By: Saroj Thakur
The Blend of Ancient and the Modern
Mandi and Mahashivratri seem to have become synonymous as when we name one the other comes to mind immediately! Like all other festivals Mandi Mahashivratri, too, has some legends behind it and the legend has Lord Shiva behind it. Legend has it that a cow used to [...]

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Multi-business conglomerate Indian Tobacco Company Limited (ITC) will set up a mega project in Himachal Pradesh involving an investment of Rs 396 crore, which would create jobs at least 700 new jobs. The project is among the 19 new industrial units cleared by the State Level Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Authority, which met here [...]

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Shimla: Chief Electoral Officer of Himachal Pradesh Manisha Nanda has issued a show-cause notice to 26 electoral candidates who contested the recent general Assembly elections but failed to submit the statement of their election expenditures through the concerned District Election Officers.
She said that through a prior notice sent on March 24, 2008, the candidates were [...]

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Shimla:The center government has given sanction for setting up state’s first women battalion, said Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today. The battalion said Dhumal woudl be set up in Bilaspur.
He was making a suo moto statement in the H.P. Vidhan Sabha House Dhumal today. Dhumal said that the centre governmnet would sahre 75 per cent [...]

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Shimla: A Devastating hail storm in upper parts of Himachal on April 1 has destroyed about 50 to 70% of the flowering in apple belt of Kotkhai, Jubbal, Rohru, Chopal, Rampur and adjoining areas of Kullu
district, dashing horticulturists’ hope of harvesting a good apple crop this year.
A bumper apple crop was expected this [...]

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Shimla: Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal assured the House that the industries would not be allowed to come up in the state at the cost of environment but rejected the demand for imposing ban on cement plants.
The two cement plants already functioning in the state had indeed helped in employment generation and they were also bringing [...]

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Shimla: Farmers of the Gagret area today organized a massive protest against the proposed SEZ and airport proposed to come up in Una district, today. Thousands of farmers came out on the roads in tractor trailers. They were holding placards, arraying slogans against the present government.
Their grouse is that the government was acquiring their [...]

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Shimla: In a major decision that could have widespread on-ground affect on the healthcare delivery mechanisim in Himachal Pradesh, the state health department has directed non-governmental oranisations not to carry out any kind of immunization programme.
In a letter sent to all block level medical officers, the health director has issued order that no NGO should [...]

By: Rahul Saxena
Palampur” Fifty village women from 20 self-help groups associated with Samridhi Women’s’ Cooperative Society came together at the society’s Thakurdwara facility to celebrate Women’s’ Day today. The celebration was organized by Samridhi in collaboration with Himachal AIDS Control Society. The women discussed their general health and sanitation related problems and were provided information [...]

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Shimla: Never in the history of Himachal Pradesh had a movement or campaign for social justice proved so effective. The awakening of thousands of single women in the state to fight for their rights proved effective today when the 3,000-odd women activists who, despite inclement weather, reached the Vidhan Sabha as part of their three-day [...]