Himachal seeks relaxation in rural employment guarantee scheme norms
byShimla: With the rural employment guarantee scheme faltering in Himachal, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has sought changes in norms for hilly regions and…
October, 2011
Himachal does away with board exam for ten plus one class
byShimla: Providing much relief to school children from sitting for successive board examinations at Class X, Class 11 (Ten plus 1) and Class 12…
Yeddyurappa arrested for corruption, sent to jail
byBangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was jailed Saturday for corruption. Yeddyurappa, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first chief minister in south India,…
Over 200 pilots to take wings in Himachal
byShimla: Over 200 pilots will take wings in the skies of Himachal Pradesh with a weeklong paragliding championship beginning Sunday, an official said Saturday….
Smart cane guiding blind in Himachal
byShimla: “It’s the cane that meets more than the eye,” said 18-year-old blind student Bhupesh. He has been using the battery-operated IIT-Delhi developed smart…
Man goes berserk smashes cars in downtown Shimla
byShimla : At least 13 vehicles including 8 luxury cars were allegedly damaged by a drunken man in Shimla barely a few hundred metres…
Himachal Vidhan Sabha committee mulls amending land ceiling laws
byShimla: In face of strong opposition from congress, a select committee of the Vidhan Sabha held its first meeting on Friday to study the…
New districts bogey back to haunt Himachal politics
byShimla: Creation of new districts, an issue that much heat and dust about a decade ago, has been stoked again with some leaders saying…
Nepalese want ration cards in Himachal
byShimla : Thousands of Nepalese nationals sprinkled all over Himachal Pradesh have urged the state government to allow them the facility of ration cards…
Smokers out to reclaim smoke free Shimla
byShimla: A year after being declared a smoke free city, laxity in implementation of anti-tobacco laws in public places is beginning to encroach upon…