Author: Wise Himachal Bureau

The people of Himachal Pradesh will not be able to see the glimpse of Devbhoomi for the second consecutive year at the Republic Day celebrations to be held at Rajpath in New Delhi on 26 January 2022. The proposal of the tableau of the state sent for this function has been rejected. The central government has selected models from 14 states. Himachal’s model has lagged behind them. A proposal for a tableau depicting the developmental plans was sent by the state. This model will now be displayed in the function to be organized in the state. For the Republic Day…

Ground tests for recruitment of constables to the Himachal Pradesh Police will be held at Una from January 5 to 15. By Superintendent of Police (SP) Arijit Sen Thakur, it was stated that the applicants would be called in batches and the date of test for each candidate had been communicated to them by SMS on their registered mobile number.

The local MeT office has predicted rain and snow from December 22. A western disturbance is likely to affect the Western Himalayan region. Another western disturbance is also likely to hit the Northwestern part from December 24.

Himachal Pradesh cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur at State Secretariat Shimla on Monday. Apart from the revised pay scales of the employees, many major decisions have been taken in the meeting. Jairam Cabinet has approved the launch of Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar (Transport) Scheme with the objective of opening new avenues of employment for the youth amidst the challenges of employment. Under this scheme, unemployed youth will be given permits at concessional tax to drive 18 seater vehicles on the routes of rural areas from 20 to maximum 120 kms. Through the…

Instructions have been issued to replace all wooden poles in Himachal Pradesh before March 31. Energy Minister Sukhram Choudhary on Monday took a jibe at the officials in the state secretariat as the power poles in many areas were not replaced yet. The Energy Minister said that complaints should not reach him about this and the officers should be instructed to remove these wooden poles at their level. There are constant complaints about not changing the dilapidated wooden poles in front of Energy Minister Sukhram Chaudhary.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has said that PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 11279 crore for the first time in the proposed program on the completion of four years of the state government at Mandi on December 27. CM Jairam gave this information in a press conference on Tuesday. CM said that PM Narendra Modi will dedicate 2082 crores Savda Kuddu, 1811 crores Luhri Phase-1, 688 crores Dhaulasiddha, 6700 crores Renuka Dam project to the public. Himachal, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana will benefit from Renuka Dam.

Malana village of Kullu district, famous in the world for various activities, is once again in discussion. The reason for the discussion is the orders given by Jamlu (Jamadagni Rishi), the deity of Malana village. It has been said in the order that people of Chamba district cannot stay in Malana village. Although people from 11 other districts of the state can be given rooms on rent to stay in the village, but the people of Chamba will be banned. Now the people of Chamba will also have to stay one kilometer away from Malana like tourists. A few days…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the virtual foundation stone of National Importance Renuka Dam on 27th December on completion of four years tenure of Himachal Pradesh Government. During the second ground breaking of the Global Investors’ Meet to be held in Mandi, PM Modi will also announce the new energy policy of the state. State Energy Minister Sukhram Chaudhary gave this information in a conversation with journalists at the state secretariat on Thursday. The construction work of Renuka Dam will start in the year 2022. An investment of seven thousand crores has to be made on this. Delhi, Haryana,…

Linguistic scholar and researcher Biswajit Mandal, who is associated with the Central Institute of Indian Languages, has developed a digital font of the endangered pahari script ‘Pabuchi Lipi’ with the assistance of Yatin Pandit, a local research scholar. Biswajit says that he was able to accomplish the task within one month. He wanted to create digital fonts for endangered scripts ‘Pandvani’, ‘Bhattakshari’ and ‘Chandvani’ as well. Yatin says it is a historic decision to preserve the ancient ‘Pabuchi Lipi’. The script was used in ‘Sancha’ to perform ‘tantra’, ‘mantra’, ‘vaastu’ and ‘jyotish’ and used by Pabuch Brahmins in Sirmaur and…

