Monthly: September 2008

Three dead in vehicle accident in Chirgaon

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Three persons died on the spot and one was injured when the vehicle in which they were traveling failed to negotiate a road in Chirgaon [...]

2 more national highways sanctioned – Dhumal

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: The union government has sanctioned two more national highways for the state, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal disclosed at a public meet at Bilaspur on [...]

HPMC To Set Up Apple Juice Concentrate Plants In Growing Areas -Bragta

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Government own fruit processing company HPMC plans to set up small juice concentrate plants in the growing areas and in a bid to revive its [...]

HP To Sign MoUs With SJVNL for Luhri & Dhaulasidh Projects Soon

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: The Himachal government plans to hand two project to Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), namely 775 MW Luhri Project on Satluj River and another 40 [...]

Health center at Dharampur faces staff shortage

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Jagmeet Y. Ghuman

KUMARHATTI: The high frequency of accidents rate on Kalka-Shimla national highway, notwithstanding the Community Health Center (CHC) at Dharampur, 4-km from here was continued to reel [...]

Snow clogged roads to challenge 10th Raid rallyists

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Rain battered tracks and snow clogged roads would test both man and machine as the 10th Raid-de-Himalaya gets underway with as many as 132 rallyist [...]

North Zonal Council Meet Postponed

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

The Northern Zonal Council meet that was scheduled to be held here on Monday, has been postponed, a government spokesman said. The meeting was to be [...]

Renewable Energy For Making Himachal Carbon Neutral State

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Striking a balance between developmental needs and environment, the state is poised to gain from becoming a carbon neutral state by checking carbon emission and [...]

Beautification

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Amit Kanwar

Municipal corporation workers busy in painting the statue of Indira Gandhi at Shimla on Thursday. Photo by-Amit Kanwar

‘DEVBHOOMI’ -an exhibition Of Himachal landscapes by S.K. Shinde

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Neha Chandok

An exhibition of landscapes by veteran artist S.K. Shinde who hails from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh would take place at the modern Art Exhibition Hall of the [...]

3rd job fair inaugrated at Kangra

Posted on September 27, 2008 by HP News Network

Inaugurating the two day 3rd Job Fair 2008 organized by CII HP and Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industries Association at Kangra, P.K.Dhumal, the Chief Minister said that he would [...]

Hercules Mountain Biking Himachal-2008 flags off

Posted on September 27, 2008 by HP News Network

The “Hercules Mountain Biking Himachal-2008″ was flagged off today by the Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal as he asked the participants to be the ambassadors of Himachal Tourism [...]

4 dead, 25 injured in a bus accident near Kullu

Posted on September 26, 2008 by HP News Network

Prabha Rau, the Governor and Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh condoled the death of four tourists who died in a road accident [...]

A word with Ravi Sadana for “The Three Verbs of Being”

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Disha Singh Sharma

Hello friends today, I’d like to welcome Mr. Ravi Sadana for his latest release in Himachal called “The Three Verbs of Being”. He claims the most [...]

Traffic on Kalka-Shimla World Heritage railway restored

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: After a gap of six days, the hustle-bustle was seen on the world heritage Kalka-Shimla railway. Today, all the five trains were back on track [...]

Himachal Government Clears 18 Projects Entailing Rs 3100 Cr Fresh Investments

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: The Himachal government at its single window clearance authority meet on Friday cleared 17 18 project proposals that envisage an investment of Rs 700 3100 crores. [...]

Himchal based SJVN Declares Rs 244 crore Dividend for FY 2007-08

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, the public sector hydropower generating company on Friday declared a dividend of Rs 244 crore, which is the highest ever the [...]

150 Foreigners Trapped In Spiti Valley Of Himachal

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Ravinder Makhaik

Visa’s expire, flights cancelled, restless to get Shimla: Stranded foreign tourists are a restless lot in Tabo, a world heritage site, as they have been living [...]