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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in its meeting held on Friday sanctioned 200 posts of Ayurveda pharmacists to be filled up 50% batch wise and 50% by direct recruitment. But the unearthing of a bogus paramedical institute in Chandigarh where fake degrees and certificates were issued to at least 700 students, mostly from Himachal [...]

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Shimla: Coming clear on the fate of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Friday said the Board would not be privatised. He said rather the government would take steps to strengthen and make it more result oriented.
Replying to the debate on PSEB, Dhumal said that to strengthen the newly-formed [...]

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Shimla: Following the arrest of former minister Singhi Ram and education Board Chairman BR Rahi, now it’s the turn of former Principal Private Secretary of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Subhash Ahluwalia to fall in the Vigilance Bureau net. Ahluwalia was reportedly questioned for around six regarding his alleged disproportionate assets. Besides, his wife Meera [...]

By Kunal Sharma
Shimla was the capital of the British government in India and we did inherit a certain legacy in this regard, but by allowing colonial undertones to survive in our society we are inadvertently aiding the gradual decimation of the Himachali culture and spirit.
Are we making the best out of living in Shimla, the [...]

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government today unanimously adopted resolutions moved under the Private Universities Act to set up two new universities in the state.
Education Minister I.D. Dhiman today moved two resolutions in the house for setting up Chitkara University in Kalu Jhanda of Barotiwala in district Solan and Eternal University in Baru Sahib in district [...]

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Shimla: Putting its seal on the new transfer policy, the Himachal Pradesh government today took a bold decision to fix a minimum tenure of three years at any particular place for a government employee. The new policy also makes mandatory for all employees of Himachal Pradesh government to serve once during their lifetime in tribal [...]

By Satyakam Bharti
After fuelling vendetta against ‘North Indians’ in the hearts of sons-of-the-soil Marathis, Raj Thackeray has finally come to the point. By demanding 80% reservation for his brethrens in all kind of jobs in the state, he is very tactfully trudging the path once his uncle Bal Thackeray took to usurp power. By [...]

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Shimla: Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Wednesday disclosed that the 393 non-registered saw mills closed down during the 2005 during the Congress rule would start functioning again. Making a suo moto statement in the House, Dhumal said that the Centrally Authorised Committee set up by the Supreme Court in its meeting held on March [...]

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Shimla: Following certain incentives for single women in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday took yet another step towards women empowerment by clearing a bill for increasing reservation for women in Panchayats, Nagar Panchayats and Nagar Parishad from 33% to 50%.
Himachal Pradesh would thus become the third state after Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh [...]

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Shimla: Softening its stand a bit on the cancellation of teachers’ appointment made by Parents Teachers Associations during the previous government’s tenure, the BJP government on Tuesday decided to continue the services all PTA teachers saying a case by case review of appointment would be done.
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal in the Assembly said that [...]