3 New medical colleges planned
With two operating medical colleges, 7 new medical colleges approved, the government has floated an expression of interest for setting up three new medical…
Paddy, potato, ginger and maize to have agri-insurance cover
Shimla: On an experimental basis, ginger crop in Sirmuar district would be provided a crop insurance where as paddy, potato and maize crops would…
High Court Asks For Revision of Himachal PMT Result
Shimla: With answers to some questions for the 2011-12 Pre Medical Entrance Test (PMT) changed after they were scrutinized by a special moderation committee…
Employment survey to show economic slowdown impact in Himachal
Shimla: To study the impact of global slowdown following the 2008 financial crisis, economic and statistics department on Tuesday launched a state wide survey…
Murder accused arrested
Shimla: Police made an early breakthrough by nabbing a murder accused in Saharan area of Shimla district after raiding a locality late on Monday…
Tribal’s lock horns over green nod for hydropower project
Shimla: Forest rights in high altitude tribal district of Kinnaur has become a bone of contention between the state and the natives who are…
Fertility rate in Himachal down to 1.9 percent
Shimla: Against a national population growth rate of 17.64 that of Himachal was recorded at 12.81 in the 2011 census which counted 68.56 lakh…
Himachal Govt for audit of private school accounts
Shimla: To bring about transparency in management of private educational institutions, which includes accounts and increasing of fees, the education department here has circulated…
1 dead, 14 injured in Parwanoo building collapse
Shimla: One person was killed and several others injured when a under construction building in Parwanoo collapsed late in the evening on Sunday. Supervising…
High Court reduces pendency of tribunal cases
Shimla: Though a section of employees keeps demanding re-opening of the state administrative tribunal (SAT) but in three years after it was shut down,…