By: Vijay Samyal Fatehpur: While industry in Himachal Pradesh has been struggling with, in fact lamenting, the 70% quota condition for employing Himachalis imposed by the state government, local contractors appear more-than-enthusiastic to demand similar reservation for themselves in execution...
Ajay Saklani reminisces his schooling as a child in a Himachal village. But the apparent nostalgia also oozes his dissatisfaction with why six-year old kids like him had to walk six kilometers, on paths where even mountain goats would hesitate to trudge, to a school where education was never a priority...
By: Gautami Srivastava* Shimla: Kinkari Devi (75), the bare footed, illiterate environmentalist has passed away. She spent her whole life in conserving the environment of the Himalayan region in Himachal Pradesh and fighting with mining mafia to protect the environment...
By: Ravish Sharma “Big multinational companies hire only from the IITs & IIMs,” is what youths generally think. But the mindset seems to be fast changing with more number of students with their sheer hard work proving that talent does...
HimVani Dharamsala: The Tibetan government-in-exile would hold its second population census on April 12. The first such census was held in 1998. The census will be done to catagorise Tibetan refugees living in India on the basis of age, sex,...
By: Isha Sharma Himachali food varies from region to region. The cuisine of Himachal Pradesh is largely based on the climate and topography of the state. While the everyday meal is the usual dal-chawal-subzi-roti, special dishes are cooked during festive...
HimVani Shimla: In a major decision that could have widespread on-ground affect on the healthcare delivery mechanisim in Himachal Pradesh, the state health department has directed non-governmental oranisations not to carry out any kind of immunization programme. In a letter sent...
Himvani SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh’s first wireless Community Radio was today launched in Solan, district. Chief Secretary of government of Himachal Pradesh Asha Swaroop inaugurated the community radio at M.S. Panwar Institute of Communication and Management (MSPICM), Solan. The radio MSPICM...
By: Rakesh Kumar Sharma It has become a common parlance these days to criticise the entire political, bureaucratic and social system. Right from the farmers in villages, the 'coffee-house middle class' and even the so-called elites - everyone indirectly praises...
By: TENZINThis is again one of those issues which ignites passions and lets reasons go awry. This is bound to happen. Looking at the arguments flying all around. I am putting in my 2 paisa.Tell me if i am...