Pic: Transit campus of IIT Mandi where the inaugural session opens up on 9th August, 2010 Shimla: The number of IITs has doubled in the past year. Although mentoring by existing IITs is providing better starts, the newer IITs face big challenges. While the new Directors will immediately be recruiting core groups of faculty and [...]

Shimla: Death by ragging, be it suicide or the victim dying because of injuries, have not stopped since the medico Aman Kachroo’s death was reported from Tanda Medical College in March 2009. Kachroo’s death did cause a national furor and stern punishment was sought and is desired for those found guilty. But none would want [...]

Shimla: It is harvest time in Himachal Pradesh’s sprawling apple belt.And the farmers are reaping the biggest harvest ever this year.This should have brought joy to farmers,instead it has brought in worry and sleepless nights. Having just travelled through the leafy orchards,perched on tiny terraced fields,often enveloped by fog,I gathered some of the farmers’ concerns. [...]

In the Upper Seraj Valley, culture intertwines with traditions and life is dominated by hundreds of deities nestled in the serene lap of the Himalayas. Only a person who has travelled into the interiors of the Himalayan region can comprehend what life here has to offer. I’ve been privileged to work as an intern with [...]

The question of central support to Himachal Pradesh keeps coming up time and again and the lack of appreciation on the part of various interest groups creates impressions which are far from the truth. As is well known, the two major platforms through which the financial resources are transferred to the States are the Finance [...]

Shimla. What about Shimla you would be right to ask. The Indians have done to this quite stunning hill station with its Raj era buildings of splendid grandeur what we have done to Murree. Seven- and eight- and 12-storey buildings built on cliff edges; some of the ugliest architecture to be seen anywhere in the [...]

Kufri is a major tourist destination around 17 km from Shimla. I’d heard a lot of stories about the beauty of the place, so I thought I’d make a trip there…I made my way by bus and walked 2 km uphill to Kufri (preferring not to take the expensive taxis)…as I reached near the top, [...]

Shimla: Environmental pollution today is much discussed and debated topic.It is a cause of great concern of the humanity. But my recent concern is about the environmental quality characteristics the most dramatic intellectual shifts that are taking place in our provinces. Where understanding of ecological underpinnings of human life, largely lost in the post –war [...]

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 and instead stressed on promoting the ‘achieved political statuses’ especially by the upcoming and unconnected youth. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]