Shimla: To facilitate candidates in paying of fees, Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) intends to launch an e-payment gateway for enabling making of online payments. The commission would launch e-payment gateway system to provide facility of paying the examination fee online to the candidates applying online for various posts [...]

Better weather conditions forecast for the commanding heights for a Mount Everest climb for May 10 – 16 week, the Lawrence School Sanawar Everest ascent team is in the final stages of acclimatization before making an assault at the world’s highest peak. Yesterday the team of Sanawar Everest team consisting [...]

Shimla: A moderate intensity earthquake that hit the northern regions on May 1 only exposed the lukewarm response towards disaster management here corroborating what a baseline survey on awareness and preventive practices had brought out only recently. The 5.7 Magnitude tremor that shook up the mountains, early on the May [...]

Shimla: Lacking competent officers, the Himachal government is increasingly relying on retired officers for getting the machinery moving as yet another retired bureaucrat has been appointed as officer on special duty (OSD). Former bureaucrat Abhay Pant is the latest to join the growing list of OSD’s the Congress government headed [...]

Shimla: Bye-election to Mandi parliamentary seat creeping up has both BJP and Congress out activating cadres for a semi-final round before General Lok Sabha elections come up in May 14. Talking to Hillpost, chief electoral officer HP, Narinder Chauhan said, “elections guidelines hold that election to a seat vacated by [...]

Shimla: Saddled with huge employee costs and high power purchase prices during winter lean season, power surplus Himachal state served a rude shock on consumers who have been burdened with a stiff price hike ranging from 8.83 % for street lighting to 16 percent for domestic users. Releasing the tariff [...]

Shimla: Hosts Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (BCS) came out winners at the prestigious annual 18th Slater Debates, pinning down 15 other top schools of the country, with Vasant Valley School giving a tough time in the final round that ended today. For the final topic ‘Juveniles deserve adult punishment for [...]

Shimla: Tapping into creative fashion talent, a leading fashion institute of North India here today launched ‘Himachal Fashion Hunt 2013’ campaign that intends to move onto other towns of the state before picking out the Designer of the Year and Face of the Year winners. Talking to Hill Post, Satpal [...]

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court today directed the state authorities to remove all unauthorized food stalls and dhabas polluting forest areas beyond Mardhi on the Manali-Rohtang highway. Hearing a petition taken up suo moto on the harm caused to Rohtang glacier due to pollution the bench of Chief Justice [...]

Shimla: Hard pressed to open an alternate route to Ladhak as tensions mount on the western India – China, army road engineers have cleared the over 13,000 feet altitude Rohtang Pass of snow, enabling unlocking of Lahaul valley that was snowbound for six months. Border Roads Organisation, the agency assigned [...]