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 [...]

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Hamirpur: The Himachal Pradesh government has roped in few industrial units in the state to help control forest fires. Under the project, the industries will be buying pine leaves collected by villagers from forests. The farmers would be paid on the spot for whatever they bring to the factories. Ambuja Cement has been roped in [...]

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Dharamsala: The Himachal Pradesh School Education Board has decided to hold the class 10 Board exam in tribal and other inaccessible areas of the state in December instead of March. Class eight board exams in these areas are already being held in December, and if the current experiment proves successful then class 11 and 12 [...]

By: Saroj Thakur
It was by chance and not design that I came to know about HimVani! Why is it that we take for granted all those things that we get so easily? Like the fresh air that we breathe, all those qualities that set us, Himachalis, apart from others, were always taken for granted by [...]

By: Varun Rattan Singh
Working on a new initiative is like raising one’s children. It brings its own anxieties, worries and happiness. Today our small baby - HimVani.com completes one year.  What started as a small community for Himachalis in 2001 has taken shape of an information resource for the people and by the people of [...]

By: Vividhaditya
It’s been an eventful year for HimVani as it celebrates its first anniversary. It was on February 14th 2006, HimVani started as a blog on Blogspot. So before I go into flashback, I’d like to thank all the citizens of Himachal Pradesh for making HimVani a great success. It initially started as my personal [...]

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SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh tourism department is planning to develop the Old Hindustan Tibet Road as a tourism destination. The proposal in this respect has already been sent to the Central government last week.

By: Arun Bhardwaj
MANDI: Many a new promises were made by leaders across the country and state on India’s 58th Republic Day, however, many a such promises made in the past remain unfulfilled. A case in point is Jamehar, a small village in Dhar Panchayat (Tehsil: Jogindernagar, District: Mandi), which is yet to join mainstream of [...]

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Shimla: The state government has asked for reports from all districts on damage caused to crops by dry weather conditions prevailing in the state. Unlike earlier predictions, the state has received very less snowfall and rain this winter, which has led to widespread damage to Rabi crops. As per initial evaluations, the situation is not [...]

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Shimla: NABARD has sanctioned a sum of Rs 112.48 crore for completion of various road projects in Himachal under the RIDF programme. The work to be covered under the programme include 43 village roads, 11 bridges, 25 small irrigation projects, 14 water supply projects, three flood control projects and few water conservation schemes.