By: Sanjeev Verma
Private bus service can well be called the lifeline of Shimla. But contrary to it, these buses, now-a-days, have become a problem for the commuters. It is astonishing to see private bus operators not following rules and instructions passed by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh and also the state government.
Despite clear [...]

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The Chief Minister going on air to listen to grievances from the common man is a welcome step giving people an opportunity to talk directly to the person whom they have entrusted the job of taking the state to next level of development. Though AIR Shimla has for long been involving the bureaucracy in informing [...]

By: Rahul Saxena

The Himachal Pradesh forest department is in the final stages of executing a plan to have more than 12 lakh families plant upwards of 14 lakh medicinal plants on their private lands on the 3rd of August, 2008. The state forest minister has taken a personal initiative to promote this campaign, named Ghar [...]

By: Satyakam Bharti

On Sunday the Himachal Pradesh government declared that the World Bank has in principle agreed to finance a bio-carbon project in the state, claiming it to the first in South Asia, the modalities for which would be completed by year end. A good beginning, it can be said, to realize those 1,50,000 crore [...]

By: Satyakam Bharti
A poor woman’s suicide seldom makes news, unless, of course, it is carried out in a police officer’s office. An anganwadi worker in Baijnath could not think of such a desperate measure because she had nobody in particular to blame, but just the system, and therefore there was no one to cry foul [...]

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Shimla: On the occasion of 125th birth year of popular Hindi writer Chandradhar Sharma ‘Guleri’, a special screening of the film Usne Kaha Tha based on one of his popular stories would be held here on July 19, in the capital city of Himachal Pradesh.
Legendary filmmaker, Bimal Roy made the film in 1960. The story [...]

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एस आर हरनोट की बहुचर्चित कहानी ‘बिल्लियां बतियाती है‘, हिन्दी की कालजयी कहानियों में शामिल की गई है। ‘हिन्दी की कालजयी कहानियां’ का पांच खंडों में साहित्य अकादमी, दिल्ली द्वारा प्रकाशन किया जा रहा है जिसका संपादन प्रख्यात लेखक स्व. कमलेश्वर ने किया है।
उन्होंने इस कहानी का चयन अकादेमी की इस महत्वपूर्ण व वृहद् योजना [...]

By: Satyakam Bharti
Heritage status to the Kalka-Shimla rail by UNESCO is being seen as a major boost to the tourism sector in the region, but little do we understand its importance as a defining moment in recognising the subaltern history of the country. Indian Railway’s decision to dedicate a museum to Bhalku, the uneducated, low [...]

द्वाराः एस आर हरनोट
प्रख्यात साहित्यकार श्री चंद्रधर शर्मा गुलेरी का यह १२५वां जंयती वर्ष है। उनका जन्म ७ जुलाई, १८८३ में हुआ था। उनको याद करते हुए आज शिमला में जाने-माने कवि-आलोचक श्री श्रीनिवास श्रीकांत की अध्यक्षता में एक बैठक का आयोजन किया गया जिसमें हिमालयन साहित्य, संस्कृति एवं पर्यावरण संरक्षण मंच के प्रभारियों एवं [...]

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Shimla: Finally admitting possibility of irregularity in awarding two major power projects in the state, the Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Monday decided to serve notice to Brakel Corporation for allegedly misleading the government. The company was awarded the 960 Jangi-Thopan (480MW) and Thopan Powari (480 MW) hydro project, and there have been allegations that the [...]