By: Meesha Tandon
I am an Architect Environmental PLanner and had undertaken a study on the Himalayan city of Shimla as a part of my dissertation at University of Leeds. The findings of that study showed a unique hydrological process which is in place in Himachal and is very less documented.
But putting it in very simple [...]

By: Puneet Sood
Dharamshala: An awareness Camp on Blood Donation and HIV/ AIDS was organised at ITI for Women, Dari, four kilometres away from Dharamshala, as part of the National Youth Day Celebrations.
There is no substitute for human blood and blood is required at times of surgery, delivery, accident and in diseases like haemophilia. A human [...]

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Shimla: This Republic Day (RD), people of Himachal may face disappointment as they would not be able to see the tableau of the state rolling down the Rajpath, New Delhi. It is not the first time that Himachal has been left out of the league of cultural tableaus. On one earlier occasion too, Himachal tableau [...]

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Shimla: Continuing with administrative reshuffling after coming to power in Himachal Pradesh, the Prem Kumar Dhumal government today transferred 13 IPS officers including six district police chiefs. Earlier, about two dozen IAS and state administrative service officers were reshuffled by the government.
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Southern Region, Shimla, RL Sood will exchange position with [...]

By: Rakesh Kumar Sharma
Prem Kumar Dhumal’s government has so far taken three important decisions within a month of assuming office, which certainly need appreciation. But unfortunately, all newspapers circulated in Himachal do not include any column going beyond press notes/conferences. Editorial pages have no relevance for the issues of Himachal Pradesh. In this scenario, citizens [...]

By: Saroj Thakur
The year was 1972. The war with Pakistan had ended and we were so happy that India had not only defeated Pakistan but had captured many Prisoners of War (PoW). The All India Radio (AIR) had a special slot for the messages aired by the POWs to their own people back home. We [...]

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Shimla: Waking up to the problem of school children being unnecessarily forced to attend public rallies and functions by either teachers or higher officials in the education department, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister today ordered that such practice should be put to an end immediately. It may be remembered that the Punjab government has recently come [...]

By: Ajai Srivastava
Shimla: Jamyang (33), a Dharamshala based Tibetan refugee monk and Director of Tong-Len Charitable Trust, has said that the excellent results of his pilot project at the slums of Charan Khudd in Dharamshala have encouraged him to start  a state level project for the  total upliftment of nearly 10,000 slum dwellers in Himachal [...]

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Shimla: A spokesperson of the Animal Husbandry Department, Himachal Pradesh, today said rumours regarding bird flu being confirmed in the state were baseless, and all poultry products in the state were safe for human consumption. He said no case of bird flu had been reported in the state till date, and added that the department [...]

By: Rakesh Kumar Sharma
Educated unemployed youth of Himachal Pradesh is in a great stress by not getting a transparent and fair deal in some examinations conducted for admissions and jobs. On the one hand, scandals like PMT are coming into existence; on the other subordinate selection board’s OMR sheet evaluating machine preferred to selects only [...]