Aligarh: Inaugurating a two day national seminar on “Education in the New Millennium: Challenges and Issues” organized by the Department of Education, the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis pointed out that in this globally changing scenario the educations are concerned with new challenges which need reform especially in techniques [...]
Himachal Minister clashes at Ministers conference
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Sarveen Choudhary today clashed with Rajasthan Social Justice and women empowerment minister Mrs Veena Kak at women and child development ministers conference in Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi today when Mrs Veena Kak passed derogatory remarks about the functioning of previous BJP govt in Rajasthan.
Mrs Sarveen Choudhary [...]
Science Day celebrated on Panjab University Campus
Chandigarh : The Science Day was inaugurated on Panjab University Campus by Prof R C Sobti, Vice-Chancellor. Besides Panjab University as the host, the said function was organized jointly under the aegis of Science organizations like ISCA, NASI, TBRL, and AIBA, with Prof M M Gupta and Prof Bhupinder Singh Bhoop as its organizing secretaries. [...]
Himachal Annual Plan is fixed at Rs. 2700 crore
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Annual Plan for the year 2009-10 has been fixed at Rs. 2700 crore, which is Rs. 300 crore ( 12.50%) higher in comparison to current annual Plan. The Annual Plan for the State was finalized today at Delhi in a meeting between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the [...]
Aligarh Muslim University organized session on importance of Brand Building
Aligarh: An Interactive Session was organized at Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, on importance of Brand Building. Prof. Zafar, the speaker from Texas University, is an eminent personality in the field of Branding. An Alumnus of AMU, he is currently the Professor and Dean of College of Business and Management at Fahd Bin [...]
Telemedicine Project takes off in Himachal Pradesh
New Delhi: Patients in snowbound, remote and backward villages of Himachal Pradesh are getting access to specialised doctor’s services without having to travel long distances for an examination.
Faced with huge challenge of providing healthcare facilities to its people in remote, backward and tribal areas, the state government has started an ambitious telemedicine project to connect patient with [...]
Vitamin A supplements reduces child mortality by over 20 per cent
The vitamin A supplementation of infants and children can potentially reduce child mortality by over 20 per cent, said Howard B. Schiffer, founder and President of Vitamin Angels in an interactive community health literacy programme organized hardly 25 kilometers away from the state council house of Uttar Pradesh in India. I wonder if the policy makers in the state parliament [...]
National Playing Fields Association of India Launched
New Delhi: Concerned at the shortage of playing fields in the country and diversion of some existing fields to other activities like construction, parks, etc., the National Playing Field Association of India (NPFAI) has been registered as a society under the Society Registration Act, 1860 with Dr. M.S. Gill, Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports [...]
Chandigrh MC starts Helpline for incidents regarding beehives
Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh has started a helpline for the incidents regarding Beehives and the Contact Helpline numbers are 9915711425, 9872511297, 9872511261 & 9915711402, Pest Control, O/o Medical Officer of Health, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
According to the Spokesman of MCC due to flowering/pollination season the beehives are thriving in the city. They do have an important role [...]
Film by the students of Himachal Pradesh secured entry in National community film festival
Nahan, Febraury27: A documentary film “The fox of the box” produced the students of girls senior secondary school on the directions of physics lecturer Sanjeev attri has secured the entry in the national community film festival schedule to be held at Delhi from 5th to 8th March 2009.Mr Sanjeev attri said that nine girls of [...]
Department of excise and taxation waiting for bidder
Nahan: In the absence of the bidder the department of excise and taxation today pended the auction of toll tax barrier Kala amb, Baharal and Govindghat (Paonta sahib) in the district. Surprisingly no bidder shown interest for Kalaamb toll tax barrier, which was auctioned in 2 crore 25 lakh and 60 thousand for the finical [...]
Himachal Pradesh Pollution control board to take strict action against Industries
Nahan: The state pollution control board has reportedly been serious over the disposal of hazardous waste of the industries in the state. As per as the information the deadline of the board would expire on 28th February in which board had asked to ensure the disposal of the waste. According to further information the industries [...]
Agro forestry and medicinal plants cultivation are better options for farmers of hilly states:
Shimla: A group of forty farmers from Sirmour and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh is on a six day exposure visit (24th February 2009 to 1st March 2009) to the States of Uttarakhand and Haryana. During their visit to the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun Jagdish Kishwan, IFS, Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and [...]
Rules relaxed for private schools in Haryana
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government on Monday notified amendment of Haryana School Education Rules, 2003 which provide relaxation for re-cognition of all those private schools which had applied for permanent recognition before April 10, 2007.
Education Minister Mange Ram Gupta said that under the new Rules about 2500 private schools would be benefited. Such schools would not [...]