Malana panchayat has imposed a ban on liquor, chicken and eggs in the remote village in Kullu district after the decree issued by the chief deity Jamdagni (Jamlu) Rishi. No one will sell liquor. However, goat meat has not been prohibited. The recent fire incident on October 27, in which 16 houses were reduced to ashes, the people had taken refuge in the presiding deity and requested him to protect them from natural calamities. The president said, “Jamlu Devta gave his verdict through Dev Vani that due to the increasing addiction of alcohol and the use of non-vegetarian food, the…

The skating trial was successful on Wednesday morning at the capital’s historic ice skating rink. The operators, members and office bearers of the ice skating rink skated from 8 to 9.30 in the morning. Skating trials were conducted for two hours.After the successful trial, it has been decided to open the rink for the members from Thursday. At present, only 40 to 45 percent of the rink is frozen. In the other part, the work of freezing snow has started. Due to the drop in temperature, the operators of the rink are hopeful that soon the ice will freeze throughout…

In Shimla today, a truck HP 22 -1299 and bike PB 27-7119 collided hard on Shoghi Mehli bypass road near Dochi village of Byoliya, this accident happened around 4:35 pm. In the accident in which APG University student Diganto Mandal, who is about 26 years old, who is a resident of Kolkata, student Aditi Chaturvedi, aged about 22 years, who is a resident of MP, died on the spot. Police are present at the spot, taking further action and have taken the truck driver into custody for questioning. University management told that both the students were forensic science students. SP…

The city will have to endure irregular water supply at least for the next couple of days due to “low voltage at pumping stations”. The city received 24.83 million litre water on Thursday as against the normal supply of over 40-45 million litre. “The power department is facing the problem of low voltage due to which we are unable to pump the required amount of water from our various schemes,” said SJPNL AGM Anil Jaswal. “With the persisting low voltage problem, it’s becoming difficult for us to adhere to our daily schedule. To ensure equitable distribution, we will provide water…

Patients at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital heaved a sigh of relief when Resident Doctors Association decided to suspend their strike for a period of seven days today afternoon. The resident doctors had been protesting the delay in the NEET-PG counselling over the last couple of days, which hit the non-emergency services at the hospital. “The strike has been withdrawn for a week following an assurance by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Prime Minister’s Office regarding the disposal of the matter within seven days,” said the RDA officials. The RDA, however, threatened to withdraw…

Hearing on computer teacher recruitment case in Himachal Pradesh High Court has been postponed. The hearing has been adjourned for December 28. The matter was heard on Tuesday in a division bench of Justice Ajay Mohan Goel. The petitioners have challenged the recruitment rule of computer teachers in the court, under which the department has made five years’ experience as an eligible condition for recruitment. Administrative tribunals have passed stay orders on the computer teacher recruitment case since 2013. Since then computer teachers have not been recruited. Computer teachers have also filed a petition before the High Court urging the…

Patients will face a tough time at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital as resident doctors have decided go on a full-day strike from tomorrow. Resident doctors have been boycotting routine services for two hours over the last two days to protest the delay in NEET PG Counselling, 2021. “We have been boycotting routine services for two hours over the last two days. Since there has been no visible initiative by the government to expedite the counselling process, we have decided to escalate our agitation and go on an indefinite full-day strike,” said an official of the Resident Doctors…

Una police has forwarded details of assets of 20 accused in cases of illegal mining in the district to Enforcement Directorate (ED) for further action. The accused were owners of tippers, JCB machines and tractor trollies that were used in illegal mining in Swan river of Una district. Most of the accused are from Punjab while a few are from Himachal. The properties details which have been shared with the ED are worth about Rs 3 crores.

On Tuesday, ADGP Law and Order Ashok Tiwari handed over the report related to the security lapse of BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda to the police headquarters. Now DGP Sanjay Kundu will study the report of SP Bilaspur and ADGP. It will be seen who is at fault at what level. The report also recommended ways to enhance the security system in the future. It is being told that some police officers of Bilaspur may be punished for negligence. Only after this DGP Sanjay Kundu will give his report to the government. After looking at all the facts, if…