Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, inaugurated three day long ‘Hamir Utsav’ and congratulated the people of the Hamirpur for having completed 38 years of its formation. There were exhibition stalls put up by different departments like PSUs, NGO, Boards, BSNL, AIDS Control Society and Self Help Groups from different parts of [...]

Shimla: While the police struggle to enforce the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotic Substance (NDPS) Act in the state, photographer Amit Kanwar today trapped on camera this unknown man at work at Kufta Dhar near Shimla, rubbing marijuana leaves to extract the resin for making ‘dope’ or ‘charas’. Marijuana plants grow in abundance in the wild [...]

Shimla: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) today sanctioned Rs 110.27 crore for creation of rural infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh. The funds have been allocated under NABARD’s Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) – Tranche XVI. So far the apex rural bank has sanctioned a total of Rs 179.25 crore to the hill state [...]

Shimla: The Heritage building of the Viceregal Lodge, now known as the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), is organizing an exhibition of rare photographs of the rooms and offices of the Viceregal Lodge collected from various sources. The IIAS plans to add to this collection of rare photographs of the Viceregal Lodge and organize [...]

Shimla: The state got its first eye bank today with chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal inaugurating the new facility at Indira Gandhi Medical College today. Set up in collaboration with Eye Bank of Government Medical College, Chandigarh, at a cost of Rs 40 lakh, the hospital would be able to offer eye donation, processing, preservation [...]

Shimla: Retaining their fortress, Students Federation of India swept the students elections at Himachal Pradesh University winning all four seats on the panel. Out of the three city colleges, SFI candidates also won in two of them, which included an all girls college. At one college National Students Union of India (NSUI) panel was declared [...]

Apple doesn’t need any description as it is one of the most widely cultivated fruits in the world. Apple has got its origin in central Asia, where its wild ancestors are still found. Health value of apple is immense. In the following write-up, we will tell you how to use apple for skin care. SKIN [...]

Shimla: Financial mis-management at district levels is the highlight of a report on Sirmaur district by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that has done a district centric audit of one of most backward districts of the Himachal for the 2004-09 period. The report, which was laid in the Vidhan Sabha on Monday, states, “ the [...]

Shimla: For participating in the ‘2nd Shimla Running and Living Half Marathon and More‘ the organizers have thrown open the registration. The run is scheduled to be held after the rains on 26th September, VC Pharka, principal secretary youth affairs and sports disclosed. Registration forms would be be available at The Ashiana Ridge, Himalayan Motoword [...]

Shimla: Avantika Thakur, a 20 year old student of National Law School – Bangalore and who hails from Lahaul in Himachal has been selected to represent India at the 2010 Nkabom Commonwealth Youth Leadership Programme. Avantika, an indigenous rights activist, is the sole representative from India for the program and was selected after beating stiff [...]

A weeks holiday for schools sought Shimla: Widespread rains battered the state overnight and much of the day before giving some respite towards the evening, causing much damage to roads and disrupting drinking water supply schemes. With life thrown out of gear and more rain forecast over the week, Communist Party of India (Marxists) (CPIM) [...]

Shimla: With a 34 year old man from Chirgaon region of Shimla district having died here from swine flu on Thursday, health workers have fanned out into his native village and administered preventive treatment to those who had come in contact with him. Anil Sharma (34), a resident of Gumma Tikkri village in Chirgaon Tehsil [...]

Shimla: At least 37 people are feared dead and 25 others injured when a truck carrying about 65 people lost control on a straight road stretch at Hatnala under Balh police station and fell into a nallah in Mandi district, today. The truck was going from Shadyani village (about 30 Km form Mandi) to Gorkutta [...]

Shimla: With the Government – contract doctors stand off having failed to find a resolution, doctors today held a peaceful demonstration outside the Vidhan Sabha – which is meeting for a monsoon session, to highlight pay parity and other service conditions for them.

Shimla: On the eve of the week long monsoon session that starts on Tuesday (17.8.2010), it would be worthwhile to asses the working of our legislators in the previous session, which happened to be the 2010-11 budget session held in March-April, 2010. Information obtained under Right To Information (RTI) only partially revealed that the Himachal [...]

Shimla: Bad roads coupled with a shortage of trucks for transporting apple boxes in the growing belt has irked the Himachal Pradesh Fruit and Vegetable Growers Confederation who have condemned the government for its failure to ensure good roads and effectively monitor transport activity. Sanjay Chauhan, general secretary of the federation says that “growers are [...]

An Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) and DOTS centre facilties to patients of Ayurvedic college Paprola, were ingurated by Trilok Kapoor (Chairman Wool procurement and marketing federation HP) this week. This is the seventh ICTC in District Kangra established under the National AIDS Control Programme. On the occasion Dr RK Sood Dsitrict AIDS Programme [...]

More than 400 contractual doctors went on leave for 3 days from today. Demanding there rights of regularization of there job. But none of the Govt. Officer bother to enquire why they want to get regularized. I would like to highlight what are the side effects and the benefits of this. Benefits : A doctor [...]