Shimla: While launching the construction work of Vivekanand Medical Research Trust hospital and Medical College at Palampur, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal revealed that Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra at Tanda would be developed at par with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and additionally Rs. 150 crore would be spent to make [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Police has recovered the body of a 50 year old man, who reportedly fell of a rock face two days while on way to the house of his relatives in Rohru area of Shimla Hills. Investigating officer Surinder Justa ruled out any foul play in the death of Nirmu Ram (50) whose [...]

KUMARHATTI: The LPG cylinders meant for domestic supply here were continued to be used for commercial purposes thanks to commercial users- gas agencies nexus. The authority concerned has failed to check the menace, hence it were domestic users who have to face LPG supply crisis quite often. The domestic users complained that the usually they [...]

पिछले कई दिनों के घटनाक्रम में मुंबई एक छलनी शहर बनके उभरा है | हर एक भारतीय, चाहे वो देश में बैठा हो या परदेश में, आतंक, अहिंसा, वर्दी, हिंदुत्व एवं राजनीति से जुड़े सवालों से घिरा है | ऐसा क्यूँ हुआ, क्या दोबारा फिर ऐसा होगा, क्या हमारे संतरी-मंत्री देश और नागरिकों के प्रति [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prof. Prem kumar Dhumal, today drove to various sites in Shimla where restoration and construction projects were being carried out by different authorities in the city. He inspected work progress on several projects like restoration work of the sunken portion of the Ridge and Lakkar Bazar, Gaiety Theatre building, city [...]

On one side, the state poses that they are seeking highly educated and talented people with vast experience to ensure that the new talent will bring in new experience into the organisation. But in our state, it seems that the situation is otherway round. All one needs is a certificate from a political party to [...]

Shimla: State body of the SFI and the Students Central Association (SCA) of Himachal Pradesh University will submit memorandum to the Executive Council Members at 10:30 am. Yesterday, they had submitted a memorandum, accusing Himachal Pradesh University authorities as BJP agents for changing the recently formulated recruitment policy, which was 80 per cent marks are [...]

Shimla: The BJP on Friday rubbished opposition charges of mis-management of apple harvest operations, particularly the market intervention scheme saying rain damages to road network and slumped market conditions was responsible for the losses incurred. Khushi Ram Balnahta, BJP general secretary told the media that 5602 metric tons (about 90,000 bags) of apples rotted at [...]

Shimla: Connectivity coupled with difficult terrain remain major problems as the state government attempts to bring all panchayats online by 2009-10, and make access to relevant information available to the entire rural areas. Ravinder Batta, director rural development and Panchyati Raj told MH News Network, of the 3243 Panchayats in the state, 1185 of them [...]

Shimla: Repeated achievements of Sarika Katoch have memorized the name in everyones mind. Today, again she is a news-maker with her nomination as an election observer for Presidential elections in Ghana. “I am representing 53 countries of the World Commonwealth, where I will observe the three part election scenario i.e. pre-elction, main-election and post-election and [...]

Ambuja Cements today announced that its 3,500 crore expansion programme is still on the cards despite the current slowdown of the economy. The company plans to expand capacities of one its two plants in Himachal Pradesh by three million tones. Ambuja Cements Managing Director, A. L. Kapur said, “We will add six million tonnes of [...]

Mandi: In its series of AIDS Awareness Programmes, My Himachal and Centre for Sustainable Development (CENSUD) today organised a Poster Competition and a debate on the topic “Is Sex Education relevant in fight against HIV- AIDS”. Students from MLSM College, Blooms College of Education, Lord Budha College of Education, Namdhari College of education and Lalit [...]

Did you see the sobbing reporters describe how the Taj of Mumbai burns? How many will Asuras cause to die before O Vishnu as avataar returns? The fanatic bullet hunts gazelles everywhere that nostalgia mourns. Where are the machines crafted that choke our unfinished yearns? Differences are astonished at the atrocities flowing in their name. [...]

Shimla: Lack of incentives for professional folk artists and writers to sustain in a fiercely competitive pop culture, Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) has come up with registering artists and their works to enable collection of royalty earnings for them. The body has been constituted by Human Resource Development Ministery for protecting copyrights of composers [...]

Shimla: Differing with Gujarat counterpart Narinder Modi, Himachal chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal stated before media on Friday that at this juncture when an attack on the national integrity has been launched by terrorist forces, hands of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh need to be strengthened. The chief minister went on to say that a move [...]

Shimla: The first session of IIT at Mandi would begin from academic year 2009-10, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal stated here on Friday. Speaking to the media, the chief minister said that the central human resource development ministry had informed the state that a batch of 120 students would start the IIT Himachal institute from [...]