Protests at several places in Himachal Pradesh were held on Thursday to oppose the new Army Recruitment Policy announced by the Central government. Hundreds of youths marched at Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur and Chamba districts. The CITU workers also held a protest demonstration at DC Office Shimla.  At a few places

Prime Minister Narender Modi was accorded a warm welcome on his arrival at Sports Authority of India (SAI) ground in district Kangra on Thursday. Governor Rajendra Vishvanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur welcomed the PM and the CM facilitated him with a traditional muffler. The Prime Minister has come to Dharamshala

Prof.  Rajeevan Chandel and Dr Rohit Dhiman, two faculty members of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur have patented their invention “Method and System for Enriching Life in Humanly Maintained Aquaculture Environment.” The patent has been granted to them for proposing a novel integrated system for remote monitoring of the

The Central government has unveiled a new recruitment scheme Agnipath for recruiting Agniveer (soldiers) in three wings of the Army i.e. Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy for a short period of four years. Announcing the scheme in New Delhi on Tuesday, Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh accompanied

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has exhorted BJP workers and functionaries’ to work with dedication and greater commitment to fulfill the mission repeat of the BJP to bring the party back in power in the state after the next election. Addressing Tridev Sammellan at Sunder Nagar on Tuesday he thanked

The Ministry of Culture and Sahitya Akadami are organizing an international literature festival Unmesha in Shimla from June 16 to 18. The festival, being organized as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration would be held in Gaiety Theatre in which prominent writers like Gulzar, Sonal Man Singh, Kiran Bedi, Linda Hess,

The President of India Ram Nath Kovind visited the Atal Tunnel Rohtang on Saturday during his two day tour of Himachal Pradesh.   Accompanied by HP Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur the President went to see the tunnel, which connects Manali with Lahaul –Spiti district. The

President of India Ram Nath Kovind  arrived at Dharamshala on his two-day visit to Himachal Pradesh on Friday..The President was received at SAI Ground Dharamshala by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Speaker, State Vidhan Sabha Vipin Singh Parmar, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Sarveen Chaudhary, Kangra

Himachal Pradesh  has become  the first State in the country to frame Drone Policy in order to create a holistic foundations of Governance and Reform using Drones (GARUD) – an initiative for enabling policy, robust infrastructure, research and  development, market access for drone manufactures and service providers, launched by the

A special court of the National Investigation Agency ( NIA) Delhi  has granted bail to Himachal Cadre IPS officer Arvind Digvijay Negi arrested by the agency in February this year for allegedly leaking secret information to a overground worker of the banned Lashkar- e- Taiba group. Special Judge of the