As former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal  has reportedly shown his intention to contest next Assembly election from Sujanpur constituency in Hamirpur district, his candidature is still fraught with many political questions . Dhumal led the BJP government  in the state twice from 1998 to 2003 and 2007 to 2012

Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has decided to open new government degree colleges at Balhseena in Jhandutta Assembly Constituency (Bilaspur district) and Masrund in Churah Assembly Constituency of Chamba district. The meeting held on Monday at Shimla presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has decided to start mukhya mantri shodh

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said Home Guards jawans would be given round the year duty without a break. Presiding over a state level function of State Home Guards Welfare Association at Sunder Nagar on Sunday he said, “Nearly 8000 jawans are e assisting police and working on deployed on

While apple growers of Himachal Pradesh are on warpath against ‘arbitrary’ procurement price reduction of apples by private Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Stores of the state, the state government has decided to intervene to find a solution to grower’s grievances.   Acting tough against management of Adani Agri Fresh Limited, having

The State Cabinet meeting held here on Thursday at Shimla under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur thanked Prime Minister Narender Modi for sanctioning Bulk Drug Pharma Park for state as this would prove a milestone in development of the state. The Cabinet has decided to fill up

IIT Mandi researchers have developed natural polymers based smart nanoparticles to treat colorectal cancer from renewable resources such as turmeric which can release both   hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs to reduce dependence on petroleum based polymers. The redox responsive chitosan/stearic acid nanoparticles (CSSA NPs) as drug carriers for both curcumin (hydrophobic; a component

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi is one of the top technological institutes of India and “it should focus in providing technology innovations in key areas like agriculture, horticulture, ecology & environment of Himalayas and develop technology to forewarn people about disasters happening

Himachal Pradesh Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed Chairman of Himachal Public Service Commission (HPSC) Rameshwar Singh Thakur at Raj Bhawan on Friday. The oath was also administered to three members appointed to the commission i.e. Rakesh Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Nain

Ending a weeklong suspense over appointment of Chairman of Himachal Public Service Commission (HPSC), the state government has appointed IPS Officer Rameshwar Thakur as Chairman. The state government had appointed Dr Rachna Gupta as the Chairperson of HPSC on August 17 along with three new members but kept silent over the

Four lane affected people have decided to stage protests on 5th September at different places to highlight indifference of the state government towards their long pending demands including implementation of Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 2013. President of Bhumi Adhigrahan Prabhavit Manch Beli Ram Kaundal and convener Joginder Walia said, “For