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Murder on Shimla streets

Written on 31 Aug, 2007 at 20:01 in Citizen Voice | viewed times | 1 Comment

 By: Akhil Puri Himachal – The Land Of Gods, has been since its birth a place where the law prevailed, people having high values lived and showed mutual respect to each other. With our 60 years of Independence, I was not... (Continue reading)

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Last date for admission to SCVT courses ...

Written on 31 Aug, 2007 at 19:32 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla; The Department of Technical Education, Himachal Pradesh, on Friday said that applications were being invited up to September 14 from candidates who could not apply earlier for admission to various vocational courses under State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT)... (Continue reading)

Health dept to probe working of Vivekananda ...

Written on 29 Aug, 2007 at 21:03 in Daily news | viewed times | 1 Comment

HimVani Shimla: Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the state health department would conduct an inquiry into the functioning of Vivekananda Institute of Medical Science and Research at Palampur. The trust is headed by former chief minister Shanta Kumar. The CM... (Continue reading)

Woman beaten up for objecting to rash driving

Written on 29 Aug, 2007 at 12:52 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: Rowdy behaviour of a private bus driver with a woman passenger caused a massive traffic jam on the bus stand-Boilauganj road here. According to eyewitnesses, the driver also beat up the women when she objected to the bus being... (Continue reading)

Eco-tourism societies to be registered

Written on 28 Aug, 2007 at 12:21 in Daily news, Tourism | viewed times | 1 Comment

HimVani Shimla: Answering to a question on the opening day of the Vidhan Sabha session, Himachal Pradsh forest minister Ramlal Thakur informed that forest field officers have instructed to register all eco-tourism societies in the state. He said, as per the... (Continue reading)

All panchayats to get housed by year-end

Written on 27 Aug, 2007 at 15:28 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: All panchayats in Himachal Pradesh will have there own buildings by the end of this year. There are 3,243 panchayats in the state, out of which 650 panchayats do not have a permanent place to operate from. Work on... (Continue reading)

English out from JBT in Himachal

Written on 26 Aug, 2007 at 15:22 in Daily news, Development | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh School Education Board has decided not to allow JBT students to write their examinations in English, which means that students would have to write their answer sheets in Hindi alone. Around 2,000 students are enrolled in DIET... (Continue reading)

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CPM protests against water shortage

Written on 25 Aug, 2007 at 21:06 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani  Shimla:A demonstration was held outside the office of Shimla municipal corporation by CPI(M) to protest against the civic body’s failure to provide adequate drinking water to the city.Speakers at the demonstration accused the MC of not maintaining the old water... (Continue reading)

Spiti valley plunges into darkness

Written on 23 Aug, 2007 at 12:33 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani    Kullu: Almost the whole of Spiti valley has plunged into darkness with the electricity production at the Rangtang power project coming to a halt after the water storage dam over the river was washed away by heavy rains. The dam... (Continue reading)

Get free tips on house making

Written on 20 Aug, 2007 at 15:43 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: To help Himachalis build safe and environmentally sustainable houses, ACC Limited has started a project to provide free counseling to people planning to build a house. Stating this during the two-day workshop on Good Construction Practices, company officials claimed... (Continue reading)

Red flag over HPU

Written on 19 Aug, 2007 at 18:17 in Daily news | viewed times | 3 Comments

HimVani  Shimla: Students Federation of India clean-sweeped Student Central Association (SCA) elections in Himachal Pradesh University for the fourth consecutive year, winning all four seats. The president’s position went to Naresh Kumar of SFI who defeated Ashish Sharma of AVBP by just... (Continue reading)

HP govt forms committee to enforce Apartment ...

Written on 19 Aug, 2007 at 16:04 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to keep a tab on registered builders in the state witha  view to check sub-standard construction. HIMUDA has constituted a committee to make builders comply with the provisions of the Apartment Act. If... (Continue reading)

Sirsa bridge gives in

Written on 16 Aug, 2007 at 16:14 in Daily news | viewed times | 1 Comment

HimVani Shimla: The Sirsa bridge on the Pinjore-Swarghat highway that connects the Baddi-Barotiwala industrial belt of Himachal Pradesh caved in on Wednesday. Though unlike other bridges that were washed away by rains in the state during the last few days, only... (Continue reading)

52 feared killed in Himachal flash floods

Written on 15 Aug, 2007 at 13:43 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

By: Hema D Shimla: Almost 52 people have been killed in the flash flood at Ganavi village ahead of Rampur in Himachal Pradesh, according to official figures. Thirty of the reported dead are women and the rest are men, including 10 students.... (Continue reading)

50 feared dead near Rampur due to cloudburst

Written on 15 Aug, 2007 at 2:37 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: About 50 people have reportedly been washed away in a flash flood caused due to cloudburst at Ghanvi village in Shimla district on Tuesday evening. Though the exact number of missing people could not be confirmed, the death toll... (Continue reading)

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