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Shimla: In a sudden development, former Congress Minister Singhi Ram and former Chairman of Himachal Pradesh School Education Board BRRahi were arrested by the state Vigilance and anti-corruption bureau. They were earlier booked in a forgery case following allegations that Singhi Ram had procured a fake marksheet for his daughter to make her get admission [...]

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The Himachal Pradesh government has granted no-objection certificate to JM Institute of Speech and Hearing, Patna, for opening of an Institute of Disability Management and Rehabilitation at Shimla on the recommendation of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
Revealing this, Sarveen Chaudahry, minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, said that the institute [...]

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Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today said that efforts would be made to explore possibilities of creating required infrastructure to produce byproducts of fruits within the state to provide growers remunerative prices.
He said efforts would also be made to change old root-stocks of apple by importing high-yielding quality root stock. He said [...]

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Dharamsala: Members of Indo-Tibet Friendship Society and Bharat-Tibet Sahyog Manch held a protest march here yesterday to condemn the alleged human rights violations in Tibet. meanwhile, protesting Tibetan monks continued their chain hunger strike for the ninth day while other Tibetans continued with candle-light protests.Shops and restaurants run by local Indians also remained closed to [...]

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The union government has in principle agreed to include apple under the crop insurance scheme. This was revealed by Himachal Pradesh horticulture minister Narinder Bragta during an orchardists’ meet in Shamsi.
The minister said that teams from the centre are already visiting the state to work out modalities. The risks to be involved under the insurance [...]

By: Vivek Shukla
The doctrine of doing the right thing with cent per cent commitment and not wishing for the fruits holds good for having Continuing Medical Education (CME) meetings. However, most of the time, we are so bent upon convincing others of our abilities and facilities that we lose focus of the very purpose of [...]

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Friends of Tibet and the Tibetan administration together will be organizing a talk titled ‘Tibet of our Minds: A Journey’s End?’ at Dharamsala on March 27. Vijay Crishna, industrialist, theatre personality and an avid mountaineer. who has made many exploratory trips into Tibet, will be the main speaker. This event will be inaugurated by [...]

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Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who hails from Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh, has landed in trouble been accused of abusing her driver both physically and verbally.
Her driver Rajesh has lodged a complaint against Kangana at Varsova Police Station in Mumbai, claiming that besides being slapped on one occasion, she had embarrassed him by calling him [...]

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Chandigarh: Rishi Dhawan has become the first cricketer from Himachal Pradesh to have been signed for the Indian Premier League. Dhawan will be playing for the Mohali team owned by another Himachali, Bollywood star Preeti Zinta. Right-hand batsman and fast bowler Dhawan will be paid Rs 30 lakh for his services. 17-year-old Dhawan is the [...]

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Bhuntar: The new terminal building of Kullu airport at Bhuntar was inaugurated today by Prafull Patel, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation.On the occasion, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister urged the Union Minister to include night landing facility at the airport and to increase frequency of Air India flights to the valley. He urged to [...]