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Shimla: Residents of Shimla, woke up to surprise, with white flakes of snow falling and painting the city white. However, the joy was momentary as it just snowed for about one-hour in the main city.

Scene at Kufri after Shimla received first snowfall of the season, December 10, 2007
(Pics: Lalit Kumar)
However, upper regions of Shimla [...]

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Shimla: Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS), Himachal Pradesh Chapter, has come out with a People’s Manifesto for the Disabled in connection with the ensuing assembly election in the hill state. Ajai Srivastava, Chairman of the society and a crusader for the rights of the disabled, released the manifesto on the occasion of World [...]

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Shimla: Will it be a sunset for the Congress and bring a new dawn for BJP? As the state reels under winter cold, the political hullabaloo is just about to warm up. The Himachal voter being a silent voter, all predictions of psephologists and journalists have failed in the past. Only time will tell, whether [...]

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Shimla: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati arrived in Shimla on Friday. She is expected to address six rallies all over the state in the next eight days, including Shimla, Dharamshala, Sundernagar, Baddi, Una and Nurpur.

BSP supremo Mayawati at Annadale helipad, Shimla on December 7, 2007 (Photo: Lalit Kumar)
She was received at Annadale Helipad here [...]

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Shimla: In its manifesto released in Shimla today, the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPIM) gave an antithesis of what the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) dished out in theirs on Thursday. The party that is fighting on only seven seats in Himachal is relying on the issue of increase in central assistance to Himachal [...]

By: Hema Dogra
Shimla: The BJP’s announcement of developing Himachal Pradesh as a financially sovereign state powered by ‘power (hydel) and tourism’ sectors, has given the voters of the state a new food for thought. Constitution of the Sixth Pay Commission, new transfer policy, employee pension in local bodies and private institutions are the highlights [...]

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Politics has come of age in Himachal Pradesh, and so have its electorates. While campaigning for the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections has gone more mainstream with almost all top leaders of major parties contesting the polls throwing in their weight, voters in the state too have become more demanding. So on the one hand, political [...]

Manifesto by Vulnerables
Preamble:
Himachal Pradesh has made tremendous `progress’ since its inception on economic front. It has achieved one of the best growth rates and is being rated as best Pradesh on the North of Vindhya as far as `Euro-centric’ indicators of development are concerned. This has happened due to hard work of people and far [...]

विकलांगता पर जनघोषणा पत्र-2007
सोसाइटी फॉर डिसेबिलिटी एंड रिहैबिलिटेशन स्टडीज (एसडीआरएस), हिमाचल प्रदेश चैपटर ने विश्व विकलांगता दिवस - 2007 के अवसर पर हिमाचल प्रदेश में विधानसभा चुनावों के मद्देनजर ‘विकलांगता पर जनघोषणा पत्र (पीपुल्स मेनीफैस्टो फौर द डिसेबेल्ड) जारी किया है।
राज्य में विकलांगों के अधिकारों से जुड़े मुद्दे राजनैतिक और सामाजिक एजेंडा में [...]

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आज हिमाचल प्रदेश  देश भर में एक उन्नत राज्यों में माना जा रहा है। दुसरे राज्यों के मुकावले यहां शिक्षा, स्वास्थ्य सुविधा, सड़क परिवहन, आवास इत्यादि के क्षेत्र में अभूतपूर्व विकास हुआ है। इस का पहला कारण निश्चित तौर पर प्रदेश का छठवें दशक में ही अलग राज्य के रूप में अस्तित्व [...]