Tribal’s lock horns over green nod for hydropower project
byShimla: Forest rights in high altitude tribal district of Kinnaur has become a bone of contention between the state and the natives who are…
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Fertility rate in Himachal down to 1.9 percent
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: 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
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: To bring about transparency in management of private educational institutions, which includes accounts and increasing of fees, the education department here has circulated…
35 arrested for college campus violence
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: Police arrested 35 rioter students and were on the lookout for more of those who had clashed on Wednesday that left at least…
Himachal for promoting jute products to replace polythene
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: Polythene replaced by soft poly propylene bags that are made to pass off as bio-degradable may have frustrated the state governments drive to…
NREGA for uprooting cannabis plants
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: A stretched out police force having a hard task to uproot cannabis plants that grow abundantly in the wild as well as cultivate…
Scholarships for attending school
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: Students who have to travel long distances to reach school would be handed out an incentive scholarships to encourage them and reduce the…
Deserted, widowed single women demand land for commune farm in Himachal
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: Willing to shun freebies, deserted, widowed and divorced single woman have asked the government to provide them land for starting a commune farm…
Ashadeep Holds Stress Management Workshop For Police Personnel
by Ravinder MakhaikSHIMLA: Concerned over the stress taking a toll in the healthy lives of people, Shimla based NGO, organized a stress management workshop for the…
Markandeshwar University has AICTE nod for Engineering streams – VC
by Ravinder MakhaikShimla: Of the new private universities being set up in Himachal Pradesh, senior functionaries of Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Kumarhatti Solan said that an expert…