Himachal targets Rs 50,000 crore investment
NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh has set a target to seek investment of Rs 50,000 crore under the central industrial package till 2010. This was statd by Kuldeep Kumar, industries minister, during the Himachal Day function at the India International Trade Fair 2006. Keeping in view...
Feed your village for free
Guest Article A lot of people think that we need money if we want to do some social activities. It is not completely true. There are so many things that we can do without money. I am planning to do the following next year and...
Himachal agency wins national award
NEW DELHI: A Kullu based, Chander Abha Mahila Kalyan Mandal has won the national award for Child Welfare for the year 2005. The award was handed over to Dharamveer Dhami, President of the mandal, by Renuka Chaudhary, Union Women Welfare and Child Development Minister and...
Himachal tea, shawls get GI label
The popular Kangra tea and Kullu shawls are among the 28 Indian products registered with the Geographical Indications (GI) Registry. A Geographical Indications Registry with all India jurisdiction operates in Chennai, as per the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999. Under the...
Himachal deity adopts Gandhigiri against project
Shimla: If the mountain will not come to Mohammad, Mohammad will go to the mountain. In the present day context, the adage seems to be very apt for Maheshwar Devta, a local deity of village Chagaon in district Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The deity has taken...
Garima, Sindhur: New tomato hybrids from Himachal
Guest Article Solan Garima and Solan Sindhur are two new tomato hybrids that have been developed by Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan in Himachal Pradesh. Both these hybrids are tall growing indeterminate, high yielding (50-60 tonnes per hectare) and...
Fire guts 23 shops, 5 houses in Mandi, Himachal
Mandi: Twenty-three shops and five residential houses were gutted in a devastating fire, which broke out in Chauhata Bazaar in Mandi on Wednesday night. The estimated loss caused to the property was assessed at over Rs. 2.47 crore and no loss to life reported so...
A ‘Run’ for all-season tourism
The Great Himalayan Run, in its second year – hoping to make tourism an all-season affair, will be held on Novemer 12, in Shimla. The run, being organised by the Youth Services and Sports Department in association with the Tourism and Civil Aviation Department will...
Land records of 19,352 villages computerised
Himachal Pradesh has achieved milestones not only in participation of IT Industry but also in application of IT tools in administration and extension of citizen services. The state government has introduced e-governance in almost all the government departments to enhance efficiency and quality of services....
2.82 lakh people still poor in Himachal
About 2.82 lakh people, in 3,242 Graam Panchayats are still living under the poverty line in Himachal Pradesh, according to the BPL (below the poverty line) census. The number is something to cheer about going by the population of the state, which stood at 60,77,900,...
Sirmour to get polytechnic college
Sirmour would soon have a Polytechnic college – likely to be in Nahan, taking the number of polytehnic colleges to seven in the state. This was announced by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh during the inaugural function of the three-day Renukaji Fair, yesterday. The government is...
Taxis to have meters in Himachal
There’s good news for tourists visiting Shimla, who have a harrowing time juggling fares with taxi drivers. The state government has announced to introduce meters for the cabs in the state. Also, the government would be adding 10 more Volvo buses to the HRTC (Himachal...
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