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$59 million loan agreement signed with ADB

Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 23:50 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani New Delhi: India signed a 59.1 million US dollar agreement with ADB for the second tranche of Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy development Investment Program. The agreement was signed in New Delhi on Friday by Dr Anup K Pujari, Joint Secretary (MI),... (Continue reading)

Judgments should have social impact: Justice ...

Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 19:30 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishanan today said that legal judgments should have social impact to improve the lot of poor, downtrodden and common man at the grassroots level. Speaking at the inaugural session of the one-year-long Ruby Jubilee... (Continue reading)

Village takes on IPH department over tubewell

Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 18:37 in Citizen Voice, Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

By: Vijay Samyal Fatehpur: Highlighting the chaos and conflict that prevails in the implementation of developmental schemes at grassroots level, a village panchayat in Fatehpur sub-division of Kangra district has given an ultimatum to the irrigation and public health department to... (Continue reading)

Work resumes at ESIC medical college site in ...

Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 22:50 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Mandi: Construction work for the Rs 1,000-crore ESIC Medical College at Ner Chowk near here, which had come to a standstill for the past 9 days, resumed today. This has come as a great relief for daily-wager migratory workers who... (Continue reading)

CPIM terms Himachal budget anti-peasant

Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 21:34 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh state secretariat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has termed the budget placed by Prem Kumar Dhumal as anti-peasant, anti- employment and “inherently disappointing for the people”. “Though the economic survey rightly states that there is... (Continue reading)

HP budget anti-farmer: Stokes

Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 21:10 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: Congress party has termed the Himachal budget anti-inclusive growth and anti-farmer. Opposition leader in Himachal Pradesh State Assembly and Congress Legislative Party leader Vidya Stokes said it would hit the interest of common people. She said that increased Value... (Continue reading)

Himachal budget: Dhumal announces apple ...

Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 20:54 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: Against the estimated national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 7.2 percent this year, the state’s GDP growth rate is projected at 7.5 percent. “Our fiscal deficit for the year ending 2009-2010 is likely to be around 5.42 percent... (Continue reading)

Aviation meteorological observatory at Gaggal ...

Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 19:39 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: The “aviation meteorological observatory (AMS)” set up at the Gaggal Airport (Kangra) by Ministry of earth Sciences (MoES) started functioning from today. State Met Office director Manmohan Singh said that the basic objective of establishing an AMS at... (Continue reading)

Dhumal presents Rs 15,078.92 Cr budget

Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 19:02 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today presented budget estimates for year 2010-11, proposing a total outlay of Rs 15,078.92 crore. Dhumal, who also holds the portfolio of finance minister, presented his third budget in the state assembly... (Continue reading)

National Commission for Economically Backward ...

Written on 11 Mar, 2010 at 20:41 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

By: ML Verma Shimla: The National Commissioner for Economically Backward Classes chairperson Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.R. Sinho, today said that the Commission would submit its recommendations to the Prime Minister by May this year. While talking to mediapersons, he said that following... (Continue reading)

3 killed, 3 injured in separate accidents

Written on 11 Mar, 2010 at 20:03 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Solan: Three people were killed and three other injured in two separate road accidents that occurred in the district, police said today. Two persons were killed in a collision between two vehicles at Manpura bridge in Baddi industrial township and... (Continue reading)

Communities to be affected by Renuka Dam hold ...

Written on 10 Mar, 2010 at 16:02 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Nahan: In a show of strength, the communities to be affected by the Renuka Dam held a public gathering at Dadahu bus stand, after declaring a bandh and a road block today. The demonstration, which had more than a 1,000... (Continue reading)

9 wheat flour samples failed test in one year

Written on 10 Mar, 2010 at 15:08 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

By: ML Verma Shimla: About nine samples of wheat flour failed to qualify the purity test out of the 29 samples taken from different PDS depots in the state during the last one year. Moreover, the state Food and Civil Supply... (Continue reading)

Three students killed in Kangra blast

Written on 10 Mar, 2010 at 14:33 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Dharamsala: Three class VII students, including two brothers, were killed when live ammunition, probably abandoned by Indian Army or the Border Security Force, exploded in a forest near Kohala village, 16 kms from here on Tuesday evening, police said. Sub-divisional police... (Continue reading)

CFSL report declare audio-CDs doctored: Dhumal

Written on 10 Mar, 2010 at 12:38 in Daily news | viewed times | 0 Comments

HimVani Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that a report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Ahmedabad, procured by state agencies inferred two audio-CDs allegedly containing conversation between him (Dhumal) and the DGP, State Vigilance and Anti... (Continue reading)