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Dharamshala: The Kangra Valley Tea producers Association will hold a four-day international tea conference here starting June 1. The seminar would be titled - Kangra Tea Science 2020. Union commerce minister Jairam Ramesh has been invited to inaugurate the seminar, and prominent tea scientist Dr NK Jain, and all former and current vice-chancellor of Palampur [...]

द्वाराः मीणापंतक्वात्रा राकेश
नई दिल्लीः सार्वजनक क्षेत्र के प्रतिष्ठान सतलुज जल विद्युत निगम लिमटेड ने ६७२ करोड़ यूनिट बिजली पैदा करने की योजना बनाई है । १५०० मैगावाट क्षमता वाले नाथपा झाकरी पनबिजली केन्द्र से तैयार की जाने वाली इस बिजली से २००७-०८ के दौरान १४०३ करोड़ रुपये के राजस्व प्राप्त होने की आशा है ।
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By: Gaurav Sharma
India is rocking. India is poised. Poised to eject millions of people out of poverty. Poised to become a developed, modern country. I don’t know if we can eradicate poverty in one generation or we will lose the plot and miss the bus again. But there are clearly signs all around us that [...]

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Shimla: According to reports, the central government has refused to extend benefits to new areas not covered under the industrial package. Sources stated that the state government had sent a proposal to the Union government to include some areas of Kangra, Mandi, Kinnaur, Chamba, Bilaspur and Sirmaur, but it did not get a favorable response. [...]

By: Vividhaditya
The Himachal Pradesh budget presented by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and dubbed as “forward looking” by him is a misnomer. While it may be the impact of the drubbing, the Congress got in the recent Assembly elections in Punjab and Uttaranchal, the HP government’s decision to provide subsidies of more than Rs 100 crore [...]

By: DD Sharma
Shimla: For the first time in the history of Himachal Pradesh, the state government has provided subsidy of more than Rs 100 crore on various essential commodities, i.e. wheat, rice pulses, edible oil and salt.
Presenting the budget of Rs 9,684 crore for the next financial year, the state Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said [...]

Write-up and photo by: D D Sharma

A woman and a man in Holi (Chamba) at their spinning wheels
A small village of Holi, about 64 km from Chamba town, for the past four years is laying much emphasis on plantation of fodder trees. Situated on the banks of River Ravi, at an altitude of 3,500 [...]

द्वाराः कुलभूषण उपमन्यु
विशाल और विविधता से भरी भारतीय संस्कृति, प्रकृति के साथ मनुष्य से संबंधों के बारे में बड़ी जागरूक रही है । यह संबंध बड़ा अटूट और वैज्ञानिक आधार से परिपुष्ट रहा है । मनुष्य प्रकृति के अंदर ही पैदा हुआ और अपनी बौद्धिक ताकत के बल पर  प्रकृति को प्रभावित करने की सबसे [...]

By: Manish Verma
Most of us have taken a ride in HRTC (Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation) buses many times and have our own experiences to tell. There are complaint and feedback boxes in these buses that are seldom used. Even a mobile number of the Transport minister is explicitly mentioned, but I wonder if they ever [...]

By: DD Sharma
Rekong Peo: A little known village in Kinnaur is leading the state in cultivation of medicinal plants. At least seventeen species of medicinal plants are being cultivated successfully in a forest nursery at Nichar here, which has now also raised expectations among local people and has heralded a new chapter of enhanced [...]