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

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced Assembly election schedule for five states i.e. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.  As per the election dates announced by the ECI on Monday  the voting in all five states would be held between November 7 and 30 while the  counting of

Dr Banita Kumari Saklani has been elected as the first woman president of the Himachal Government College Teacher’s Association (HPGCTA) in the election held for the association . She polled 827 votes against her nearest rival Sanjay Kumar Jasrotia . Two  candidates Satish Kumar and Surender Singh for the post of

The Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industries Association has donated Rs 2.02 crore towards Apda Rahat Kosh. A delegation of the association led by its president Rajiv Aggarwal and general secretary YS Guleria presented a cheque of the donation to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in his office at Shimla on Friday. Thanking the

Himachal Pradesh government is considering to enforce  stringent laws for construction to keep people safe during natural calamities in the state. Speaking while inaugurating a two day workshop ‘Challenges of the Geological Hazards in Western Himalayan Region of Himachal Pradesh ‘ at Shimla on Thursday, the CM said , “

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government to investigate crypto currency frauds in Himachal Pradesh, have arrested two accused  Hem Raj  Rajput and Sukhdev Thakur  belonging to Mandi district, from Gujarat two days back.   The accused are allegedly involved in collecting nearly Rs 18 crore in

First international conference on Recent Trends in Science and Technology for Environment Conservation and Sustainable Development was organized on September 29 and 30th at Sidharth Government College Nadaun. The conference was inaugurated by Professor Dr. MK Mattoo, former Head Bio Sciences Department of HPU Shimla.  Dr. Bhagwati Sharma convener of the

A programme was organized to honour all centenarians of district Mandi on Sunday to observe the International Day for Older Persons. A district level function was organized by the Social Justice and Empowerment Department and District Red Cross Society Mandi. Deputy Commissioner Mandi  Arindam Choudhary  Chief guest of the function

Himachal Pradesh government has announced a special relief package for disaster affected people of the state with a total spending of Rs 4500 crore, out of which Rs750 crore would be spent on restoration , rehabilitation and Rs 1000 crore to generate employment under MNREGA . Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh

A six member deputation of Himalaya Niti Abhiyan representing several organizations submitted a report prepared by experts on causes and effects of recent natural calamity in Himachal Pradesh to HP Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla at Shimla on Friday. Coordinator of the organization Guman Singh said, “We have demanded declaring the