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.
Dharamsala College of Education sans B Ed Medical, A Bane For Bright Students
byReputation of the college’s history notwithstanding, things have come to such a pass that despite there being 235 seats on offer for B.Ed (Bachelor in Education) degree course, there is not a single seat in the college for medical students.
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…
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.
Himachal CM demands rail lines, industrial package from Arun Jaitely
byShimla: Before finance minister Arun Jaitley presents his maiden budget in Parliament next week, chief minister Virbhadra Singh today brought up the tough terrain…
NGOs ask Himachal Pollution Board To Rein In Industrial Pollution
byShimla: Having to live and work under rising pollution levels in the industrial belts of Baddi, Barotiwala & Nalagarh, representatives of communities from the…