Monthly: December 2009

BJP Government In Himachal Has Failed On All Fronts – Kaul Singh

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Rating the two year performance of the BJP government as a failure on all fronts, congress state president Kaul Singh Thakur said that enough was [...]

Bar – Himacahl High Court at odds over winter vacation

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Bar members of HP High Court protest at gate

Shimla:The bar and the bench are at loggerheads over extending of working days at the Himachal High Court with the bench having reduced a six week [...]

Himachal Electronic Corp Out Of Red, Wipe Out Accumulated Losses

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

CM Dhumal presiding over BOD of Electronic Corporation

Shimla: Even as many PSU’s are struggling to keep afloat and find means to meet salary bills, the government today announced a New Year’s gift for [...]

Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Amit Kanwar

Young girls welcoming the New Year 2010 in Shimla on Thursday.

Congress on the retreat in Himachal – Ashok Kapathia

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Ruling party BJP today expressed satisfaction with two years functioning of the Prem Kumar Dhumal government here and held inherent weakness within the party responsible [...]

Security, a concern for New Years bash in Himachal Hills

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Tourists throng Shimla for ringing in New Year

Shimla: Managing uncontrolled crowds on New Year’s Eve has led the security officials to do away with organized programs for the upcoming bash in the heart [...]

All India Art Exhibition 2009 at Shimla

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: All India Art Exhibition 2009 was inaugurated by Himachal Pradesh Principal Secretary of Tourism Language & Culture, Manisha Nanda. Amit Kanwar was among the fifteen [...]

Swine Flu claims fifteenth life in Himachal

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: Another life loss has been reported due to Swine Flu in Shimla at Indira Gandhi Medical College. Nodal Officer Vinod Mehta revealed, the death toll [...]

Sant Nirankari Mission Himachal’s largest Volunteer Blood Donating Body

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: Sant Nirankari Mission, the largest volunteer blood donation organization as mentioned by Mission’s Zonal Head, Rajwant Kaur, organized its 23rd Blood donation Camp at the [...]

Fruit processing units in rural Himachal to get Govt incentives – Dhumal

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Chief minister Dhumal talking to media on completing two years in office

Shimla: Should the central industrial package not be extended; Himachal would continue to provide incentives for setting up fruit processing units in rural area, even as [...]

Dhumal upholds saffron fort in Himachal as party suffered reverses elsewhere

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: With opposition congress in a disarray, the Prem Kumar Dhumal led BJP government pursuing a green agenda has had a smooth run through the second [...]

Himachal Lok Adalat Disposes of 1500 Pendency

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: To clear up pendency, a mega Lok Adalat organised here today settled 1500 cases of different sections and provided relief to many litigants. In all [...]

Cement plants in Himachal to crowd out Kullu-Manali tourism

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: With two large new cement plants ready for starting operations by March, heavy traffic on the crowded Manali highway is expected to double that has [...]

दिनो दिन दागदार होती हिमाचल पुलिस की वर्दी

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Sanjeev Sharma

लगता है वर्दी बदलने का नुस्खा हिमाचल पुलिस के काम नहीं आया है क्योंकि यहाँ वर्दी पर दाग लगने का सिलसिला बदस्तूर जरी है. हालाँकि हिमाचल की हालत उत्तर प्रदेश महाराष्ट्र [...]

Private Coach Passengers In Himachal Have A Miraculous Escape

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Passengers of an early morning coach had a miraculous escape after the vehicle developed a mechanical breakdown, forcing an alert driver to bang the high [...]

Himachal Mission City Shimla Misses JNNRUM Bus

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

Lack of a waste treatment plant force residents to breathe toxic smoke

Shimla: An ambitious Rs 3900 crore urban renewal plan to spruce up JNNURM mission city Shimla that largely still depends upon infrastructure created during colonial times, [...]

Himachal Pradesh University – keeping date with demanding times

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Ravinder Makhaik

17th University Convocation held on 17.11.09

Shimla: Keeping pace with demanding times, it has been a bag of mixed achievements for Himachal Pradesh University that not only handed out 415 degrees and [...]