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Shimla: Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS), Himachal Pradesh Chapter, is organising a first ever ‘On the Spot Painting Competition’ on ‘Disability Rights’ in this hilly state. Students of department of visual art from HP University and colleges of Shimla city will make paintings on ‘Disability Rights: Shifts from Charity to Human Rights’ at [...]

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New Delhi: Senior Indian Administrative Service officer Asha Swarup, a Himachal cadre officer, has taken over as the secretary of Information and Broadcasting Ministry, becoming the first woman officer to hold this post in the ministry. Swarup was earlier special secretary and financial adviser in the department of commerce and industry. Swarup is from the [...]

By: Vividhaditya
Each time I open up a newspaper in Himachal, even if it’s a local edition, I see hardly any ads from advertisers in Himachal. I even doubt if the meagre advertising is targeted at the Himachali reader. I’m not talking about the tender or government notices or classifieds or matrimonials. The only big names [...]

By: Vividhaditya
I just wish that Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh dumped the helicopter and used the roads more often. While addressing a gathering in Rohru on Himachal Day, yesterday, he said that about Rs 2500 crore were being procured from World Bank for making the roads of the state wide and that the Theog-Hatkoti [...]

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Dharamshala: The Kangra Valley Tea producers Association will hold a four-day international tea conference here starting June 1. The seminar would be titled - Kangra Tea Science 2020. Union commerce minister Jairam Ramesh has been invited to inaugurate the seminar, and prominent tea scientist Dr NK Jain, and all former and current vice-chancellor of Palampur [...]

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Mashroor: The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to set up a Board for promoting and preserving the cultural heritage of the state. The Board would include prominent local personalities including writers, artistes and art historians from the state. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh here today.

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Kangra: There are good days ahead for the revival of theatre in Himachal Pradessh.The Kangra Cultural Society, a voluntary organisation, is holding a two-day theatre festival at Government Polytechnic, Kangra on April 12 and 13. The event is being sponsored by the North Zone Culture Centre, Patiala, and will feature performances by three professional drama [...]

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New Delhi: Pursuing the common integrated police application plan’, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to provide facilities for registering online Complaints  in all police stations of the state through  E-mails.
Giving details about the   common integrated   police application plan here, state chief minister Virbhadra Singh, who called on Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said that [...]

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Shimla: The computer education programme being run under the universal education scheme in Himachal has run into rough weather. At least six coordinators associated with the programme have opted out of it alleging that the company entrusted with implementing the project had been taking them for granted.
282 schools in the state were being covered under [...]

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Chamba: The manimahesh shrine would finally a taken over by a public trust. This means that the annual Manimahesh pilgrimage,which takes place in September every year, would now be managed by the trust.
The Chamba deputy commissoner would be the ex-officio head of the trust, while sub-divisional officer (civil) Bharmour will be member secretary and tehsildar [...]