Poor man’s bank, Post Offices in Himachal hold Rs 5430 Cr deposits
byShimla: Banks which have been pushing hard to tap into the savings accounts of rural folks in this hill state are up against the…
March, 2011
NRIs entitled to get themselves registered in electoral rolls
byManoj Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer said here today that every overseas elector i.e. Indian citizen who is absenting from his place of ordinary residence…
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar To Tour Himachal From March 21
byFour key towns of Solan, Shimla, Sundarnagar and Dharamsala to have mahasatsang Will address farmers about Organic farming at Kisan Mela organized at…
Media, NGO’s be brought in Anti Corruption law ambit – Bitta
byShimla: Shifting gears from terrorism to fighting corruption, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, chairman All India Anti-terrorist Front here today made a call from bringing NGO’s…
Lokayukta to hear corruption cases against top Panchayati Raj functionaries
byShimla: By amending the HP Lokayukta Act (1983), lawmakers in Himachal have brought the top Panchayati Raj functionaries under the roving eye of Lokayukta…
Intergrated Mountain Development Should be Focus of IIT Mandi – Dhumal
byShimla: Spelling out the vision for IIT Mandi, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal let the top administration of the new institute know on Friday…
Himachal Lawmakers Trash 1887 Forestry Law
byShimla: A law operating on basis of an 1887 Forest Settlement Report was dumped by lawmakers here on Friday by adopting the HP Abolition…
Finance Commissions and Himachal Pradesh
byRESOURCE TRANSFERS TO HIMACHAL PRADESH THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMISSIONS The question of central support to Himachal Pradesh keeps coming up time and again and…
Finance Commissions and Special Category States
byFINANCE COMMISSIONS, SPECIAL CATEGORY STATES AND HIMACHAL PRADESH – A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS The Constitution of India envisages setting up of a Finance Commission every…
Dalai Lama Announces Plans To Devolve Authority To Elected Leader
byExcerpts From Dalai Lama’s Online Statement Dharamshala: Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan people’s peaceful uprising of 1959 against Communist China’s repression…