By: VIVIDHADITYA
Since India Today rated Himachal as number one in health and education, the HP govt has been tomtoming about the title thrusted upon it in quarter page ads in national dailies and all. Nothing wrong with that. In fact we too at Him Vani too had been tomtoming as well.
But it’s just not the [...]

By: SUREKHA DHALETA
Utsav India 2006, a first of its kind three day trade expo and two-day seminar on differently children starts today in Shimla. The seminar cum expo will be inaugurated by Governor of Himachal Pradesh, V S Kokje at 3 pm today.
The seminar is being organised by Medinmark, a Panchkula based public relayions firm [...]

By: SAROJ THAKUR

A serene green tea garden in Palampur
My Bua, my father’s sister, would make a face whenever we served her tea of the various brands that abound the markets. I would never be able to understand her attitude. So much so that at times she would bring her own tea leaves as [...]

By: VIKAS DOGRA
Some graffiti, a few numbers and words that are carelessly scribbled on the walls of this small room at the Sadar Police Station in Shimla, shows that they were here. The room that resounded with voices of destitute children learning their daily lessons of life from none other than “Police Uncle” turned teachers [...]

By: SUREKHA DHALETA
Naveen, who is in the vocational group, wants to set up his own shop. He has been learning the art of making candles at the vocational centre of Udaan. Girish, another student of the same group, very excitedly shows me the file covers, which he and his classmates have learnt to make at [...]

By: SUREKHA DHALETA
Despite being among the top states in the country in terms of quality of life, Himachal Pradesh sadly has a disabled population higher than the national average. The foremost reason for this may be the difficult terrain of the state that hinders treatment in a sense that [...]

By: VIKAS DOGRA
It’s celebration time at his home! Twelve-year-old Pankaj has just begun to scribble some words on paper, which resemble some letters from the “Hindi Varnamala”. This might not sound like a feat for many but for a child who lost his mental and physical abilities to a severe attack of pneumonia at the [...]

By: SHIVANI
Yesterday I was at Kala Amb for some business. I hope most of you have heard of this place. The road leading to Kala Amb from Chandigarh has amazing scenery on the way — beautiful mountains, lush green vast spaces. The minute you reach the checkpost, the road vanishes. To my surprise, entire city [...]

HIMVANI NEWS SERVICE
Himachal’s own branded products such as Kangra miniature paintings, Chamba rumaals, Lahauli socks, Kullu shawls, juices, Ayurvedic and herbal medicines, woollens, Pashmina shawls etc can now be bought on the internet.
Himachal government is launching http://himachalproducts.com for global showcasing, promotion and real-time offerings of the products mentioned above.

By: VIKAS DOGRA
It is great that Himachal has been ranked first in the field of primary education for the third consecutive year (India Today survey). There is a lot of change happening in the government schools in the state. The latest one is the introduction of Karate training (for self defense) for the girl students [...]