9 Sep : The 12th Raid-de-Himalaya Rally 2010 will be organized from 10th October to 15th October this year. Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal would ceremonially flag-off the rally on 9th October from Peterhoff, Shimla. The Raid would cover a distance of about 2500 Kilometers and would culminate at Manali on 15th October, 2010. The rally would pass through Shimla, Nalagarh, Solan, Manali, Kaza, Keylong, Sarchu and back to Manali. The Raid-de-Himalaya rally is being organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports in collaboration with Federation of …

19 Aug : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has not issued any orders/guidelines in respect of ban of mobiles manufactured in China and operating in the country for want of valid International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. However, Department of Telecom (DOT) has issued instructions to Telecom Service Providers that calls from mobile handsets with any IMEI number which is not available in the latest updated IMEI database of Global System for Mobile Association (GSMA) alongwith without IMEI or all zeroes IMEI are not processed and rejected with effect …

14 Aug : Series of six workshops on “HIV/AIDS and ART training for Nurses” under Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) was organised at National Institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER,  Chandigarh from 20th April – 14th August, 2010. Total 150 nurses were trained from Himachal Pradesh (Shimla, Solan, Una, Bilaspur, Mandi, Kangra, Palampur) and Chandigarh (PGIMER, GMCH-32, GMSH-16). Important topics related to Stigma and discrimination, Prevention of HIV, Counselling and testing for HIV, Infection control and Post Exposure Prophylaxis, Paediatric HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Positive living for PLHAs, …

2 June : Chief Minister, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal said that every section of the society including Media was passing through a crises of credibility and added that the need of the hour was to re-establish the eroded values for sustaining the healthy society. He was speaking on the occasion of Patrakar Samman Samaroh organised by Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Shimla to mark the Devrishi Narad Jayanti here today.
Referring to the role played by the newspapers in Freedom Movement, Prof. Dhumal said that it was the strength of journalism that inculcated …

30 Oct : Setting up of state councils for climate change and establishment of a Himalayan Sustainable Development Forum under which Chief Ministers of the five hill states would annually meet formed the part of the ‘Shimla Declaration’ on environment, which was issued in Shimla.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal read the 12-point ‘Shimla Declaration’ on which five Himalayan states Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, agreed to work in co-ordination for environment protection and pursuing sustainable growth.
Terming the declaration as ‘historic’, Dhumal said,”It has …