Shimla: The Himachal High Court today declared the petition of Reliance Energy seeking allotment of a major hydropower project which had been allotted to Brakel Corporation as infructuous. The bench consisting of Chief Justice Jagdish Bhalla and Justice Sanjay Karol which took up the matter today held that with the government having decided on all [...]

Shimla: An honour for Himachal Police, Director General Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and would be heading the country’s top investigating agency. Ashwani Kumar, DGP Himachal is a 1976 IPS batch officer who has earlier served in the Central Bureau of Investigation. Others in the [...]

Shimla: With the Manmohan Singh government chartering new territory after constraints that came attached with support from the Left front parties removed, the union government is moving to come out with Initial Public Offers (IPO) for hydro companies, which includes Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL) that owns the 1500 MW Natpha Jhakri project. The financial [...]

Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Chief Minister released a book of ‘Ghazals’ titled ‘Thoroughfare’ authored by Himachal Pradesh Sahitya Academy Award winner for poetry-Kanwar Dinesh Singh, a senior lecturer in English here. The book is a collection of verses which is an innovative and unique experimentation with the genre of ghazals in English, duly maintaining the [...]

The Panchayati Raj department has been asked to ensure that the offices of Gram Panchayat should remain open on all the working days from 10 a.m to 5 p.m at par with the other Government offices. The step has been taken to ensure daily working of Gram Panchayat offices, Government has already decided to post [...]

While presiding over the closing ceremony of Youth Leadership Training Programme organized by Art of Living organization here last evening, the Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal said that empowering and transforming youth energy to enable them to undertake challenges efficiently is of utmost importance to build a strong and vibrant society. He said that in particular rural [...]

Himachal Government has come up with a new programme known as “Integrated Programme for Old People” for the elderly persons of the state announced Sarveen Chaudhary, the Social Justice and Empowerment Minister. She said that 90 % of the cost of the project would be borne by the Government of India and the remaining by [...]

Himachal Government would be considering formulating a master plan so as to create necessary rainwater harvesting infrastructure all over the state in lieu of depleting ground water resources. He said that with the receding ground water level, it was high time to create alternate infrastructure to cater to the recharging need of various water bodies, [...]

Himachal Pradesh Handicrafts and Handlooms Corporation would patent its products for their genuineness and quality in order to win the trust of the consumers and create goodwill in the market for the state products, said Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Chief Minister while presiding over the 140th Meeting of Board of Directors of Himachal Pradesh Handicraft [...]

Himachal Government would grant permission to National Mineral Development Corporation (NDMC) to carry limestone extraction in Arki, district Solan with an estimated investment of 500 crores generating direct and indirect employment to over 5,000 persons in the region. Addressing the meeting, P.K.Dhumal, the Chief Minister said that the state government was concerned about its environmental [...]

HIMURJA would reinvestigate work of the mini and micro hydro electric projects within their jurisdiction to ascertain the accurate potential available in specific projects said Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Chief Minister as he presided over the Annual General Meeting of the HIMURJA. He said that various reports have been received from various quarters with regard [...]

Cabinet Decisions: Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in its meeting today granted exemption on payment of stamp duty and registration fees on loans to agriculturists/horticulturists of the state on their mortgage deeds, to be executed with financial institutions, like Nationalized Banks, Co-operative Banks, Regional Development Banks, Gramin Banks and Private Banks on raising of loans not exceeding [...]

In order to facilitate the issuance of BPL Certificates to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families at the Panchayat level, the State Government has decided to authorize the concerned Gram Panchayat to issue the BPL certificate to the identified families in their respective panchayats. It has also been decided that the certificate will be issued in [...]

KUMARHATTI: Panic has gripped the residents of Barog near Solan after the reported prowling of a leopard in area from the past few weeks. Last night the big cat had attacked the cowshed of Raj Kumar who resided downstream near the Barog market on the way to railway station. According to Raj Kumar the leopard [...]

Prabha Rau, the new Governor inaugurated the week long International Minjar Fair by unfurling the Minjar flag at Chamba today. The Governor said that fairs and festivals go a long way in preserving our cultural heritage which not only uphold our traditional values but also strengthen the spirit of brotherhood and fraternity among the people. [...]

Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Chief Minister said that state government would prepare its own Climate Change Policy in tune with the National Action Plan on Climate Change while addressing the the HPPCL Power Development Lecture-2008 organized by the HP Power Corporation Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle of the State at Shimla today. He said that [...]

A meeting of officers of Irrigation and Public Health Department in order to review the progress made during the financial year 2007-08 and lay down targets for the year 2008-09 was held in which Ravinder Singh Ravi, Irrigation and Public Health Minister directed the officers to redress the grievances of the public on priority and [...]

Narender Bragta, the Horticulture Minister paid a surprise visit to the HPMC Complex at Parwanoo today where later he also held a meeting with the officers and issued necessary directions for effective functioning of the unit. He said that the state government was considering expanding the activities of the Corporation in order to market the [...]