Shimla, May 9 (IANS) Eminent floriculturist Harminder Singh Baweja on Saturday assumed charge as Vice-Chancellor of Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF) in Nauni in Solan district. With more than 36 years of experience in academics, research, administration and extension, Baweja has held several important leadership positions, including Managing Director of the Himachal Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board, Director of Horticulture, Himachal Pradesh, and Director…
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Shimla, April 26 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday virtually inaugurated and laid foundation stones of development projects worth Rs 34.31 crore of Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni in Solan district, saying natural farming is the future. He inaugurated a hostel with a capacity of 107 students at the College of Horticulture and Forestry in Neri in Hamirpur, which was constructed at a cost of Rs 3.63 crore. Additionally, he inaug…
Shimla, April 24 (IANS) In the Rs 387-crore fake degree scam involving Manav Bharti University in Himachal Pradesh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) obtained an order for confiscation of two properties belonging to the accused Mandeep Rana, who has been declared a Fugitive Economic Offender, an official said on Friday. The ED’s Shimla Sub-Zonal Office, obtained the order for confiscation on April 23 from the Special Court (PMLA).The ED initiated investigation under the Prevention of Money Launde…
Shimla, Feb 25 (IANS) At least 20 Delhi police personnel were detained by the Himachal Pradesh Police on Wednesday for arresting three Youth Congress leaders from Rohru town, Shimla district. The leaders were arrested in connection with a protest staged by Youth Congress leaders at the AI summit in New Delhi. A Delhi Police team reached Rohru, arrested the leaders, and was heading back to Delhi when it was stopped near Dharampur town in Solan district by the state police, which detained t…
Shimla, Feb 24 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Tuesday said the state government would not proceed with the upcoming Kishau and Renuka dams hydropower projects unless neighbouring states provide concrete assurance to the state to settle long-pending arrears of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). “There have been some positive signs on this issue,” he said at the launch of the report titled ‘Scientific Assessment of Tackling Non-CO2 Emissions: Pathways fo…
Shimla, Feb 9 (IANS) Four-laning of the British-era Kalka-Shimla highway via Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh, a ribbon of asphalt twisting through hills and soaring over flyovers, is finally inching towards completion after more than a decade of construction. Driving on it now is fast, smooth, almost effortless, but it comes at a small price. The national highway 5, part of the ancient and historical route of Hindustan-Tibet Road, has bypassed some of the old colonial-era landmarks: the quaint trai…
Shimla, Jan 12 (IANS) A seven-year-old child was burned alive, and several, comprising two women and four children, were feared trapped in a massive fire that broke out early Monday in residential buildings located in the old bus stand area of Arki town in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district. The situation turned worse after several LPG cylinders exploded, causing the fire to spread rapidly and making it difficult for firefighters to control the blaze.Solan Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav S…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A Special Court (PMLA), Shimla, declared a man from Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district and his mother, involved in a Rs 387 crore Manav Bharti University fake degree scam, as Fugitive Economic Offenders as they have fled to Australia, an official said on Monday. Mandeep Rana and his mother Ashoni Kanwar were declared Fugitive Economic Offenders by the Special Court on Saturday, accepting the application filed by the ED, Shimla Sub Zonal Office, the official said in a sta…