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Shimla: Chief election commissioner N Krishnaswamy will be in Shimla on Tuesday to review the preparations for the forthcoming elections. The visit assumes importance keeping in view the controversy about whether or not the Election Commission was within its right to announce the dates of the elections without taking the state government into confidence.The state [...]

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Dharamsala: 21-year-old Tenzin Dolma of McLeod Ganj was crowned the sixth Miss Tibet at a function held at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts here on Sunday. Dolma proved herself better than four other contestants by picking up maximum points in the 7-round competition. Dolma is presently working as a part-time model and as an [...]

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Hamirpur: If the mysterious letter by Congress leader Harsh Mahajan announcing not to contest the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections raised a few eyebrows in political circles, this announcement was at least not seen with much suspicion. Former Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Jai Krishan Sharma on Sunday announced retirement from the election politics, but said he [...]

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Shimla: In a sudden development, Election Commission of India has announced the Assembly Elections in the State of Himachal Pradesh. The elections are to be held on November 14 and December 19, three months ahead of schedule.
Counting of votes in Himachal Pradesh will be done on December 28. Three constituencies will go to polls [...]

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New Delhi: Something that HimVani had always been pushing - to capitalise on the vast Himachal NRI potential - is coming true. Himachal NRIs have been missing from the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. Late though, Himachal Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh has urged the NRIs from the state to invest in the state, according to a press [...]

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Shimla: Hoping to create HIV/AIDS awareness in the state, The Himachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society has decided to set up a Red Ribbon Club in all the government departments of the state.
The decision was announced by Dr Sulakshana Puri, Project Director, of the society after presiding over a training workshop on HIV/AIDS here. A [...]

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Shimla: The next departmental examination for officers/officials of Indian Administrative Service, HP Administrative Service, tehsildars/naib tehsildars, IFS/HPFS and all other gazetted officers, non-gazetted officers, supdt Gr-II and senior assistant (technical and non-technical), excise and taxation inspectors who were serving under HP government would be held from April  17 to 25, 2008 by the Board of [...]

By: Gautami
Shimla: They virtually created a history and brought laurels for Himachal Pradesh. The pathetic conditions of their school could not stop them in reaching the heights. The students of School for the Blind, Dhalli, Shimla, not only won 11 gold, seven silver and one bronze medal in the boys’ events of 4th [...]

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Dharamsala: OneWorld South Asia in association with Ideosync Media Combine and Jagori is holding a training-cum-orientation workshop on community radio at Bachat Bhavan in Dharamsala on October 9 and 10. The workshops is aimed at introducing community radio (CR) as an effective information and communication tool for strengthening local NGOs and community organisations’ communications strategies/programmes.
It [...]