Chandigarh: Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India will organize National Integration Camp in Chandigarh from June 22 to June 28, 2008. The camp will be held at Government College of Education, Sector-20 in which 150 youth from 10 states of India will take [...]

Chandigarh: Asian Education Society in collaboration with Chandigarh Administration and Press Club organized a seminar on “Ethics in Administration and Journalism” at Press Club, Sector 27 today. Former Adviser to the Planning Commission of India, Mr. Shekhar Singh was the key speaker on the occasion. During his keynote address he raised major questions regarding ethics [...]

Shimla: The State Government would soon be finalizing a Master Plan for planned development of the Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Development area (BBNDA) to develop 318 sq. kms comprising 231 revenue villages creating separate zones for industries, housing, commercial sites, recreational and institutional areas besides layouts for major infrastructural facilities such as roads, drainage, green parks [...]

Shimla: Mr. V.S. Kokje, Governor inaugurated the 15th All India Maharaja Padam Singh Memorial Cricket Cup Tournament organized by Rohroo Cricket Association at Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium at Rohru in district Shimla today. Speaking on the occasion, Kokje said that sports infrastructure should be developed in rural areas so that the players from rural areas [...]

Shimla: V.C. Katoch, Secretary, H.P. Public Service Commission informed here today that Main Written Examination of H.P. Judicial Service Competitive (Preliminary), Examination, 2008 would be held in H.P. Public Service Commission Hall No. 1, Nigam Vihar, Shimla from 9th to 11th July, 2008 instead of 13th to 15th July, 2008. He said that no separate [...]

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration has ordered and prohibited/banned the sale of non-ISI mark helmets, in public interest, in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The order was given by District Magistrate, Mr. R.K. Rao. He has asked for immediate check on the sale of non-ISI mark poor quality helmets in order to ward off danger to [...]

Shimla: A meeting of Tourism Department was held here last evening to review the scheme-wise progress of works approved for 10th Plan onwards. Smt. Manisha Nanda, Secretary, Tourism, who presided over the meeting, reviewed the progress of works worth Rs. 100 crore funded by Union Ministry of Tourism. She urged the officers of the department [...]

Shimla: All the Himalayan States would be motivated to join the movement to form proposed Trans Himalayan Development Authority to collectively raise issues of common interest to hilly states at the Central level and share mutual experiences to give boost to various hilly area developmental activities. This was stated by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief [...]

Shimla: A Spokesman of the Agriculture department said here today that State Government has decided to include ginger crop of Sirmaur district in the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme on experimental basis to fulfill the demand of farmers. He said that the scheme, which provides compensation to farmers in case of losses during natural disasters, would [...]

Chandigarh: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will meet union home minister Shivraj Patil and seek special package for better education, health and roads, besides sewerage, water supply and power in areas bordering Pakistan. Harcharan Bains, media adviser to the CM, said a report on development ventures for the border blocks, would be submitted to the [...]

Shalender Kalra writes:  At the cost of human values the proposed land acquisition by the Indian Army for Naraingarh firing range would not be tolerated. Stating this former minister and BJP leader Shayma Sharma said that a deputation of the villagers would meet chief minister soon. She said that 12,261 bighas land with the displacement [...]

Chandigarh: The Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM, while releasing a book ‘Wisdom of Gurbani’, here today called upon the people to imbibe the message of humanism, secularism, peace and social equality as preached in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, which is even more relevant in the present time. [...]

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration has issued directions regarding installation of mobile or wireless telephone towers on/in non-residential institutional premises owned by the Chandigarh Administration and its undertakings including Semi – Government Organizations and its Autonomous Bodies. As per the directions given Mobile or wire-less telephone towers will only be allowed on non-residential buildings of the [...]

Chandigarh: To benefit border area farmers, who have land across the barbed wire fencing, the district administration, in association with the Agriculture Department, has been encouraging them to diversify to cash crops and pulses. This will benefit farmers and increase the fertility of land. A major portion of the land across the fencing is not [...]