Shimla, May 19: The Annandale ground issue, which had become a bone of contention between the Himachal Pradesh government and the Army, and shifting of an Army ammunition depot, is likely to figure at the annual Civil-Military Liaison Conference to be held here on May 21. The 121-bigha ground, surrounded by thick forests just 4.5 [...]
Shimla, May 18 : President Pranab Mukherjee will arrive in Himachal Pradesh on May 23 on a three-day visit, his first to the state after entering the highest office in the country, a police spokesman said today. After arriving here on May 23, the President would stay at a retreat near Chharabra. He is to [...]
Shimla, May 18: Chief Minister, Shri Virbhadra Singh said that more micro and mini power projects would be set up in Spiti valley so as to usher an era of prosperity and provide employment opportunities to the youth of the area. The Government, however, would take prior consent of the local people and public representatives [...]
Shimla, May 18: The first multiplex at a bus stand in Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated here today, with the state government planning to construct five more such complexes to help improve the revenue generation of Himachal Road Transport Corporation. Inaugurating the multiplex at newly constructed ISBT at Shimla, Transport minister G S Bali said that [...]
Shimla, May 17 : Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh directed the officers working in tribal areas to complete the on-going works timely keeping in view the limited working season in these areas so that the development works may not hamper due to adverse weather condition. Chief Minister was addressing a huge public meeting at Keylong, [...]
Dharamsala, May 17 : Hitting out at the scandal-hit IPL’s critics, BCCI Joint Secretary Anurag Thakur today said former players, who are lambasting the event in the wake of the ongoing spot-fixing controversy, are themselves minting money from the cash-rich league. “Even ex-cricketers are earning crores of rupees…they are getting handsome amounts from it and [...]
Una, 17 May: The body of a teenaged girl from Punjab was found hanging from a tree in Singan village of Haroli block in Una district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 18-uyear-old Anju Devi, a resident of Binewal in the adjoining Garhshankar assembly segment of Punjab. According to police sources, a bus [...]
Dharamsala, May 16 : Kangra Central Cooperative Bank (KCCB) today announced new pay scales for its employees effective from January 1, 2006. “It was the long pending demand of the employees from which 1500 employees shall be benefited,” Chairman of the Bank Jagdish Sepahia said. He said the bank has to meet the extra expenditure [...]
Shimla, May 15 : A full bench of Himachal High Court has observed that the High Court has wide powers to issue writs against cooperative societies but depends upon facts and circumstances of each case. It will be “inapposite” to put it in a straight jacket manner that every writ petition filed against cooperative banks [...]
Dharamsala, May 14 : Himachal Pradesh Transport Minister G S Bali today said a committee has been constituted to identify the unproductive routes of state road transport corporation. He said since he has taken the charge as Transport Minister, Himachal Road Transport Corporation’s (HRTC’s) kilometer per liter (KPL) has increased to 3.79. “A point gained [...]
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