विक्रमादित्य ने सौंपी ड्यूटियां, वन बूथ टेन यूथ नियुक्त कर लोगों के बीच जाने के निर्देश शिमला  —  हिमाचल प्रदेश युवा कांग्रेस ने भोरंज उपचुनाव में पार्टी प्रत्याशी की जीत सुनिश्चित करने को प्रदेश पदाधिकारियों की जिम्मेदारियां तय कर दी हैं। इसके तहत ‘वन बूथ टेन यूथ’ तुरंत प्रभाव से नियुक्त कर उन्हें लोगों के

The Central Industrial Package granted to Himachal will finally end on March 31, 2017. It

Y.S. Rana The writer is a Hamirpur based Himachali settled in Chandigarh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has recently said that hydro power was the backbone of the state economy. The facts say otherwise. For a state that walked the path of development and set high standards for itself, can it hope so while the state

Bhakti in politics rarely ends well Bhanu Dhamija Founder of Divya Himachal & Author of ‘Why India Needs the Presidential System’ The recent state election results have brought Modi bhakti to new heights. There is certainly much to like in Narendra Modi—just as there was much to admire in Jawaharlal Nehru—but if we make another

Testing Tourism Season Tourist season is not only restricted only to figures but also provides an opportunity when Himachal receives tourists from across the country and globe. We general relate it to the commercial angle but every tourist season tests potential of this hilly state. Entry points to Himachal should important in the backdrop of

Prof N.K. Singh Former Chairman International Airports Authority of India The Opposition is in total disarray after AAP biting the dust in Punjab and Goa, and Congress losing its family silver. It seems Modi is advancing rapidly towards Congress Mukt Bharat and Modi Yukt Bharat. Strange that wise and educated leaders of opposition are playing

Sameer Patiyal (The writer is based at Palampur) Undoubtedly, our constitution is reservation friendly, but nowhere in it is the term backward classes defined? So how can the reservation be made for some that has not been defined? Taking benefit out of this constitutional inadvertence, some self- acclaimed backward groups including Patidars of Gujarat, Jats

Pinki Ramaul (The writer is based at Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur) The state government by announcing Rs. 1000 per month unemployed allowance for 12th standard and above qualified candidates in its 2017-18 financial budget has fulfilled one of the promises made in its election manifesto. Provision of Rs. 150 crore has already been made for the

Budgetary Sops In Election Year This is regarding Himachal This Week’s cover story of March 11, 2017, “Budgetary Sops In Election Year”. Chief Minister had announced unemployment allowance for educated youths as there there was a growing demand for the same from different quarters. As usual there have been mixed repsonse to the budgetary provisions

Kuldeep Nayar (The writer is a veteran Indian journalist, author and noted columnist.) We are back to square one. The Supreme Court has advised the two parties, those who want the Babri Masjid to be reconstructed and those who claim that the site is that of Lord Rama’s. In its judgment, the court has advised