Shimla: The team of Lawrence School Sanawar, which is on an expedition to scale the Mount Everest, has set up Camp 3 before attempting to cross the major obstacle at Khumbu glacier and are in high spirits to get to the top. Headed by Chief Coordinator of the expedition Col PS [...]

Shimla: Healthcare services in the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH) here were affected following an indefinite agitation by doctors and paramedical staff, officials said today. “Over 200 medical officials went on the indefinite strike in protest against manhandling of a resident doctor by a patient’s attendant Saturday,” an [...]

Shimla: Students outfits at the Himachal Pradesh University here held protest demonstrations against hike in prospectus of B.Ed course going to the extent of trying to stop vice chancellor ADN Bajpai for entering his office. The communist outfit SFI and one affiliated to BJP, Akhil Bharitya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP) are [...]

Shimla: Getting tough with protesting unions of HP Road Transport Corp (HRTC), minister GS Bali has warned that strong action against the protesting leaders and disciplinary action would be initiated against those making public statements. Talking to reporters, the minister said that the finances of the public transport corporation was [...]

Shimla: Rubbishing any plans of reviving the Himalayan Ski Village project, cabinet minister GS Bali told reporters here today that the company that had initially floated the proposal has dismembered and no one had approached the government for setting up the stalled project. After having killed the project by deterring [...]

‘In order promote sports in the country’ young Indian Parliamentarians will take on the Mumbai Heroes (a team of Bollywood stars) in a friendly Twenty20 cricket match at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala on May 20. The friendly cricket match to be organized under the patronage of Constitution Club of [...]

Kullu: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state executive held a meeting here to deliberate on various issues concerning the state and the Lok Sabha elections, with main focus on the Mandi Parliamentary seat. Mandi parliamentary seat, which remains vacant after Virbhadra Singh became the Chief Minister of the State, is [...]

Shimla: With a motive to revive the dying art form of Kangra miniature paintings, Himachal Pradesh University is slated to start a two-year post graduate degree of masters of fine arts in miniature paintings from next academic year. The announcement was made by HPU’s Visual Art Department Chairperson Him Chatterjee. [...]

With the motto “passion for any art is bliss,” Raavish Kumar a low profile multi-faceted artist propagates his skills and art forms in shape of painting and photography of Himachal culture and diversity. Raavish Kumar, a 30-year-old artist resides in Pumta village of Chopal in Shimla district. Raavish is not only a multiple [...]

Shimla: To keep a tab on teacher absenteeism and enforce discipline in complying with the time schedule in the government educational institutes, Himachal Pradesh education department has decided to install biometric machines for recording of teachers’ attendance electronically. Disclosing about deploying the new technology, Dinkar Burathoki, director higher education said [...]