Shimla: Telemedicine project promoted by the Department of Information Technology (DIT) in association with the Health Department has build the telemedicine project keeping in mind acute shortage of doctors in the snow bound areas and tough geographical locations of Himachal Pradesh. Department of Information Technology, Shimla, with CDAC, Mohali, is providing technical support to the [...]

Shimla: After getting 50 patients photographs of cleft surgeries in the department of Plastic Surgery assessed by the IGMC Shimla experts it has joined ‘Smile Train’, world’s largest Cleft charity operating in over 75 countries, revealed Himachal Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Rajiv Bindal. Till date, 220 successful operations have been done, which include [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh got its Annual Plan for year 2009-10 finalised at Rs. 2700 crore, which is Rs. 300 crore i.e. 12.50% higher in comparison to current annual Plan at Delhi in a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, and the Himachal Chief Minister, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal. State has got an [...]

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) will recruit about 3945 (subject to variation depending on the availability of vacancies) Junior Telecommunication Officers (JTOs) through a competitive examination to be held on 21st June 2009 (Sunday) on All India basis. The last date to receive the applications is 6th April, 2009. In Himachal Pradesh you can send [...]

Shimla: It seems victory and Suresh Rana is becoming synonym. Yes, he again shone as a winner in recently held six-day rally, the 7th edition of Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm, which successfully ended on 23rd February, 2009. Suresh Rana, who has won five consecutive Raid-de-Himalaya title since 2004, of the Team Thunderbolt in his Maruti [...]

Shimla: Himachal Government has made efforts to strengthen the Right to Vote by introducing Braille Script Electronic Voting Machine for Visually Impaired electors who can read Braille, for the first time to ensure their participation in election process, revealed Chief Electoral Officer, Anil Khachi. He added that presently the provision of Rule 49 N of [...]

Shimla: Have you noticed, the number of Choice marriages or you can say Love Marriages is increasing day by day. If you remember Choice marriage was a rare case in the times of our grand-parents, then the number slightly increased in the times of our parents and today to amaze our grannies arranged marriages are [...]

PALAMPUR: All is not well in the state health department. Desite tall claims made by the Health Minister Rajiv Bindal that health services in the state are one of the best in the country, was only confined to his speeches and official files. The poor patients are still moving from pillar to post to get [...]

. CM Inaugurates data centre, call centre Shimla: Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Wednesday inaugurated a pilot online billing system for HP state electricity board (HPSEB) that has been set up by HCL Infosystems and would enable consumers to pay their bills at any centre operated by the board. The pilot project presently only [...]

. Congress stage walkout Shimla: Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal kept the issue of reducing VAT on diesel and petrol open, assuring the house as he wound up the budget debate on Wednesday that the government would reduce it only if the adjoining states of Haryana and Punjab, which were charging below the approved floor [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Tourism and Civil Aviation Department is looking forward to install ropeways in major tourist places like Bhuntar to Bijli Mahadev ropeway in Kullu district, Dharamkot to Triund in Kangra district and Palchan to Rohtang in Kullu district, in collaboration with private entrepreneurship. Last date to submit bids is May 5th and 18th [...]

Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal today, inaugrated the worldwide famous Shivratri Mahotsav at historical Paddal Maidan in Mandi. He paid his obeisance to the presiding deity of Raj Madhav Rao and led the ceremonial procession originating from the temple of Raj Madhav Rao, which culminated at Paddal Maidan, where he unfurled the Mela flag to [...]

Shimla: Union minister of state Anand Sharma and chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the new Indian Institute of Technology being opened at Mandi. Speaking on the occasion Sharma said that the government was pursuing the dreams of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru of establishing temples [...]

Shimla: Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), the public sector hydropower generation company, is headed to achieve record generation in the fiscal as it has already recorded a generation of 6350 million units that is barely 34 million units short of the high mark reached last year. Last year, on this day we had recorded a [...]

Shimla: Dismissing government claims about having fulfilled its election commitments, congress legislator Kuldeep Singh Pathania lashed out for holding regional biases in its approach to development and said that BJP workers were usurping executive powers by issuing directives to administrative officials. Participating in the budget discussion, the congressman said without an approved annual plan in [...]

Shimla: To reform the education system and bring about qualitative changes, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal asked for setting up a Vidhan Sabha committee that could look into reasons why the state was falling behind in quality of education being imparted Intervening during question hour, the chief minister said that where as there were many [...]