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Shimla: Punjab and Haryana may be the worst-affected states in the country when it comes to female foeticide and falling sex ration, but, surprisingly, their neighbour Himachal Pradesh too seems to be not far behind. According to the third National Family Health Survey, Himachal Pradesh is the second state after Punjab where preference for a [...]

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government and Shimla Municipal Corporation are thinking big these days to preserve the heritage of the erstwhile summer capital of India. Right from conservation of heritage buildings to construction of parking lots – they are working hard to get it done on loans from the Asian Development Bank. While the bank [...]

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government is slowly awakening to the cultural heritage the state inherited from legendary painter Sardar Sobha Singh. Following an announcement to revive Sobha Singh awards, now the state plans to celebrate Sobha Singh Art Festival every year. The week-long festival will begin on November 29, the birth anniversary of the renowned [...]

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Una: As if trying to prove every word that scholars from all over the country said against SEZs during a national-level seminar at the Indian Institute Of Advanced Studies last week, hundreds of farmers from around 20 villages in Gagret area of Una district staged a fierce protest against the proposed SEZ and airport in [...]

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Shimla: Following widespread rains in Himachal Pradesh over the last one week, the state government today sounded a flood alert in three districts - Shimla, Kinnaur and Bilaspur. People living in low-lying areas adjoining Satluj have been asked to move to safer places as the river is in spate.
Earlier, the state government had asked the [...]

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Shimla: As we celebrate the 61st anniversary of Indian Independence, we are deeply indebted to those great heroes of Indian freedom struggle, who sacrificed everything for its sake. Himachal Pradesh, too, has its contribution in freedom struggle with a number of freedom fighters whose names have been written in golden words. Vaidya Surat [...]

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Shimla: In a major push to the proposed Manali-Leh rail link as proposed by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is said have given in-principle approval to the project. The project is being seen of great significance keeping in view security concerns of the country following China’s success in completing [...]

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Hamirpur: While the Himachal Pradesh government may be trying its best to plug in loopholes in security arrangements at temples in the state following the tragic deaths of 146 pilgrims at the Naina Devi temple last week, an accident near Shahtalai on Saturday that killed two pilgrims and injured at least 45 others came as [...]

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Anandpur Sahib: In what can be described as the worst ever tragedy in the history of temple tourism in Himachal Pradesh, at least 125 people are reported to have died and more than 200 injured in a stampede at Naina Devi Temple in Bilaspur district this morning.
Rumors of a portion of the mountain slope coming [...]

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Solan: With a heavy backlog of cases almost trampling the Indian legal system, a small initiative in introducing alternative justice disposal mechanism has shown people in the Solan district a new ray of hope.
In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, an non-governmental organization has been entrusted with mediating in resolving cases of marital discord under the Hindu Marriage [...]