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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has made amendments in the Emergency Relief Manual, allowing more compensation to victims of natural calamities. The government has also allowed direct cash compensation to farmers for damaged crops.
In case of death of an individual due to a calamity, the family would be paid Rs 75,000, which was earlier Rs [...]

 By: Shruti Dubey
For the last one decade, Indians have been surfing high on the wave of opportunities washing the country’s shore in the form of information technology jobs and information technology enables services (ITES). The surge has been such that no part of the country has been left untouched as youths from almost all states, [...]

द्वारा: कुलभूषण उपमन्यु
तमाम तरह की शासन व्यवस्थाओं के बीच आज के युग में प्रजातंत्र का विशेष स्थान बन गया है। प्रजातंत्र शासक की तानाशाही प्रवृति पर अंकुश लगाता है और व्यवस्था को लोगों की जरूरतों के अनुकूल ढालने की कोशिश करता है। इसके लोगों की जरूरतों के अनुकूल न रहने पर चुनाव के समय [...]

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Khoj - Tashi Jong, is trying to acquire some land from the forest department, to be able to plant trees. Things [...]

By: Surekha Dhaleta

V S Kokje, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, with differently-abled children after honouring them for their achievements in a programme organised by Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS) in Shimla. H K Sharma, CMD of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam and Ajai Srivastava, Chairman of SDRS, HP are also seen in the picture.
(Photo: D [...]

छाया व आलेख: डी डी शर्मा
गत दो वर्षो के समूचे हिमाचल भ्रमण में मैंने कुछ ऐसे स्थानों का भी भ्रमण किया जो कि पर्यटन की दृष्टि से काफी महत्व रखते हैं लेकिन प्रचार एवं प्रसार के अभाव में पर्यटक मानचित्र में इन क्षेत्रों का कोई खास अहमियत नहीं हैं । जिला कुल्लू में रघुपुर [...]

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has issued no-objection certificates to 23 applicants out of 80 who had applied for running various nursing courses in the state.
Ten institutes have been allowed to run general nursing midwifery course while the rest will be starting two-year auxiliary nursing midwifery course. Out of these, five institutes will come up [...]

Write-up and photo: D D Sharma

Kinkari Devi at her home in Sangrah, Sirmaur
Solan: Gazing at the vastness of the sky, Kinkari Devi sits outside her house in Sangrah, a remote village in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. There is silence around, but wait, …she asks this writer to be quite for a moment. “I [...]

छाया व आलेख: एस आर हरनोट

किन्नौर हिमाचल प्रदेश का अति सुन्दर और समीमावर्ती जनजातीय जिला है। इसके पूर्वी छोर में तिब्बत, पश्चिम में कुल्लू व लाहंल स्पिति, दक्षिण-पश्चिमी छोर में शिमला जिला और दक्षिण में उत्तर प्रदेश का उत्तरकाशी क्षेत्र और जिला शिमला का रोहड़ू क्षेत्र स्थित है ।
1 मई, १९६० से पूर्व यह महासू [...]

By: Saroj Thakur
The first stoppage of our itinerary was Palampur. The day was a little cloudy and the rain seemed to be in the air. The scent of the pine needles combined with the aroma of the tea gardens and the effect was deadly enough to submerge us in its heavenly concoction!
The majestic Dhauladhars

The distant [...]