Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said – I am about 87 years old. But according to a prediction, I may still live another ten or fifteen years. I will try my best, but I urge you all to work hard too. We need to stay healthy and raise healthy children who will be able to carry forward our culture and traditions. He said this at the 25th Shotan Mahotsav and the Middle Way Approach Conference in the courtyard of the main Buddhist temple of McLeodganj. The conference was attended by 260 delegates from eight Oprah Groups and 70 from Middle Marg. The Dalai Lama…
Author: Wise Himachal Bureau
The State Cabinet meeting held on 7 April under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur gave its approval to start one Mukhya Mantri Mobile Clinic in every Assembly Segment of the State. These Mobile Clinics would have facilities for testing, consultation, prescription including dispensing of medicine, basic laboratory services, vaccination facilities and procedures by a general practitioner/specialist Doctor to those in remote areas having little access to medical facilities. This would go a long way in improving access and coverage of health services in rural areas. It decided to grant higher pay structure to the categories of Police Constables appointed…
The Court of the himachal Pradesh Private Education Institutions Regulatory Commission (HPPERC) gave this decision after finding many flaws in it. The Directorate of Higher Education and Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) have been directed to terminate the affiliation given to this institution. The final hearing of the matters related to the institute was held in the court of the chairman of the commission, Major General retired Atul Kaushik. The court observed that the institute for B.Sc. HMCS course has charged exorbitant fees, while the fee structure has not been approved. It was not told to the students that under this course they have been…
On Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took out the flag march in Mandi, the home district of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, and filled the election campaign in the state. Assembly elections are to be held in the state this year. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann stood on a special truck prepared for the roadshow and their convoy reached the historic Seri platform from New Victoria Bridge. Addressing the supporters from Seri Manch, Arvind Kejriwal said that AAP has eradicated corruption by forming the government in Delhi and Punjab. Now it’s Himachal’s turn. Kejriwal said, it has been only…
Solangnala is the famous skiing slope located about 13 km away from Manali, the tourist city of Himachal Pradesh. A game of paragliding, full of adventure, started on Wednesday almost after two months. Tourists arriving from every corner of the country took paraglide flights. The river rafting sites built in the Beas river have also increased with the start of rafting. In fact, about two months ago, the High Court banned the adventure sports of Kullu-Manali. Thousands of people had become unemployed due to the closure of 13 types of sports operating here. The court has given conditional permission for paragliding, snow scooter, ATV and rafting…
PS Thakur. desk@wisehimachal.com On behalf of the computer science and engineering department of APG Shimla University under the aegis head of school engineer Rehan Khan, chairperson of the department engineer Ayushi Nainwal, and renowned technical experts of cloud computing from Ocean Tech Pvt. Ltd. conducted a workshop on cloud computing here on Monday in the varsity auditorium. The experts introduced the APG varsity students about cloud computing. The Vice-Chancellor of APG Shimla University, Prof. Dr. Ramesh Chauhan attended the workshop as a chief guest and he addressed the students that today cloud computing technology has become indispensable in all walks…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a Kangra painting to the Prime Minister of Nepal, Sher Bahadur Deuba. It depicts the monsoon season and the love of Radha-Krishna. Presenting this painting has increased the value of the painting of Himachal Pradesh. This gift given by him is also viral on social media. Even before this, the Prime Minister has presented Kangra Thal and other mementos related to Himachal in some events. A wonderful scene of Radha-Krishna has been engraved in this painting made under the Kangra pen. At the same time, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur tweeted that today it is…
On the occasion of Himachal Day, the long wait of thirty thousand meritorious schools and colleges will end. On April 15, a plan has been prepared to give laptops and smart phones to the meritorious from the hands of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. Its approval from the Chief Minister’s Office is still awaited. Laptops are to be given to 20 thousand meritorious students of the academic year 2018-19 and 2019-20 and smart phones to the students of the session 2020-21. The supply of laptops will be made available to the Education Department in the districts by April 7. The…
All the restrictions imposed by the state government for the prevention of corona in Himachal Pradesh have been removed. In this regard, the State Disaster Management Authority has also issued a notification on Friday. However, under the guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry, orders to wear masks and keep hands clean will continue. According to the government, those who do not wear masks will be fined. In view of the decline in the cases of corona in the state, the government has decided to withdraw all these restrictions. In this regard, orders have been issued by Principal Secretary Revenue Onkar Sharma. However, the District…
