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 [...]

Chamba: My Himachal’s Dr Akshay Minhas organised a drug awareness event in remote valley of Chamba. Students from 4 schools participated in drawing, quiz, cultural activities and athletics .

Shimla: To create awareness about health and nutrition as well as promote organic produce, Himachal tourism in collaboration with agriculture department is to host a 3 day organic fair and food festival here starting from June 10. Being organized for the first time, the Organic Fair and Food Festival would be inaugurated by chief minister [...]

Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, inaugurated the world famous Shimla Summer Festival, which is being organised here since 1960s. Earlier the event was dominated by big names from our bollywood industry who were hired to perform at the event. But now the Summer Festival Organising Committee have decided to slash [...]

Shimla will host India’s premier environment and wildlife traveling film festival, CMS Vatavaran 2010, from July 2-4 at Gaiety Theater For nature lovers there could not have been a better news. New Delhi based organization CMS and WWF India are organizing a three day long environment and wildlife film festival in the city. Titled as [...]

(File Photo) Shimla: Speaking over the interview before the IPL cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore of Vijay Mallya and Kings XI Punjab, Priety Zinta expressed her excitement and love for Himachal Pradesh. Though Kings XI Punjab are still to do something substantive in the tournament, Royal Challengers have suffered a halt in the momentum [...]

Shimla: With an eye on the degrading human values and increasingly fragmented Indian Ethos, Himachal Pradesh University UGC-Academic Staff College has organised a twenty-one day long Refresher Course in the campus on the theme “Human Values and Indian Ethos”. About fifty participants are partaking in the event from different states like Orissa, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Rajsthan, [...]

(Photos by Heinrich and Wolfgang Himmel)

Shimla: Miss India, Shriya Kishore, was seen basking in the sun at Shimla town. She is here to attend the Pantaloons Femina Miss Himachal Contest, which will be held 22nd Feb. 2010. Shriya was crowned as Pantaloons Femina Miss India Earth 2009 in Mumbai on April 5, 2009. She was also one among the semifinalists [...]

Social pensions for 15000, arrears for employees, wage hike for industrial workers – Dhumal Shimla: Chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on the occasion of 40th statehood day announced release of pay revision arrears from government employees and pensioners, increased daily wages for industrial workers to Rs 110, and announced including another 15,000 people under the [...]

Shimla: This news will surely bring a smile on the faces of Birding aficionados and a chance to participate in the Annual Waterfowl Count at the Pong Dam Lake Bird Sanctuary. Built in 1960, the Pong Dam reservoir is the only place in the country after the Bharatpur Sanctuary where the red-necked grebe descends every [...]

Shimla: All India Art Exhibition 2009 was inaugurated by Himachal Pradesh Principal Secretary of Tourism Language & Culture, Manisha Nanda. Amit Kanwar was among the fifteen artists from all over India to be awarded for their excellent workmanship (in pictures).

Shimla: Sant Nirankari Mission, the largest volunteer blood donation organization as mentioned by Mission’s Zonal Head, Rajwant Kaur, organized its 23rd Blood donation Camp at the Ridge, Shimla, inaugurated by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minsiter, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal. Following the objectives of Nirankari Baba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj that “the blood should flow in the [...]

Shimla: Today, country’s oldest institution of higher education for girls – St Bede’s College, Shimla, celebrated ‘Grad’s Nite’ and Ex-Bedean get-together. Like every year beauty contest was the main attraction of the event. Chavi Nanta (in centre) won the title of Miss Bede’s and Isis Singh (right) and Harveen Kaur became First and Second runner-up, [...]

Shimla: Prabha Rao, Governor, inaugurated SAARC Folk Lore Festival organized by H.P Language and Culture Department in collaboration with SAARC Writers & Literary Foundation, Delhi here in the Gaiety Theatre last evening. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said that Indian culture had richest tradition which had shown the path of peace, moral values and [...]

हिमाचल मित्र द्वारा पहाडी दिवस का आयोजन नवम्बर की पहली शाम को मुंबई का आकाश पहाडी सुरों से गूँज उठा | साथ थी बांसुरी पर पहाडी धुन | सबसे बड़ा आकर्षण था बच्चों के गाये लोकगीत और कविताएँ | हिमाचल मित्र पत्रिका ने एक नवम्बर को मुंबई के चेंबूर इलाके में हिमाचल भवन में पहाडी [...]

Shimla: The Indian Institute of Advanced Study here organized a unique event today – bringing together some two dozen leading scholars, journalists, editors, people in public life, businessmen, and artists to celebrate the successful completion of fifty years of the Journal Seminar, thematic monthly coming out of Delhi. Just the history of individuals present—Governor Gopal [...]

Shimla: Noted film Producer and Director Shyam Benagal, while addressing media persons at Gaiety theatre today, condemned the moral policing of films being done. He also showed concern over the rising cases and demands of bans being imposed on the films citing different reasons. He said that many people who are politically motivated seek such [...]