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Now, 70% quota for Himachali contractors?
Written on 2 Mar, 2010 at 0:47 in Development, Featured, People & Society | viewed times | 0 Comments
By: Vijay Samyal Fatehpur: While industry in Himachal Pradesh has been struggling with, in fact lamenting, the 70% quota condition for employing Himachalis imposed by the state government, local contractors appear more-than-enthusiastic to demand similar reservation for themselves in execution of... (Continue reading)
Small hydel projects a big issue
Written on 20 Feb, 2010 at 17:08 in Daily news, Environment, Featured, People & Society | viewed times | 11 Comments
HimVani There is a long history of protests and violence at mega project sites in the country and lately in Himachal Pradesh as well, owing to obvious reasons like displacement, compensation, rights of indigenous people and overall ecological imbalance. But now... (Continue reading)
Hand-pump water on sale, for drinking
Written on 15 Feb, 2010 at 13:49 in Citizen Voice, Daily news, Featured, People & Society | viewed times | 1 Comment
By: Vijay Samyal Jawali: While the Himachal Pradesh government may boast of having provided drinking water to each village, in fact every house, across the state, the ground reality may be bit disturbing. In fact, in absence of government water... (Continue reading)
The vanishing temple culture of Himachal
By: Satyakam Bharti It has been nearly a fortnight that five 17th-century bronze idols were stolen from the Miya Ka Mandir in Nahan, but there has been no official word over it except for the police version. The religious heritage wealth... (Continue reading)
‘Rivers need breathing space’
By: Bhawani Negi At a time when there is a mad race to exploit every little stream flowing down the slopes of Himachal Pradesh, there is one voice talking restrain – a person who has been part of the hydro-electric movement... (Continue reading)
Faultlines along a village fest
By: Tikender Panwar Barapole, a beautiful village in the tribal valley of Kinnaur district, had around 100 houses belonging to scheduled tribe and scheduled caste families who had been living there together for ages. The village was known for its strong... (Continue reading)
Microsoft’s young leader does Himachal ...
By: Ravish Sharma “Big multinational companies hire only from the IITs & IIMs,” is what youths generally think. But the mindset seems to be fast changing with more number of students with their sheer hard work proving that talent does not... (Continue reading)
A blood donor’s lesson in humanity
By: Bhawani Negi Madhu Sudan, a teacher by profession, has been imparting her most important lesson outside her classroom for the last three decades. She has been teaching people the virtue of universal brotherhood through blood donation. 53-year-old Madhu Sudan, in... (Continue reading)
‘Nothing Greek about Malana’
Filmmaker Vivek Mohan, who directed a award-winning film on Malana, contests the popular claim regarding the origin of people living in the isolated hamlet, claiming that they are very much carrying forward an Indian tradition of democracy and not... (Continue reading)
Two suspected swine flu cases in Shimla
HimVani Shimla: While the state government reacted sharply to a media report stating that a suspected swine flu case had been detected in Shimla a day earlier, stating that there were no such cases, two suspected cases were reported in Indira... (Continue reading)
The Donkey and Dalit Baru
Written on 26 Jun, 2009 at 14:17 in Citizen Voice, Daily news, Featured, People & Society | viewed times | 9 Comments
By: Tikender Panwar It happened in a village called Himsu, there lived a blacksmith name ‘Baru’. He was quite hardworking and, when he had no work he used to work on the fields of other villagers. Himsu village comprised a dozen... (Continue reading)
शांता तेरे राज ...
Written on 11 Jun, 2009 at 13:10 in Citizen Voice, Development, People & Society | viewed times | 8 Comments
Ajay Saklani reminisces his schooling as a child in a Himachal village. But the apparent nostalgia also oozes his dissatisfaction with why six-year old kids like him had to walk six kilometers, on paths where even mountain goats would hesitate... (Continue reading)
Call for Media Council of India
HimVani Shimla: Veteran journalist and director of India Media Centre, New Delhi, Shyam Khosla, has stressed the need to form a strong Media Council of India as the existing Press Council of India has lost its relevance in the changed circumstances.... (Continue reading)
Police ask report on unregistered Tibetans in ...
HimVani Dharamsala: The Union home ministry has asked the Tibetans government to carry out census of its citizens staying in India. Besides, the Himachal Pradesh police has sought a report on Tibetans staying in Dharamsala without registration. Keeping in view... (Continue reading)
I-T dept raids Tibetan monasteries in Himachal
By: Ravinder Vasudeva Dharamshala: In a significant development, income tax officials have been raiding Tibetan settlements in Kangra district for the last few days after they got leads about a number of benami land deals being carried out in the area.... (Continue reading)
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