Chandigarh: Haryana & Punjab Police have been rounded up more than 50 persons on charges of arson and rioting as tension prevailed in different parts of Punjab and Haryana. The supporters of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect went on a rampage to protest registration of another murder case against their spiritual leader Gurmit Ram [...]

Shimla: Chief Minister Himachal Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal inaugurated the two-day State level Holi festival at Sujanpur yesterday. He paid obeisance at the historical Murli Manohar temple and participated in the holy procession emanating from bus stand and culminating at Murli Manohar temple.
Chief Minister inaugurated the exhibition put up by various departments depicting the achievements [...]

Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister Himachal said that State Government would give all technical assistance to the people and cooperative societies for development of herbal cultivation in the State.
Chief Minister who was presiding over the District-level Hamir Herbal Cooperative Association meeting at Baroh in Hamirpur district today said that herbal cultivation would also [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal has described the Union Budget for the year 2010-11 presented in the Parliament today as anti-poor, anti common man and anti farmers and added that this clearly indicated the attitude of the Union Government towards common man of which it always tried to be benefactor.
Chief Minister [...]

Nahan: National Youth congress general secretary Naushad Ahammed today strongly criticized the Himachal BJP government on not spending the relief package of the union government properly. Addressing a well attended gathering at Bara Chowk on Friday noon, he said that union government was releasing the relief package but Himachal government is not providing the relief [...]

Nahan: Akal Charitable Hospital Baru Sahib has invited team of operation Rainbow Canada to perform reconstructive surgeries of patients with cleft lip and cleft palate with other congenital or acquired deformities of post burn contractures. Director of the trust Dr. Davinder Singh said that the proposed visit would take place from 14th-27th April. He anticipated [...]

CHALLENGES
! To quickly revert to the high GDP growth path of 9 per cent and then find the means to cross the ‘double digit growth barrier’.
! To harness economic growth to consolidate the recent gains in making development more inclusive.
! To address the weaknesses in government systems, structures and institutions at different levels of governance.
OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMY
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·     THE FINANCE MINISTER SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE  LAYS EMPHASIS ON CONSOLIDATED GROWTH, IMPROVING INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT, INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING  TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN BUDGET 2010-11.
·     THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET ESTIMATES IS RS.11,08,749 CRORE , AN INCREASE OF 8.6 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR.
·     THE PLAN AND NON-PLAN EXPENDITURE ESTIMATED AT RS.3,73,092 CRORE AND RS.7,35,657 CRORE RESPECTIVELY, [...]

Shimla: The Cabinet today gave approval for filling up of 47 posts of Trained Graduate teacher (TGT) Arts, 47 posts of TGT Non-Medical, 47 posts of O.T. and 47 Post of Drawing Master on regular basis besides 47 posts of part time Water Carrier in Elementary Education Department for 47 newly upgraded Middle Schools so [...]

Aligarh: The efforts of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to establish five centers have made decisive progress in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. AMU is hopeful for starting these Special Centers in a symbolic way from the next academic year if the concerned Governments hand over the proposed land to AMU in full.
Regarding [...]

Aligarh: The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today inaugurated an exhibitfion of books on Seerat, Quraniyat and specimen of Quranic calligraphy at Maulana Azad Library.
Rare and illuminated copies of Holy Quran and calligraphic specimen were displayed today at the Seerat exhibition.
A large number of students, faculty members and other [...]

Bhalessa: With a view to re-conserve composite culture and educational canvas of Bhalessa, IGNOU organized an Induction cum Composite Mushaira” here at Bhalessa today. A large number of students, Youth and community members participated in the programme. The main objective of the programme was to make the local people aware of the objective of IGNOU [...]

Dilip Ghosh writes:  Like in the previous years, there have been many different reactions to this year’s Railway Budget also. But, there is unanimity on one point that this was prepared with an eye on the common man. Presenting her second budget in eight months, the Railway Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee said in the Lok [...]

Shimla:  Ravinder Singh Ravi, Irrigation and Public Health Minister said that Rs. 1400 crore was being spent for providing potable drinking water and irrigation facilities to the people and lakes flood control measures during current financial year in the state. He said that state government was committed for providing drinking water and irrigation facilities to [...]