Union Minister Anurag Thakur administers oath to youths in meri mati mera desh programme at Mandi
The Union Minister of Information, Broadcasting, Youth and Sports Affairs Anurag Thakur said, “Meri mati mera desh is a unique programme through which brave men and women of India are being honoured by taking panch pran oath to salute them.” Addressing the audience at Motipur in Mandi on Saturday the
HP Govt suspends 167 striking JE’s working in Zila Parishads
Acting tough against the striking employees of Zila Parishad, the state government has suspended the services of 167 junior engineers . Forty seven hundred employees working in different Zila Parishad of the state have launched an agitation demanding their merger with the employees working in Panchayati Raj department of the
State govt. to withdraw special road tax levied on tourist vehicles – CM
Himachal Pradesh government would soon reduce the special road tax and other taxes levied on tourist buses, tempo travelers and commercial tourist vehicles. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, after meeting a delegation of Shimla Hotel and Tourism Stakeholders’ Association at Shimla on Thursday said, “The state government is seriously considering
Central team visits Dam sites to probe complaints of release of excess water during monsoon fury
A team of the Central Water Commission visited Pandoh Dam on Wednesday to probe the circumstances in which excess water was suddenly released from the dams during monsoon fury in the state this year. It is notable the rain fury in the month of August this year had caused huge
565 pass outs including sixty PhD’s , awarded degrees in 11th convocation of IIT Mandi
As many as five hundred and sixty five pass outs from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi of B Tech, M Tech, MSc, MA, 10 Master of Science courses and sixty PhD, were awarded degrees in the 11th convocation ceremony of the institute held at IIT campus on Monday. Aditya Sarkar
Him Academy Public School organizes annual day function
Him Academy Public School organized its annual day function in the school campus at Vikas Nagar (Hamirpur) on Sunday. Vaishali Sharma (HAS), an alumni of Him Academy Public School, presently BDO Karsog, was chief guest of the function and was accorded a guard of honour by NCC wing of the
IIT Mandi researchers find ground water in Punjab highly toxic and cancerous
A research team of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has made startling findings about the quality of ground water in Punjab, revealing high levels of contamination in the groundwater leading to several health hazards including risk of cancer. The study aimed to track changes in drinking water quality in
HP Govt’s proposal to allow construction in Shimla’s Green Belts comes under criticism
Himachal Pradesh government’s proposal to allow construction in Green Belts of Shimla has invited ire of environmentalists and a section of residents of Shimla town. The State Cabinet on October 11 had given nod to a proposal of the state government to amend Shimla Development Plan (SDP) for allowing construction in
HP Cabinet allows construction on plots without trees in Shimla Green Belt
Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has decided to amend Shimla Development Plan by allowing construction in Green Belt area above Navbahar- to the church road and above Lakkar bazaar to IGMC Sanjauli Chowk road, besides allowing construction in the Green Belt area on plots not having trees. The Cabinet meeting presided over by
Himachal government to go for caste census in the state
After a political debate generated in the country by the caste census in Bihar, the Himachal Pradesh government led by the Congress party is going to conduct a caste census in the hill state. As a reply to Hindutva politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP government in the