Shimla: High powered single window authority has approved letting out built up industrial space in units which had come up in areas other than existing industrial estates and were saddled with extra area which could be used by other smaller units.
Manoj Kumar, director industries explained that the state laws permitted renting out space to ancillary [...]

Shimla: As food prices spiral and the government faces flak for being unable to keep essential commodities affordable, the task of forecasting productivity of crops like potato assumes importance for which ground observation coupled with satellite imagery is now being applied.
Explaining the process, SK Pandey, director Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) says. “Our survey teams [...]

Shimla: Lack of disease profile data for the state’s population has egged health administrators to have in place a health management information system (HMIS) that would throw up disease prevalence patterns and enable authorities to keep a tab on medication, diagnostics and treatments provided.
Spelling out the priorities for rolling out the system, Rajiv Bindal, health [...]

Shimla, Having held discussion with all state lawmakers, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today laid out a target of achieving over 7 percent growth in 2010-11 before giving final touches to a Rs 3000 Cr proposed annual plan for the next financial year.
The proposed plan, which is Rs 300 crore more than the current Rs [...]

Shimla: Presided over by chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Himachal cabinet today recommended convening of holding of the budget session from 2nd March to 13th April.
With a view to expeditiously find out the causes for rising number of accidents, the cabinet approved ‘Himachal Pradesh In-depth Study of Road Accident Scheme, 2009’.
Road accidents [...]

Shimla: On the 40th statehood day, Urmila Singh was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Himachal at a impressive ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan, here today.
Acting chief justice RB Mishra administered the oath of office to the new governor. Earlier Asha Swaroop, chief secretary read out the warrant issued by President Pratibha Patil [...]

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 social [...]

Red ribbon Pinning 20-20 Cricket match and rural Games to create HIV AIDS awareness at Palampur University, Mass pledge administered by Tej Partap VC to mark 20-20 campaign
Health Department staff pinned red ribbons on students and staff of HPKV Palampur under the 20-20 AIDS awareness campaign. A canopy and exhibition was setup at the Main [...]

Shimla: Union steel minister Virbhadra Singh today demanded registration of an FIR against chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and suspension of DGP vigilance Daljit Manhas for unlawfully tapping telephone lines of political opponents.
Lashing out at the Dhumal government, the steel minister told the media, “governments as powerful as that of President Nixon in US have [...]

Shimla: Boxed in over the murky affairs of 3 CDs having surfaced recently, BJP today hit back terming it as a handiwork of congress party with the objective to hinder investigations into corruption issues that have been forth by the probe into another CD involving union minister Virbhadra Singh.
Speaking to the media, Satyapal Jain – [...]

A warm farewell was given to Prabha Rau ex-Governor of Himachal Pradesh who has been appointed as Governor of Rajasthan.

Shimla: A Congress delegation headed by Himachal Pradesh party president Kaul Singh Thakur, Vice President Gangu Ram Musafir and eleven Congress MLAs with party members, met Governor Prabha Rau in Raj Bhawan and submitted a memorandum seeking dismissal of Dhumal government and recommending a CBI inquiry into the phone tapping issue revealed in the two [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has taken another step into the world of Internet by making an effort to bring 16 out of 67 Employment Offices of the State online, said Rajiv Bindal, Health Minister while speaking in a conference of Laobur Ministers at New Delhi today.
He added that a software has been developed to make the [...]

Activists of Congress Sewadal burn effigies of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, and (BJP) MP Virender Kashyap in Shimla, On Thursday.

Activists of NSUI burn effigy of Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in Shimla on Wednesday.

Shimla: Circulation of an audio compact disc (CD) by unknown sources among select media and others has caused the flutter in political circles here as the disc is said to contain voices of chief minister asking vigilance bureau chief to tap phones of his opponents.
The voices heard bear semblance to that of Chief Minister Prem [...]

Shimla: Taking precautionary steps to reduce bus incidences, Himachal Pradesh Transport Minister, Mohinder Singh, pointed out towards the issue of overloading and said that overloading in bus will not be allowed.
He also said that only drivers with valid driving license will be allowed to drive buses.
He said that use of mobile phone by [...]