Shimla: To simplify the process of payment of electricity bills for consumers, State Electricity Board (HPSEB) will install Kiosk machines in all prominent cities of Himachal Pradesh. With the installation of Kiosk machines, consumers will be greatly facilitated – they will no longer have to stand in queues and wait [...]

Shimla: With cherry orchards turning crimson and production likely to be 250 tonnes more than last year’s 412 tonnes, the luscious fruit is literally on everyone’s mouth in Himachal Pradesh. “We are expecting a bumper crop after two consecutive lean seasons,” says Horticulture Director Gurdev Singh. He said some early [...]

New Delhi: A zila parishad of Himachal Pradesh Wednesday received a national award for adopting innovative measures to strengthen panchayati raj institutions, the village-level third-tier of governance, a statement said. Union Minister for Panchayati Raj V. Kishore Chandra presented the Rajiv Gandhi Shashaktikaran Puraskar to Kullu Zila Parishad chairman H.C. [...]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to address students, faculty members and the amassed public at the University of Oregon’s Matthew Knight Arena at 1:30pm on May 10. His Holiness’ presentation, entitled “The Path to Peace and Happiness in the Global Society,” will not be a closed affair; it [...]

Dharamshala: As part of World Book Day celebrations, School of Education at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) in association with National Book Trust (NBT) organized a workshop on the campus on today. Delivering the keynote address at the workshop, Dr. Manas Ranjan Mahapatra, Editor and Head of National Centre for [...]

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama finds it painful that he can only pray for quake affected people of China. He expressed sorrow & helplessness over his inability to go there in person. Dalai Lama said, “During the last quake in Lushu, I had expressed my willingness to [...]

Shimla: Pine tree leaves (needles), which were once considered waste, have become a source of income for locals in Himachal Pradesh. An initiative started by the Hamirpur forest circle has steadily spread to Kunihar and Solan areas of the state. The objective here is to collect waste pine leaves and sell [...]

Shimla: Fifteen top schools from India and one from Dubai meet here to trash out debating points, starting Wednesday, at the Slater international inter-school debates hosted by Bishop Cotton School. The schools participating are Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi, La Martiniere Girls School, Kolkata, Dubai Modern High School, La Martiniere [...]

Shimla: Private and government buses here will now run in a gap of every 3 minutes, a respite for all public transport users who were otherwise fed up of untimely bus services and delayed halts of private buses on all stops. The decision was taken in the recently concluded meeting between the [...]

Shimla: Removing old guard BJP leader Shanta Kumar from the party national executive has had a fallout as the state unit recast its team here which found most loyalists of the senior leader missing on the lists declared. Political observers believe that BJP in Kangra, the home district of Shanta [...]