Shimla: At least 17 persons were injured when a Himachal Roadways bus overturned near Nehri Phul in Sirmaur district, in the morning hours on Friday. Separately, 8 persons were injured in another accident near Rampur on Thursday evening when brakes of a private bus failed. The state roadways (HRTC) bus was on its way from [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission disclosed here today that the HPAS (Main) written examination will begin from the 1st week of December, 2008. The application forms of all qualified candidates have been dispatched and 15th November, 2008 is the last date to receive the applications in Commission’s office. In case someone does not receive [...]

Shimla: Stepping up the drive against narcotic trade, the police in Jogindernagar arrested two persons carrying charas (marijuana) and has registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotic Substance Act. Lekh Ram and Lal Singh of tehsil Poddar in Mandi district were arrested in an early morning naka near Boolang village when they were [...]

Shimla: With sparkling–warm welcome by the traditionally dressed locales of Kinnaur, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, inaugurated the four day long Kinnaur Mahotsava-2008, by lighting the lamp and unfurling the Mela Flag. Considering the great efforts made by eminent leader late Thakur Sen Negi towards the development of the tribal district of [...]

Shimla: Reliance Energy petition for allocation of a hydropower project has not been entertained by the Himachal Pradesh Court. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Jagdish Bhalla and Justice Rajeev Sharma dismissed the Reliance Energy petition challenging a cabinet decision July 7 to invite bids once again in case the existing contract to Brakel Corp [...]

Shimla: President of Bhartiya Janta Party Shimla district, Ganesha Dutt, is appointed as Vice Chairman of Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority. In 2003 he had contested for Shimla Assembly elections from BJP itself, but had lost to Congress Party candidate Harbhajan Singh Bhajji.

Shimla: Cultivators of Kiwi fruit in Kullu valley in Himachal Pradesh are disappointed by the poor marketing strategies, which they blame to have been leading to spoil there business. Farmers say that three out of four steps of producing Kiwi are very well accomplished by them i.e. plantation, protection and production but the last step [...]

Shimla: Festive celebrations turned tragic for a family as all four members – husband, wife and two children, died due to smoke suffocation when a lamp left burning thorough the night resulted into inflaming the apartment. “The matter was reported to the police past the mid night hours after a tenant in the building spotted [...]

Shimla:Communist Party of India (Marxists) has extended its support to a demand for a government medical college in Mandi. Terming the state governments decision to cancel a sanctioned medical college in the government sector for Mandi as ‘shocking’, Tikender Panwar, member state secretariat claimed that besides BJP, 50 mass based organization have extended their support [...]

Shimla: Himalaya International, a Himachal based agri-export house has tied up with ALDI, a US based grocery chain, for selling its products under Himalaya Fresh in the country. Manmohan Malik, Chairman Himalya International (HIL) disclosed that under the agreement ALDI stores in America would sell frozen vegetables, baby potatoes and breaded appetizers thorough the nationwide [...]

Happy Diwali from the beautiful town of Manali: Sanjeeva Pandey.

Shimla: Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal categorically stated that Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) would not be allotted any project in Himachal Pradesh as the organization had cheated the state. Responding to a question at a media conference after signing of agreements between the state and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), a public sector undertaking, [...]

Shimla: With signing of agreements, the Himachal government on Monday handed out two projects, the 775 MW Luhri and 40 Daulasidh hydroelectric project to public sector generating company Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL). Ajay Mittal, principal secretary power on behalf of the government and HK Sharma, CMD for SJVNL signed the agreement in the presence [...]

Shimla: Unaffected by subdued sentiment in stock meltdown elsewhere, hectic buying was witnessed in the markets here over the past fortnight.   The gold sales have been better than last year said Kapil Mahashe, president Himachal Pradesh Jewelers Association. With divulging any figures he said, despite the high prices of gold that sales being reported [...]

Shimla: Police in Sanjauli locality arrested two persons under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotic Substances (NDPS) Act for selling and buying cough syrup in violation of any prescription documents. Police station officer Shiv Kumar said that after noticing a young Balwant Singh moving about carrying suspicious things in his pockets, a search was conducted and he [...]

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