United Biotech gets green signal for Rs.550 crore Himachal facility
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has allowed life-saving drug maker United Biotech Pvt Ltd to set up its facility in the state at an outlay…
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Prayers, celebrations as Dalai Lama turns 78
byDharamsala/Bylakupp: Thousands of Tibetan exiles today morning assembled in Dharamsala and Bylakuppe — the first in Himachal Pradesh, the second in Karnataka — to celebrate…
Himachal Pradesh High Court curbs CMs arbitrary transfer powers
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court curbed the chief ministers arbitrary powers of transferring employees made “at the instance of a person, who has…
SJVN secures coal block for 1320 Buxar thermal plant
byShimla: Public sector power generating company, SJVN Limited has been allocated a coal block in West Bengal for its upcoming 1320 MW Buxar thermal…
Himachal Congress sets up new party panel
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee today constituted a new executive committee, blending old and new faces. The new list comprises nine general secretaries, seven…
KS Tomar sworn in as Chairman Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission
byShimla: KS Tomar, a veteran journalist, today took over as the new chairman of HP Public Service Commission. Earlier Governor Urmila Singh today administered…
Central Pollution Control Board official gets six extensions
byShimla: J.S. Kamyotra, member-secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the ministry of environment and forests, is one officer the central government does…
A glance of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in 1890’s
byPictorial tour of Shimla of the late 19th century. Image credit: Ebay
Avoiding an Uttarakhand Repeat in Himachal
byFlash floods happen when most of the rainfall (as in a cloud burst or other heavy torrential rain) runs off the surface with little…
Heavy rains to lash Himachal again
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh may again experience very heavy rainfall in the next three days, a weather department official said here today. “The entire state is…