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PALAMPUR: The Himalayan Policy Campaign Committee (HPCC) has written to the Prime Minister, bringing to his notice the ongoing struggle between tribals in Kinnaur and a company executing a hydroelectric project in the Karchham-Wangtoo area.

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SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh perhaps is among the few states in India where communal divide is either not too visible or has not had a bloody history. Ever since its inception, the state has hardly witnessed any incident of communal violence, which says a lot about the social, economic and political environment in the state. Religion, [...]

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SHIMLA: To regulate groundwater use in the state, the government has decided to make it mandatory for even villagers to get no objection certificate (NOC) from the Irrigation and Public Health Department. The government will also shortly bring into force the Groundwater Water Policy.
 

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SHIMLA: The Himachal government too seems to have got onto the SEZ bandwagon with a number of such zones being announced for different regions of the state. The state has already got permission for setting up special economic zones in Kangra, Una and Solan districts, and is now planning more such SEZs. What exactly are [...]

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SHIMLA: The most abundant natural resource that Himachal has been endowed with is water. Perhaps that is why it is also the cheapest, to an extent free, as we had been made to believe this far. The cacophony over harnessing the hydroelectric potential of the state has already created enough ripples in rivers flowing through [...]

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NEW DELHI: Vasudha has successfully undergone a Cochlear implant at the premier AIIMS institute on December 14th, her father Vikram Rawat told HimVani.
The surgery took four hours. She was taken to the operation theatre at 8:30 am and brought back at 2:50 pm. According to the doctors, the “operation was successful”.

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SHIMLA: The language and culture department of Himachal Pradesh has decided to hold a Himachali film festival in April next year. The festival would exclusively feature films made in the state only. Currently about 10 films have been made in pahari dialect, which have been received quite well by the people. Besides the screening of [...]

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SHIMLA: Nanobiosym, a nano-biotechnology company from USA, has shown interest in investing in the state. This was stated by Anita Goel, CEO and managing director of Nanobiosym, a nano-biotechnology company based in Boston, who met chief minister Virbhadra Singh in Shimla on Friday.

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Photos by: Lalit Kumar

After Shimla drew a blank on snow last year the weather seems to have patched up as the town was greeted with a surprise snowfall on Monday. After experiencing a warn sunshine during the first half of the day clouds took over and the snowflakes were all around at [...]

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MANDI: An earthquake of mild intensity shook Mandi town
on Sunday afternoon. The tremors were felt twice at around 1.30 pm. No loss of life or property was reported from the town or other nearby areas.