Himachal Pradesh

In another initiative, adoption of mud hive beekeeping technology results in improved pollination and enhanced apple production Farmers in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, keen for new livelihood options to supplement their income from traditional crops like maize, paddy, and wheat, have

Her mother bedridden, father and brother dead, younger sister ailing, Ritu Rani could have given up. Instead, she chose a different route. The 21-year-old from Raipur Marwari village in Una district of Himachal Pradesh walked up to Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kumar’s office and told him, “Job

मिल्कफेड अब गांव-गांव पहुंचकर पशुपालकों से गोबर भी खरीदेगा। उपलों के रूप में गोबर को दुग्ध समितियों के माध्यम से खरीदा जाएगा। इन उपलों का इस्तेमाल प्रदेश के तमाम मिल्क प्लांटों के बायलर चलाने के लिए होगा। इससे जहां पशुपालकों को आर्थिक फायदा होगा, वहीं मिल्क प्लांट में डीजल से होने वाले पर्यावरण

In the one teacher Ekal schools running in more than 85,000 villages across the country, the teaching is done through games, songs, stories etc. This creates an environment loved by the rural children. Apart from studies some students excel in sports too. This is the story of one Karn Singh from

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) for Himachal Pradesh at Mandi today. Himachal Pradesh is the first state to launch pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS. Himachal Pradesh becomes the first State to launch the single emergency number

First it was one rupee cow cess on each bottle of liquor sold in the state and then a legislative route to make it mandatory on the temple trusts to shell out 15 per cent of annual earning for gausadans/gaushalas. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur rolled out an ambitious Rs 1.55 cr project

MONIKA THAKUR stands next to a Deodar tree on the wooded St Bede’s College campus in Shimla, absorbed in a mobile device. At 22, she could easily pass off as a student. But she’s not. She is a forest guard — and what she is busy with, is not a mobile phone but a GPS device. Thakur is part of an

Adarsh Vidyalayas, or model schools, will be set up in the state's 68 assembly constituencies, Himachal Pradesh's Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj said here on Monday. Ten of these model schools will be opened this year and a provision of Rs 25 crore has been made, he said. The minister said that

Sumit Barwal, from Himachal Pradesh, started his education from an Ekal school in village Radabhankhed in Mandi district. In Ekal he used to recite patriotic songs every day, as is the practice in all Ekal schools. From those early days in life, Sumit used to get very excited while he used to recite

This story is of one Mansi, a teenager who started her studies from Ekal Vidyalaya and today pursuing her MBA. Mansi is from village Bhajrala in the Jogindernagar block of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh. She is of short stature, may be mistaken for a middle school student, but wants to achieve

Himachal Pradesh is promoting organic farming in a big way and over 22,000 hectare has been brought under organic farming. A Rs 321 crore project is under implementation in the state for diversification of agricultural activities under which the farmers are being motivated to adopt organic farming

The Pangi valley in Chamba is known for its rustic beauty and rich culture. Pangwala, as the inhabitants of Pangi are known, is an underprivileged community. The condition of women in this community is even more miserable. Most of them illiterate, confined to their homes, loaded with social burdens