During the special inspection to remote corner schools of Mandi district. NCC Shimla commanding officer Colonel D.R. Gargey said that youth play crucial role in nation building. Addressing the NCC cadets of Government Senior Secondary Schools Karsog, Nihri and Seribanglow of upper areas of district Mandi of Himachal Pradesh here on Thursday during a special visit of commanding officer Colonel D.R. Gargey to inspect the NCC activities in the schools, he said the NCC cadets need to strengthen their inter-personal and intra-personal skills, which transform their lives to a vibrant mode. During this inspection visit of Commanding Officer Colonel D.R.…
Author: Samyantak Bhardwaj
The rain in district Solan after about two months has brought relief to the farmers. Garlic growers have benefited the most from the rains. The garlic crop, which is in the grip of drought, has been revived by the rains. Better production of garlic is expected after the rains. However, 20 percent of garlic has been lost so far due to drought. In Solan district, farmers grow cash crops in an area of about five thousand hectares. Especially in the hilly areas of the district, farmers have planted garlic and tomato crops these days. Due to lack of rain for…
Apart from medical colleges, zonal hospitals and community health centers in Himachal Pradesh, now the primary health centers (PHCs) will also have free tests for patients. There are 586 PHCs across the state, in which tests for 63 types of diseases will start within one and a half months. The health of lakhs of population of rural areas of the state rests on these PHCs. Actually, the state government has tied up with a Pune-based company for the test. Pharmacists will take samples of patients in PHC. The company’s employees will take these samples daily from the PHC to the…
Bread prices have increased by Rs 5 in Himachal Pradesh. On Saturday, a well-known company making bread increased the prices of bread by five rupees. Bread made of maida increased from Rs 35 to Rs 40 and bread made from flour increased from Rs 40 to Rs 45. Bread prices have increased by Rs 5 in Himachal Pradesh. On Saturday, a well-known company making bread increased the prices of bread by five rupees. Bread made of maida increased from Rs 35 to Rs 40 and bread made from flour increased from Rs 40 to Rs 45. The price of ice…
In Himachal Pradesh, Kanungo and Patwari will go to the field and prepare a drought report. The State Government has issued instructions to all the Deputy Commissioners in this regard. Within two days, the employees will report to the District Deputy Commissioners. There is drought in Himachal due to lack of rain on time. Apart from apple, wheat and garlic crops have suffered heavy losses. Apart from this, the water level of 700 drinking water schemes in the state has also fallen due to lack of rain. 60 per cent of the wheat crop in Himachal has been damaged due…
With the scorching heat in Himachal Pradesh, the forests have also started burning with fire. Every day valuable forest wealth is being burnt to ashes by forest fires. The forest fire in the capital Shimla has become uncontrollable. A fire is raging in the Tutikandi forest adjoining the city. Due to this the whole city is in the lap of smoke. While the valuable forest wealth is being burnt to ashes by the fire, the smoke coming out of it is also affecting the health of the people. On Sunday, a massive fire broke out in the pine forest near…
Partha Sarthi Mitra, former Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh has passed away. He was battling cancer for a long time and his treatment was going on. Vigilance investigation was going on against Mitra in the case of approval for purchase of land under Section-118 in Himach. When he was the Revenue Secretary in the Dhumal government, he was accused of irregularities in granting approval for purchase of land under Section-118. Later he also held the post of Chief Information Commissioner in the Virbhadra government. P. Mitra was originally from Delhi. He also has properties in Theog and other places in…
The Himachal Pradesh government has divided 135 degree colleges in the state into Shimla and Mandi State University. 88 degree colleges in six districts Shimla, Solan, Sirmaur, Kinnaur, Kangra and Una will come under Summerhill University located in the capital Shimla. Mandi University has been given 47 degree colleges in Kullu, Mandi, Lahaul-Spiti, Chamba, Bilaspur and Hamirpur districts. Both the universities will start functioning from the new academic session. Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) Shimla was established on 22 July 1970. Himachal got full statehood on 25 January 1971. After 52 years of establishment of HPU, now the state has got…
There is good news for the tourists who wish to visit Himachal Pradesh. Now three new toy trains will run here. These toy trains will run on Shimla-Kalka route till the end of this year. The central government has approved these three new toy trains for Himachal. Anyway, Himachal Pradesh is famous as a famous hill station among tourists. Every year lakhs of tourists come here and explore various tourist places. Toy train coaches are being made in Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala. According to an Indian Railways official, the coaches of the new toy train have been designed by German…
