Jaitley Announces IIM For Himachal, IIT For Jammu & Kashmir
byNew Delhi: Of the five new Indian Instituted of Management institutions proposed to be set up in the country, finance minister Arun Jaitley announced…
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Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur Takes On Congress In Price Rise Debate
byNew Delhi: Hamirpur constituency MP Anurag Thakur today came down heavily on the Congress party for having left a “legacy of price rise” and now “feigning pain” for the people after being thrown out of power.
Himachal Court Asks Hyderabad College To Pay Interim Relief To Parents Of Beas Tragedy Victims
byShimla: Directing the college to refund the tuition fee and asking the insurance company to release the insurance amount due within two weeks, the judges announced, “effect of refund of tuition fee amount and release of insurance amount will be considered at the time of final orders.”
Govt Mulls New Trains for Char Dham, Hamirpur
bySave for narrow-gauge, vintage-value trains Kalka-Shimla and Pathankot-Jogidernagar, Himachal has no bulk carrier besides New Delhi-Una Janshatabadi and Delhi-Una Himachal Express which usually remain fully-booked round the year.
Himachal Explores Options To Rein In Mining Mafia
byDespite there being a huge demand, the environment ministry has only cleared 17 mining leases for Himachal Pradesh. Even of the 166 ongoing leases, wherever the lease period has ended, it was not being renewed for want of the mandatory environmental clearance that was not easy to get by.
Himachal apples ready for harvest
byShimla: Early apple varieties fast reaching maturity, the fruit harvest in Himachal Pradesh is ready to start with the first batches already having hit…
Now state-sponsored corruption in Uttarakhand
byCorruption has taken a new leaf in Uttarakhand. It is now state-sponsored corruption, if the manner in which land has been acquired in the past in the garb of industrializing this small hill state and given to private builders for peanuts, who have then sold it at sky-high prices. But no one has battered an eye-lid.
Himachal Congress passing the buck over poll losses
byStill smarting from the severe drubbing the party got in the Lok Sabha poll and unable to blame the rain for the electoral reverses, state Congress leaders having been playing the blame game for over a month, unsure about where the buck stops.
World Bank To Inspect Himachal’s Rs 1000 Cr Horticulture Funding Project
byShimla: Intent upon pushing up fruit crops productivity and upgrading post harvest management infrastructure the Himachal government has sought international funding for it’s ‘Special…
New York Times Holds Corrupt Officials, Miners Nexus Responsible For Beas Tragedy
byIn a hard hitting editorial, The New York Times has held an unholy nexus between corrupt official’s and sand miners responsible for the tragedy in Beas River, where the life of 24 budding engineers was snuffed out by what was a man made accident.