The meeting of the Himachal cabinet has been fixed on April 7 at 10.30 at the Secretariat. The heads of departments have been asked by the government to prepare the agenda for the cabinet. The cabinet may get approval to fill the posts of five thousand multi task workers in the Public Works Department. This matter was included in the agenda in the last cabinet meeting, but it could not be discussed. The state government is contemplating to make a policy for outsourced employees. In this regard, a meeting of the Chairman of the Cabinet Sub Committee and Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh has been…
An FIR has been registered on the tricolor yatra of Youth Congress and NSUI students who came out to give a befitting reply to Khalistani supporters and Pannu. Those identified include several youth Congress and student leaders, including Vikramaditya Singh Yudh Pati Thakur. After the message sent to the opposition leaders including the Chief Minister regarding the unfurling of the tricolor of pro-Khalistan and Sikh for Justice supremo Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, Vikramaditya Singh replied to him on the message and talked about taking out the tricolor yatra in the capital. Now this bet seems to be turning upside down. Slogans and…
In Himachal Pradesh’s tribal district Lahaul-Spiti, the heat has broken all the old records. For the first time in the month of March, the mercury has crossed 20 degrees. If this sequence continues, then in the coming days the speed of melting of glaciers will also increase by many times than normal. In the past, the minimum temperature of Lahaul has been recorded in minus in the month of March, but for the first time this year the minimum mercury has also crossed minus to three degrees. Environmental experts say that after the construction of the Atal Tunnel in the Lahaul Valley, there has…
Dr. Sikandar Kumar, former Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), has been elected unopposed as a Rajya Sabha MP. On Thursday, Assembly Secretary Yashpal Sharma gave him a certificate of MP after no other nomination came. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur was also present during this. Dr. Sikandar will be the third Rajya Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh. On April 2, the tenure of sitting Congress MP Anand Sharma will end. Congress did not field any candidate, which is why Dr. Sikandar was declared elected. Now Himachal will be represented in Rajya Sabha by Jagat Prakash Nadda, Indu Goswami…
The services of hundreds of teachers who have completed two years of contract service posted in government schools of Himachal Pradesh will be regularised. The Directorate of Elementary Education has issued instructions to the Deputy Director of Elementary Education on Tuesday, asking them to send the details of TGT teachers completing two years of contract service on March 31, 2022. By April 5, the Deputy Directors will have to send the information of these teachers on the prescribed form to the Directorate along with mandatory educational, professional qualification certificate, degree and character certificate, work and conduct certificate.
Domestic LPG cylinder has become costlier in Himachal Pradesh after five months. Gas companies have increased the price of domestic gas cylinders by Rs 50 on Tuesday morning. This month, domestic consumers will have to pay Rs 1052 for taking cylinders. The rate of Rs 994 domestic cylinder has been fixed this month. Home delivery charges will be Rs 58. There was no increase in the price of domestic cylinders after October 2021. The price did not increase even on 1st March. As soon as the process of assembly elections is completed in five states, now the prices have started increasing. On the other hand, commercial gas cylinders…
After the crushing defeat in the assembly elections held in five states, the Congress has started exercising to return to power in Himachal Pradesh. Assembly elections are to be held in the state this year. In such a situation, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called 11 big leaders of the state to Delhi to prepare a strategy. Sonia Gandhi will hold a meeting with these leaders at 12:00 noon on Tuesday. Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri, State President Kuldeep Singh Rathore, Former State President Sukhwinder Sukhu, Kaul Singh Thakur, Biplab Thakur and Kuldeep Kumar, MP Pratibha Singh, MLA Ramlal Thakur, Dr. Dhani Ram Shandil,…
After the victory in Punjab, the process of joining the leaders of other parties in the Aam Aadmi Party has intensified. After Haryana, now the leaders of Himachal Pradesh have started joining AAP. A large part of the Himachal Pradesh wing of the Congress joined the AAP on Monday. Aam Aadmi Party’s Himachal Pradesh election in-charge and Delhi’s cabinet minister Satyendar Jain gave membership of the party to 23 other youth leaders including Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress President Manish Thakur. Youth Congress’s Sajid Ali, Attar Kapoor, Rakesh Thakur, Gaurav Thakur, Jai Lal Sharma, Gaurav Bunchack, Bhanu Sharma, Ishaan Ohri, Sudhir Suman, Jasvir Singh,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGmwQHrulY Vidyanand Saraik, the famous litterateur and folk artist of Himachal Pradesh, received the Padma Shri on Monday in traditional attire. In the field of literature, this honor was given to Vidyanand Saraik by the President of the country, Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Wearing the traditional costume of Hati community of Giripar area of district Sirmaur, Vidyanand went to Dias with folded hands wearing black loiya and Himachali cap to receive the Padma Shri award. Taking the Padma Shri award from the President, he said that it is his good fortune that he had received the President’s Award in the year…