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 [...]

Survey finds 21% of Shimla school children into drugs Shimla: Rising stress levels among children because of academic pressure, emotional distress and parental expectations was causing drug abuse to rise among them which a survey has pointing out that as many as 21 percent children in Shimla schools were into drugs. Citing a survey of [...]

Shimla: Anuj Sharma the famous Himachal folk singer and Indian Idol’s, a reality TV-show, second runners up is all set to rock his fans around the world with his latest album ‘KHWAAB’ with UNIVERSAL MUSIC Company, to be released on 3rd March, 2010. Talking to My Himachal News he said,“ We had planned to release [...]

Spent hours on work a living torso of dirt He feels his pockets To hear the sound of money Nothing to the ears Is what he fears For he has many to feed To save his next breed With his sore hands he disturbs the steel To buy some bread for the night’s meal Searches [...]

There are number of adverse effects; of tobacco in our health, tobacco is nothing but the wastage of, money as well as wealth. “Cigarette smoking is injurious to health” is written over every cigarette packet; even after reading this ‘gentlemen’, don’t leave this racket. If cigarette smoking is stopped and; we save the unused money, [...]