram, Speaker, H.P. Vidhan Sabha here today. Mrs. Chaudhary received the “Shaheed Kalash” on behalf of State Government from Mrs. Sushma Swaraj, Deputy Leader BJP in Rajya Sabha [...]
PALAMPUR: Hundreds of workers of Communist Party of India today staged a dharna in front of the office of local SDM here in protest against rising prices of essential commodities and failure of central and state government to control it. Earlier workers of CPI took out a demonstration in the town. They passed through main [...]
KUMARHATTI: The newly formed Baddi Tehsil office will start functioning from tomorrow. As a temporary arrangement, till the time the permanent Tehsildhar is not appointed in Baddi, the Tehsildhar and Naib Tehsildhar of Nalagarh Tehsil will sit in Baddi Tehsil on Tuesday and Friday respectively. Presently the new Tehsil office will function from Kanango office [...]
KUMARHATTI: The two pick-pockets were nabbed red-handed at sub magistrate office at Nalagarh today. Raju and Baljeet Singh both from Ludhiana were in fact succeeded in picked pocket of Mr. Ram Asra, a local who hailed from Makhnumajra village near Nalagarh. The victim had reached the office to deposit the token tax along with other [...]
Shimla: V.S.Kokje, Governor gave a clarion call to the NGOs, non-official and influential members to motivate business houses to join the crusade towards social reforms in the State and help poor and deprived children get suitably educated and rehabilitated. Guv was presiding over the 24th Annual General Meeting of the reconstituted Himachal Pradesh State Council [...]
Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, appealed to the banking community in the state to extend their fullest cooperation to form agriculture cooperatives to liberally finance the farmers in their diversified agriculture practices thereby making the basic sector income and employment generating and to be the partners in making Himachal Pradesh the role model for [...]
Shimla: With the Himachal government struggling to impart computer education in schools, a study has pointed out glaring deficiencies in the curriculum and infrastructure at the senior secondary level, with many children shying from taking to the subject. Anu, a class IX student at a government senior secondary school took to learning computers as an [...]
HImachal CM Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, said that Sikh Guru Guru Govind Singh laid the foundation of ‘Khalsa Panth’ by merging the collaboration five castes, for the creation of casteless society. CM was speaking at Mavlankar Hall Delhi today on the occasion of Khalsa Foundation Day Programme organized by National Sikh Sangat. CM was presented [...]
Shimla: With the congress parliamentary selection failing to select its candidate for the Hamirpur parliamentary by-election at its meeting in Delhi, today, the party has left it to Sonia Gandhi to choose the candidate. With there being just four applicants for the party ticket, the congress is in a quandary about contesting the 22 May [...]
