Monthly: March 2010

Khanna elected New Chief of CII Northern Region

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: R M Khanna (on left), a first generation entrepreneur and currently the Managing Director of Stanley Engineering Pvt Ltd., and Vijay K Thadani (on right), [...]

Tata Docomo enters crowded Mobile market in Himachal

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Tata DOCOMO, the GSM brand from Tata Teleservices stable today launched its mobile services in the crowded market of Himachal, which other than already having [...]

Himachal assembly passes Rs 16,270 crore annual budget

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: The Himachal Vidhan Sabha today passed the budget of Rs 16270.74 crore for 2010-11 after having discussed the demands for police, irrigation and public health, [...]

Himachal IG booked over a girl’s suicide case

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: An Inspector General of Himachal Pradesh Police, Pardeep Kumar Sarpal, along with his wife and son are booked over a case of suicide by a [...]

Mobile Number Portability delayed, Himachalis not motivated to switch mobile operators

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: The much awaited Mobile Number Portability, a technology which allows a mobile phone user to retain the mobile number even after changing to another mobile [...]

IWL commissions wind power project in Himachal Pradesh

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Disha Singh Sharma

Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd (GFL) has announced that Inox Wind Ltd (IWL), the Company’s subsidiary company, has effectively commissioned its project at a village called Basal in [...]

Insane Gorkha’s nighttime shelter auctioned for Rs 1.86 crore in Shimla

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: A dilapidated built up structure on a small plot being used as a nighttime shelter by an insane Gorkha, fetched a whopping price Rs 1.86 [...]

Ambjua Cement Commissions 3rd Unit In Himachal

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

CM Dhumal flagging off first cement truck at Ambuja Nalagarh Plant

Shimla: Cement major, Ambuja Cements commissioned a 1.5 million ton capacity grinding unit at Nalagarh on Saturday, making it the company’s 12th such plant in the [...]

पहाड़ को सालते सैलानियों के जख्म

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Sanjeev Sharma

यह ठीक वैसा ही है जैसे सर मुंडाते ही ओले पड़ गए हों. ऐसे समय मेंजब हिमाचल के पर्यटन निदेशक सेक्स टूरिज्म की अपनी किताबी सोच [...]

Himachal Emergency Ambulance Services – A Non Starter

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: An ambitious project to provide ambulance services within half an hour of an emergency call in the accident prone state has proved a non-starter as [...]

Manali Mountaineering Institute evokes Himalayan adventure spirit

Posted on March 26, 2010 by HP News Network

Manali: With as many as 800 adventure seekers currently undergoing training in various disciplines in various locations, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied [...]

Localities resented public hearing on Hul Project in Chamba. Himachal

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Swaran Deepak Raina

Sal Ghati Bhachhao sanghsarsh samiti blocked the road Chamba: Today it was decided by the district administration to hear the grievances of the public of the [...]

Himachal Youth Congress for CBI Inquiry into land for private universities

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Sniffing a scam in permitting many private universities in Himachal, the Youth Congress today demanded a CBI inquiry into the land allotment processes adopted for [...]

Tech Mahindra jobs to 18 Himachal University IT Graduates

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Tech Mahindra, the IT major company that overtook fraud ridden Satyam Computers, last year, has offered campus placement to 18 Bachelor of Information Technology (B.Tech.I.T) [...]

Himachal Census Operation To Start On April 7 – Chandramouli

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: The countries decadal census operation, perhaps the largest exercise of such a kind in the world that is being launched in Himachal Pradesh from 7th [...]

APEDA to provide HPMC Rs 6.15 Cr for upgrading 4 packing houses in Himachal

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Shimla: Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the central government agency under ministry of commerce and industry today entered into an Memorandum of [...]

Hot spring causes early tree blossom in Himachal

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Ravinder Makhaik

Wild Pink Rhododendrons have blossomed a month early in and around Shimla Shimla: Detractors of climate change notwithstanding, unusually warm weather in March has farmers, orchard [...]

Himachal Pradesh Univ. launches ICDEOL website

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Disha Singh Sharma

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University’s International Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning (ICDEOL) launched its own website (http://www.icdeolhpu.org/) to give information and updates online to its [...]