Shimla: With opposition congress in a disarray, the Prem Kumar Dhumal led BJP government pursuing a green agenda has had a smooth run through the second year of its term unlike much of north India where the party suffered serious reverses.

Midway in the year the state leadership faced its biggest challenge as it went [...]

BJP, like Congress, preferred a newcomer instead of an MP’s kin
Shimla: Having taken cue from the Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, political parties in the hill State have emphasised on bringing an end to the ‘ascribed political statuses [...]

It happened on a day immediately after the results of the Lok Sabha elections were announced, we all were rather a little perturbed over the performance of our party where we fared the worst since the formation of our party, that one gentleman walked into our office. This person was neither our sympathizer nor do [...]

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 [...]

The district of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh is full with scenic beauty apart from being rich in hydel resource. The tribal district comprise of Kinnaura tribe also known as kinners. There are various connotations to this tribe. Some say they are the aboriginals who were pushed back by the Aryans and the Khasas another tribe [...]

ABSTRACT
The paper attempts to address the question of cooperation among the Indian States with particular focus on the north Indian States. It briefly deals with the existing platforms for centre-State and inter-State cooperation and analyses the mechanics of such cooperation. It attempts to capture the changed political scenario at the Centre and in the States [...]

विकास के लिए उत्तरदायी कौन?
हर वर्ष प्रदेश और देश के मंत्रीगण करोडों रुपयों के आय-व्यय की बात कहते हैं | विकास के लिए उठाये जाने वाले कदमों की सराहना होती है | सत्तापक्ष और विपक्ष एक दूसरे के निर्णय और सोच की निंदा करते हैं | फ़िर पानी बरसता है, और कई पुल और [...]

Today, we are going to celebrate our 39th Statehood Day of Himachal Pradesh. On 25th Janaury, 1971, Himchal was established to emerge as eighteenth state of India. Over these years Himachal has seen many ups and downs and on our Statehood Day I’d like to highlight some of our major achievements to send a positive [...]

Shimla, once the summer capital of the erstwhile British Raj in India, is a fantasy place for maximum people leaving in the hot climate. It is one of the favourite honeymoon and education destinations. No wonder this hill station has seen numerous changes over decades.
I’ll discuss some changes from our daily lives.
I’ll talk about an [...]

Ministers prefer general category staff
Rakesh Lohumi
Tribune News Service
Shimla, January 11
While political leaders of various parties keep pleading for expanding the scope of reservations in jobs, but when they come to power and occupy ministerial berths, they mostly pose faith in officers from the general category.
The ministers have full freedom to choose their personal staff. However, [...]

पुरानी बुशहर रियासत के नए मुख्यालय रामपुर से महज 18 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर बसा है गाँव ….निरमंड जिसे घरों और जनसँख्या के लिहाज़ से देश का सबसे बड़ा गाँव भी कहा जाता है. करीब साढे सात सौ घरों वाले निरमंड की आवादी सवा तीन हज़ार है जो शायद इसे सबसे बड़ा होने का तगमा [...]

I cannot but imagine hundreds of people reeling under extreme cold conditions with no shelter. This is a typical picture in those villages including ‘Malana’ in Kulllu district, which is for various reasons including that of producing the best quality of cannabis sativum in the country. The entire village of Malana got burnt and now [...]

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 [...]

Stranglehold of a two party system has led to political lethargy in Himachal where interests of the state are trampled under for vested interests whose power centers lie elsewhere.
No visible protests are seen, be it against the powerful cement lobby, land mafia, hydropower companies or other interests that are increasingly encroaching upon rights of simple [...]

Shimla: A three-day Seminar on “Exploring Non Violence” commenced at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study here today.
In his Welcome address Professor Peter Ronald deSouza, the Director of the Institute reflected on the need for exploring the capacious concept of Non Violence. He referred to the growing tendency of Violence that made the deliberations [...]

Social security at large and that of the underprivileged sections of the society is one of the prime responsibilities of the State in the Indian context. Social security schemes to such sections of the society as are most vulnerable to the fast changing social and economic organization in India have been in vogue for over [...]

With 91 per cent population living in the rural areas of the State and about 70 per cent of the total work force depending upon agriculture, farm economy of the State assumes a great significance in the context of raising the overall rate of growth of the economy on the one [...]