सावधान हो मानव I कर रही प्रकृति संबोधन, माता पुत्र का नाता है , मत मेरा स्वामी बन I कहीं अतिवृष्टि कहीं सूखा , कहीं जल को त्राहि त्राहि I कहीं सुनामी का कहर , कहीं बरस रहा जहरI क्यों अब भी अबोध बना है ? क्या परमाणु शक्ति पा कर मुझे जीतने चला है [...]

सबसे पहले सार्वजनकि जगहों पर तम्बाकू को प्रतिबंधित करके देश भर को नयी दिशा दिखने वाला हिमाचल अब इस दिशा में एक और अनुकरणीय पहल करने जा रहा है. हिमाचल ने तम्बाकू और मधपान को रोकने के लिए अलग से एक निदेशाल्या बनाने का फैसला लिया है. विशव तम्बाकऊ दिवस पर शिमला में आयोजित एक [...]

Shimla: Making a call for a tobacco free state, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal announced creation of a separate directorate of health safety and regulation to enforce various health related regulatory acts including a ban on smoking and tobacco products. Speaking after flagging of a anti-tobacco campaign from The Ridge on the occasion of World [...]

Shimla: Hoping to restore the glory of Shimla summer festival that from the 60s to the 80s attracted the country’s top artists, the five-day event starting from June 2 would include performers suited for the newer generations as well as the older ones. “We have tried to blend the artist mix that will perform this [...]

Shimla: Post-elections, in a major overhaul, the Himachal government has transferred 29 IAS officers, 14 HAS officers and 9 police officers, which included 5 district magistrates and the director of public relations. The government transferred the deputy commissioners of Kangra, Kullu, Bilaspur, Chamba and Shimla. The five deputy commissioners changed include JS Rana, DC Bilaspur [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has varied climatic zones suitable for cultivation of almost all varieties of fruits and allied farm products and ‘Vaidik Mantra’ farming, based upon the ancient system prescribed in the scriptures, possibilities can be explored by the State Govt. said Chief Minister. He said this in a meeting with the progressive farmers delegation [...]

Shimla: In the State Women Council Meeting Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, took another step to empower women of the State by soon opting to introduce a Toll Free Women Helpline in Panchayati Raj Department. This helpline is introduced for prompt redressal of women grievances and honoring them for their outstanding contribution [...]

Shimla: Himachal cabinet consented to strictly implement the H.P.Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 1995 and impose a complete ban over the use of plastic and its products from 15th August, 2009, extend national health insurance scheme to the whole state and modified the relief plan for people effected by cement plants. The complete ban of plastic [...]

Shimla: A tripartite agreement between HP Power Corporation Ltd, Eastern Mineral and Trading Agency (EMTA) and Himachal EMTA Power Ltd for setting up a 500 MW pithead thermal power plant in Bengal was signed on Friday. This agreement supersedes an earlier agreement that was signed in May 2007. The new agreement envisages lesser investment on [...]

Shimla: In order to encourage organic farming, the agriculture department intends to register about 4,000 such farmers under a Rs 22.22 crore working plan that has been fixed for 2009-10 for the sector. Director JC Rana said that under the work plan an amount of Rs 191.31 lakh for integrated cereal development programmes for wheat, [...]

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Five time Himachal Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh is named as cabinet minster in the second list released by newly formed Union ministry of Manmohan Singh. Educated at famous Bishop Cotton School Shimla, 75 years old Singh, is the lone winner of Congress party  from Himachal. Former ruler of Bushehar state, Singh won the Mandi seat [...]

The “Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana” is an ongoing program started by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The aim of the program is to identify and encourage talented students with aptitude for research. The scholarships [...]

Shimla: As the lead banker for Himachal, UCO bank after having achieved total financial inclusion of all state households in 2007 had now reached another milestone by bringing the entire state under credit inclusion, making it the first state in the country to do so, SK Goel, chairman UCO Bank stated here on Saturday. The [...]

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