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 [...]

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 [...]

By: Surekha Dhaleta
Shimla: In a landmark announcement, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Sarveen Chaudhry assured that Himachal will have a State Disability Policy soon and this task will be completed within sixty days.
The critical announcement was made in response to a query posed to Chaudhry by HimVani, that Himachal does not have its own [...]

By: Satyakam Bharti
An occasional ripple in the rising waters of Tehri Dam still reminds people in the area about the old Tehri village that was finally given a jal-samadhi some time back, of course a forced one. The 9,290 families spread across 107 villages of which 27 villages were completely submerged and 80 partially may [...]

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: 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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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 [...]

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 [...]