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  The Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam (TTD) has invited applications for various posts in Dravida Veda (Nalayira Divya Prabandha) Parayana Scheme, Alwar Divya Prabandha Project from eligible Brahmins. Details of the posts: Parayandar: Category 1, 2, 3 Qualifications: 1. Chanting of Nalayira Divya Prabandha Stotras and Lessons, Upaukta Vedas, Upanishaths, and have skills in Panchasukthas and [...]

Shimla, April 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Wednesday introduced a bill to bring an effective Lokayukta system in place, giving more power to the ombudsman. Introducing the Himachal Pradesh Lokayukta Bill in the assembly, Dhumal appealed to the members to go through it and have a healthy discussion. “We (cabinet) have incorporated [...]

Shimla, April 1 (IANS) The Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL), the company that owns and operates India’s largest hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh, Sunday announced that it has achieved a milestone in power generation in last fiscal at over 7,500 million units. The 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri power project generated 7,610 million units during 2011-12. [...]

Shimla, April 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Wednesday asked the central government to expedite its claim of around Rs.4,000 crore against its share of the electricity generated by three Bhakra Beas Management Board hydropower projects. “Through this august house, I want to make a plea to the central government to settle the [...]

Shimla, April 6 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh assembly Friday passed the Lokayukta bill in the absence of the opposition Congress, with Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal saying it is “more strong and constitutional than Uttarakhand’s bill”. “That (Uttarakhand) bill has not so far been given assent by the president due to some legal hitches, but our [...]

Shimla, March 22 (IANS) Fifteen public sector undertakings (PSUs) in Himachal Pradesh, including the state electricity board and the tourism corporation, are in the red, with the cumulative losses of Rs.1,660 crore, says a report. The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board, the state’s largest undertaking with over 25,000 employees, tops the list of loss-making PSUs. Its [...]

(15:57) Shimla, March 31 (IANS) Harinder Hira, a 1976-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, will be the new chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh, replacing Rajwant Sandhu, who retired Saturday. She is the third successive woman appointed to the top administrative post in the state Hira, however, will have a short tenure as she is retiring next [...]

Shimla, April 12 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, were killed and 26 injured when a private bus skidded off the road and rolled down the hill near Hamirpur town in Himachal Pradesh Thursday, police said. The accident occurred near Dugha bridge, some 200 km from here, on the Hamirpur-Shimla highway. The bus was on its [...]

Shimla, April 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh, one of the country’s major apple baskets, is all set to introduce global packaging norms for the fruit, Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta said here Tuesday. Bragta told the assembly that the kind of packaging currently used in the state was not of international standards. “The telescopic cartons (currently used) have [...]

Shimla, March 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is annually producing more than nine million tonnes of cement and the amount will further increase with the commissioning of a new facility in 2015, the state assembly was told Thursday. “Six facilities in the private sector have been producing 9.51 million tonnes of cement and 10.10 million tonnes of [...]