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…
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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…
Three Himachal cops held for gangrape
byShimla: Three policemen were arrested today in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi town for gangraping a 32-year-old mentally challenged woman and daughter of a former police…
Himachal gets highest rainfall in 10 years
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh got 143 percent more rainfall than normal in June, the highest in 10 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said here today….
Himachal starts second phase of direct transfer scheme
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today launched the second phase of Aadhaar-based direct benefit transfer scheme, which mainly comprises scholarship schemes, in…