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
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: 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 [...]

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: Vividhaditya
Let me confess it. I’m a pucca Congressi. But I’d no qualms in accepting that one good thing BJP did in its last regime were the roads. Even being a pucca Congressi, I’d lambasted the ousted Chief Minister, Virbhadra Singh, for neglecting the road to his constituency (Shimla-Rohru) and making trips by air. It’s [...]

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Shimla: Going on the lines of national figures, Himachal Pradesh has shown a decrease in the growth rate, sliding down from 9.2 percent in the previous year to 8.5 percent this year. The state’s GDSP has, however, increased to Rs 28,358 crore from Rs 25,471 in the previous financial year. The Economic Survey presented by [...]

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Shimla: A study carried out by Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group, New Delhi, and Lok Vigyan Kendra/ Navrachna, Himachal Pradesh, along with information sought under the Right to Information Act have revealed gross irregularities in the execution of 800 MW Parbati II hydel project being executed by the National Hydro Power Corporation. Not just this, even [...]

By: Ajai Srivastava
Shimla: Soon after being administered oath by State Governor, V S Kokje, the new Cabinet didn’t waste much time and got to work immediately.
In some of the important decisions taken by the Cabinet’s first meeting, today, the support price for citrus fruits (kinnu and galgal) were raised by 50 per cent per kg.
The [...]

BJP’S come back to power with a thumping majority at its own in the vibrant leadership of Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal has created history in Himachal Pradesh. Earlier, this party managed to form government twice, but only with the support of coalition partners. Prof. Dhumal took over as Chief Minister for the second time on [...]