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Dharamsala: Despite being warned by the district police, about hundred Tibetan refugees continued their march in a bid to enter Tibet to protest against what they call China’s illegal occupation of the country. The march had started on Monday and On Wednesday they reached Dehra, a border town in Kangra district. The police had earlier [...]

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Shimla: Himachal Pradesh had been selected for a reforestation project under the Bio-carbon Revenue Project which is financed through the Rs 365-crore Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project (MHWDP). Stating this at a meeting of senior officers and a World Bank delegation, forest minister JP Nadda today said that the government was committed to increase green cover [...]

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Dharamsala: The 25-megawatt Multhan hydel power project, which is the largest power project proposed to be set up in Kangra district, is finally set for a take-off. Following opposition from villagers, the district administration and the state Pollution Control Board held a public hearing during which the company executing the project committed to spend Rs [...]

By Albert Hangzo
Hamirpur: Heinous Harriers remained the only team in the NPL tournament to have won all of their matches as they defeated Sizzling Juggernauts by 2-0 on Tuesday here at the NIT campus in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The win put the Harriers even farther away from the second placed team, the Hornets, and it [...]

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Shimla: In a surprise decision, Himachal Pradesh University Vice-chancellor Anil Wilson today submitted his resignation to Governor VS Kokje stating personal reasons.
Wilson is reported to have said certain things on the personal front were demand greater attention which could have prevented him form devoting much time to the university.
He had a thirteen-an-a-half months tenure at [...]

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Shimla: The first-of-its-kind Primate Park for monkeys in Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at Tara Devi near Shimla today. Earlier, the government had decided to open two Primate Parks in the state on experimental basis - one in Shimla and the other in Nadaun to keep 2,500 monkeys annually at [...]

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Parwanoo: The Himachal Pradesh police today nabbed one person allegedly trying to smuggle 6.5 kg of cannabis priced around Rs 7 lakh in the international market. The accused was arrested from a bus near Dharampur on the Shimla-Kalka national highway.
On seeing the police, the accused, carrying cannabis in the form of soap cakes in a [...]

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Shimla: In an effort to control the spread of AIDS in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government is exploring the possibility of introducing pre-marital AIDS test. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the government would take measures to spread awareness on the matter, and it would not be imposed. The idea is that people entering [...]

By: Satyakam Bharti
The neighboring states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have just started a new chapter of cooperation in matters of mutual interest. The two chief ministers - Prem Kumar Dhumal and Prakash Singh Badal – met yesterday and decided to resolve various outstanding inter-state issues and explore possibilities of more joint ventures in the [...]

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Palampur: District level convention of International Women Day 2008 was held at SM Convention Centre, Palampur. The participants called for women’s empowerment to end female feticide and fight HIV/AIDS. Chief guest Ravinder Ravi, IPH Minister, said that the government was committed to women’s empowerment and gender budgeting. He expressed concern about the declining sex ratio [...]