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Camouflaged by tall cedar trees, the boys hostels of Himachal Pradesh University have for long remained hidden from public eye, and, therefore, have also acted as a good hideout for carrying out activities other than studies. Surrounded by thick forests, the hostels actually have been good training grounds for guerilla warfare in politics, which most [...]

By: Kamayani Vashisht
The government’s use of newsprint to convey to the public that the President’s visit to the state will not cause more than half-an-hour’s inconvenience to the general public has proved unduly defensive. The President arrived in Shimla on Wednesday almost unnoticed by the public at large, and hence the government was saved from [...]

By: Shikha Patial
The rich and extremely intricate designs woven so playfully on Himachali handicrafts, takes days of hard work and endurance. Despite having this extraordinary skill to produce exquisite handlooms, the Himachali weavers remain at the mercy of the welfare schemes of the government. The schemes, which mostly include insurance benefits, health facilities and some [...]

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Shimla: Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist, says, “When you want something, the whole world conspires in helping you to achieve it.” How true the statement appears in case of Shreya Sharma, the child actor from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, as she finds herself on cloud nine and also in US classrooms, not as a student but [...]

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Shimla: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Anurag Thakur, who is son of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, defeated his nearest rival O P Rattan of Congress by a record margin of 1,74,666 votes to maintain the party’s hold over Hamirpur parliamentary constituency.
Earlier, BJP’s Suresh Chandel had had won the seat by 1.27 lakh votes in 1999.Anurag polled [...]

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The Himachal Pradesh Vigilance Bureau on Thursday finally registered an FIR against Subhash Ahluwalia, former Principal Secretary of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for having assets disproportionate to his known source of income. Ahluwalia appears to be in deep trouble now as the VB claims to be having strong evidence to prove their case. After [...]

By: Gautami
Shimla: On the historic Ridge of Shimla, a sort of history was being written. Many little hands were busy in making an emotional appeal through colours and brush for their survival. A number of other students were also expressing their feelings on the canvas in the support of their fellow kids who were fighting [...]

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Solan: If class struggle of the kind championed by politically oriented trade unions and farmer unions has defined the nature and course of struggle against land acquisition in different parts of India, then here in Himachal it is the alleged hegemony of industries that is setting the agenda.
Dying for an industrial revolution to join the [...]

By: Varun Rattan Singh
Come summer’s and you are bound to find “Water water everywhere” especially if you happen to reside in Dev Bhoomi’s own capital Shimla. Well if by any chance you are thinking of owning an accommodation or travelling to hill station, kindly be aware that you will get into situation and think about [...]

By: Tenzin Tsundue
Almora, Uttarakhand: When I packed my sleeping bag that early morning before sunrise for this long journey, I placed a white (khatak) scarf at the altar of His Holiness and said I have decided, whatever happens, I will make my way through.  Walking for almost 70 with 300 people covering more than 900 [...]