Himachal Pradesh cabinet meeting has been called at 10:30 am on Wednesday at the state secretariat. The meeting, which is going to be held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, will decide on the agenda of reducing the rent of women by 50 percent. A decision will also be taken to provide 125 units of free electricity in a month and to make drinking water free in rural areas. These announcements were made by the Chief Minister on Himachal Day. The policy being made to give permanent jobs to outsourced employees or bring government service can also…
After the completion of three years of Kuldeep Rathor’s term, Pratibha Virbhadra Singh, wife of MP and former Chief Minister, has been made the 32nd President of Himachal Pradesh Congress. On Tuesday late evening, the Congress high command has made a big reshuffle in the state Congress. Four working presidents have been made along with the new chairman. Former state president and MLA Sukhwinder Sukhu has been given the command of the election campaign committee. Mukesh Agnihotri will continue as Leader of Opposition. MLA Harshvardhan Chauhan was appointed Deputy Leader of Opposition. MLA Jagat Singh Negi was given the charge…
The Supreme Court has adopted a strict attitude on the matter of hate speech in Himachal Dharma Sansad. The court has also questioned the action taken by the government so far. The court said that the government has to stop such activity. The state government will have to tell whether any preventive steps have been taken or not. The court said that the government should file an affidavit and tell what steps have been taken to prevent such incidents. The Supreme Court has given the government time till May 7 for the affidavit. The court said that these incidents do…
A joint venture agreement was signed between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the state government in the presence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in New Delhi on Monday for the development of green field airport at Nagchala in district Mandi. This agreement will pave the way for the Chief Minister’s dream project to build an international airport at Mandi. AAI and 49 percent will be of Himachal government in the undertaking. The airport will be built at a cost of 3000 crores. The important thing in this agreement is that…
Thousands of meritorious students of Himachal Pradesh will soon get laptops. But before that there will be verification of the students. The laptops will be issued by the department only after verification. Apart from this, the department has prepared a format, which has been sent to the schools. The meritorious school and college students of Shimla district will get laptops in the month of May. The company selected for laptop allotment will deliver the laptop to the Deputy Director’s office this week. From here it will be given to the meritorious. Only after the verification of the school and college…
The way the corona infection is continuously spreading everywhere, it has alerted all the state governments. In Himachal Pradesh too, new cases of corona are being found every day. In such a situation, the state government has alerted the health department in this direction. According to the information received from the Health Department, 11 new cases of corona were found in the state on Thursday. New cases are coming out in the state but till now no one has died due to corona. According to the information, maximum 4 new corona cases have been found in Kangra. Apart from this,…
Professor of Mathematics Jyoti Prakash has been appointed as the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University. He has become the fifth pro vice-chancellor of the state university. His term will last for three years. Orders in this regard have been issued by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. The post of Vice-Chancellor in Himachal Pradesh University became vacant after Sikandar Kumar became a Rajya Sabha MP. After that the Vice Chancellor of Central University Dharamsala, Prof. SP Bansal was given the additional charge of Vice-Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University. Due to the appointment of Jyoti Prakash on the post of Pro Vice…
In Himachal Pradesh, the lack of rain for almost two months has affected the new apple plants. Due to drought the soil has lost its moisture. Due to this, 50 to 80 percent damage has been done to these plants. These plants have withered due to drought. Even the plants which had got leaves have also withered. Both the hard work and money of the gardeners have been wasted in planting new plants. If there is no rain within 15 days, then the crop grown in big plants will also suffer heavy damage. The roots of such plants are deep,…
There has been a change in the weather in Himachal Pradesh. Apart from Shimla, Mandi and Kangra, many areas remained cloudy on Thursday. On Saturday, strong winds blew in most parts of district Kangra in the morning and the possibility of rain has increased. Rain has been predicted in many parts of Himachal during upcoming two days. The Meteorological Department had expressed the possibility of rain with thunderstorms on Wednesday as well, but there was no change in the weather in any part of the state. The minimum temperature in Keylong on Wednesday was 2.5 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature…