Forthcoming Two Crucial Elections For Country
Prof N.K. Singh Former Chairman International Airports Authority of India Perhaps most crucial elections due in coming months are of Gujarat assembly. It is not merely an election of 182 legislators but it has crucial factors that will impact politics of the country. First it could establish invincibility of the Modi party and continue its
Raja Vanishes Opponents When Congress Dithers in Himachal
Himachal This Week Both the Congress and BJP have arrayed their forces in a battle where the strength of Raja Virbhadra Singh is being matched with Narendra Modi. The fact that a state chief minister is pitched against a national and international leader is enough to raise him to pedestal of glory. The truth is
HIMUDA Plans Struggling To See Daylight
Y.S. Rana The writer is a Hamirpur based Himachali settled in Chandigarh To deliver dynamic and successful cities that better meet needs for housing, employment and amenities, every state has been armed with urban development authorities. But in this age of the deal in which an urban development authority pledges to run the nation’s affairs
Himachal Prepares For Vidhan Sabha Elections
Surat Pundir Himachal Police is all set and prepared for Vidhan Sabha elections. In fact it had started its preparations to conduct peaceful and impartial elections from May this year, much before the Election Commission announced the dates for Himachal. This fact was disclosed by Director General of Police Himachal Pradesh Somesh Goyal during a
Can Interlocutor Help Solve Kashmir?
Kuldeep Nayar (The writer is a veteran Indian journalist, author and noted columnist.) Government of India has appointed Dineshwar Sharma, former Intelligence Bureau Chief as interlocutor to find a solution of the Kashmir’s problems. This is not the first time that such an exercise is being conducted. New Delhi has had interlocutors in the past.
From the Editor’s Desk
Cine Tourism Film festival at Dharamshala is opening possibilities amidst ongoing electoral process for upcoming Himachal assembly elections. Possibilities in this hilly state regarding film industry should be viewed as the sixth film festival has been noticed by the Bollywood also. Projects like film city are not visualized as political circles hesitate to provide patronage
Facilitate Farmers To Enhance Their Income
Kulbhushan Upmanyu (The writer is an environmentalist heading Himalaya Niti Abhiyan) There was a time when a saying was very popular – Uttam kheti, madhyam vyapar, chakri kare ganwar’. But now the situation is just the opposite. The situation of farmer, the backbone of production economy, has gone from bad to worse. About 55% of
Supreme Court Should Ban False Electoral Promises
Vijay Sharma (The writer is based at Himmar in Hamirpur) Elections are five years affair game that provides voters an opportunity to elect the government of their choice. People elect government on the basis of their performance, policies and behaviour. As election nears, claims made by the ruling party reach to a new high and
Readers’ Response
Can Virbhadra Deliver For Congress? This is regarding Himachal This Week’s cover story of October 14, 2017, “Can Virbhadra Deliver For Congress?”. As both the main political parties have been ruling the state turn by turn during past two decades now, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has set Mission 45 Plus to write a new political
