Awards for disability rehabilitation work in Himachal
By: Rakesh Pawar Shimla: In a unique initiative, the Himachal chapter of Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (SDRS) has instituted two awards for rehabilitation work and good reporting on disabilities in the state. The award would also commemorate the centenary year of Satyagrah. The...
Himachal budget backward looking
The Himachal Pradesh budget presented by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and dubbed as “forward looking” by him is a misnomer. While it may be the impact of the drubbing, the Congress got in the recent Assembly elections in Punjab and Uttaranchal, the HP government’s decision...
A citizen journalism effort in Himachal completes one year
It’s been an eventful year for HimVani (unfortunately HimVani is dead now) as it celebrates its first anniversary. It was on February 14th 2006, HimVani started as a blog on Blogspot. So before I go into flashback, I’d like to thank all the citizens of...
Himachal CM releases Rs 75,000 for Surti
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has sanctioned Rs 75,000 for Surti’s open heart surgery from the CM’s Relief Fund, Ajai Srivastava, Chairman, Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, HP Chapter, informed. Surti, a five year old daughter of Om Prakash, a Rajasthani labourer...
हरनोट को अकादमी पुरस्कार
शिमलाः जानेमाने लेखक एस आर हरनोट को उनके बहुचर्चित कहानी संग्रह ‘दारोश तथा अन्य कहानियां’ के लिए वर्ष 2003-04 का राज्य अकादमी पुरस्कार प्रदान किया गया है। यह पुरस्कार हरनोट को हिन्दी कहानी-उपन्यास-नाटक वर्ग में दिया गया है। हरनोट के इस कहानी संग्रह को वर्ष...
Himachal road density in non-tribal areas above 68 km
NEW DELHI: The road density in non-tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh crossed 68.80 km per 100 square kilometres during the year 2006, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said here while announcing the Annual Plan for the Year 2007-2008. After a meeting with Planning Commission Chairman, Montek...
Himachal has potential to be IT state: Ankit and Nandini of Instablogs
It was lure of the hills, more than the economics involved that made Ankit Maheshwari and his better half Nandini Maheshwari leave the hyperactive metro life of Delhi and put up their base in Shimla. And how about the economics, when the local talent runs...
Himachal graves call out to British tourists
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honoured, and by strangers mourned. – Alexander Pope Ironically, neither are the strangers honouring, nor are the strangers mourning. Nearly 42 cemeteries – estimated by London-based British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA) – mostly...
WAVES’ annual meet focuses on Himalayan tradition
NEW DELHI: A three-day conference on social consciousness in Himalayan tradition was organised here from December 15 to 17, during the 10th International India conference of the Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES), in a tie-up with the University of Delhi, South Campus. The conference received...
Ecology imbalance snowballing in Himachal
The snowfall in Shimla last week just flattered to deceive. While newspapers and the Met department went gung-ho with the snowfall in the month of December after many many years, it was disappointing to see just a thin white sheet just for a few hours....
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