By: Shikha Patial
Shimla has always been Bollywood’s one of its favourite places for its picturesque sights. Many love songs have been shot amidst the beautiful pine trees of places like Naldehra, Chail and, Mashobra. More so, the place has been famous for its British touch. There are many buildings from the British era that are [...]

By: Sanjeev Verma
The Himachal Pradesh government in its cabinet meeting on June 09, almost doubled the contractual remuneration and incentives of the medical officers and medical specialists, posted in remote areas like Lahaul & Spiti, Pangi, Dodra Kwar, Kinnaur and Chamba. Firstly, such a great hike in pay is irrational which most of us have [...]

By: Surekha Dhaleta
Himachal Pradesh, as is given the sobriquet - Devbhoomi - the Land of Gods, has its nook and corner brimming with temples. A unique feature which one can observe all over the state is that people aligned to certain deities, symbolically express their devotion in calligraphy, in respect of their deity. For example, [...]

By: Shikha Patial
Shimla would once again turn into London, this time for an eight episode tele-series ‘London Ki Ek Raat’, commissioned by Doordarshan and being directed by veteran actor Parikshit Sahni. The series is being jointly produced by Balraj Sahni Productions’ and producer Sunil Jain. The erstwhile winter capital of India this time will play [...]

By: Parul Sood
“Main pilot banna chahta hoon”, this is the dream of Manish Kumar Jamwal, who expressed it on the canvas with crayons, as he cannot speak. Another child with hearing impairment painted a house, some trees, and the pace of wind and wrote a slogan, “My aim is to become a scientist and see [...]

By: Varun
It will be the first initiative of its kind in Himachal Pradesh. Around thirty selected deaf and ten low vision children would express their feelings on canvas with colour and brush on 8th June in ‘Talent- 2008′ at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Shimla. Himachal Pradesh Chapter of Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS) [...]

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Kangra miniature paintings are set to reach art lovers across the world, and that too with the click of the mouse, as for the first time an effort has been made to preserve the tradition over the ‘world wide web’. On Saturday Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal will inaugurate kangraarts.org, the first-of-its-kind wbsite [...]

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Shimla: Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal would be meeting the general public four days a week, from Tuesday to Friday, from 9 AM to 10 AM at his official residence Oakover, whenever he is in Shimla. Passed necessary directions, he asked his office authorities to make necessary arrangements for the convenience of the general public.
Considered [...]

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Shimla: Concerned over fast depleting environmental health of the state, environmentalists working in Himachal have raised concern over increasing activities of hydro power production, cement industries and indiscriminate mining and have asked the government to consider these factors seriously while framing its new environmental policy.
The activists, under the umbrella of Himalya Niti Abhiyaan Samiti, have [...]

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New Delhi: Sources in the Central government have disclosed that Asha Swarup, secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, will be taking over as the new chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh. Swarup will be taking over from 1972-batch IAS officer Ravi Dhingra. A 1973-batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, Swarup had taken up the role [...]