Eleventh Plan Performance for Himachal Pradesh
byThe Eleventh Five Year Plan enters the last year of its tenure on the 1st April, 2011. With the finalisation of the Annual Plan…
Breaking News
Karmapa Issue, What Is The Truth?
byIt has been long since I have written about anything on HP. I have been struggling with my own conscience about whole Karmapa issue….
The Controversy Over Karmapa
byCourtesy B.RAMAN (The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and…
NIT students thrashed by taxi drivers
byTime and again the situation on the ground remains same. The transport department although claims that they have taken action against the errant taxi…
New year hoolingans set to vandalise Himachal again !
byYear after year on new year’s eve, hooligans in the guise of new year revellers overrun Himachal Pradesh’s hill stations,and Shimla is the hardest…
Illegal mining threatens historical temple in Baijnath
byBaijnath: Despite a federal ban, illegal mining on a riverbed in Himachal is posing serious threat to a 13th century temple. The ‘Baijnath’ temple…
The punjabisation of Himachal
by‘Karva Chauth’ is a nice little colourful festival. But pause for a moment and consider if it is really a part of the culture…
Himachal roads are a nightmare!
byYou have to have nerves of steel to drive on the roads of Himachal Pradesh this year as you encounter deep ruts, potholes, mudslides,…
Shimla will no more be a moveable feast
byShimla: Almost every day, for almost a decade now, I have seen the twilight zone unfold through the giant windows of the Barista coffee…
Curricula for the Twenty-First Century IITs
byPic: Transit campus of IIT Mandi where the inaugural session opens up on 9th August, 2010 Shimla: The number of IITs has doubled in…