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Great Khali take tips from world famous Yoga Guru, Announces to help poor s
2008-05-23 09:38:00 S. R. PUNDIR writes [ A Special reporting feature from EDITOR'S DESK] - Famous International wrestler Daleep Singh Rana, known worldwide with his WWE name The Great Khali took blessings of world famous Yog Guru and Chief of Maharishi Patanjli Yoga foundation, Lonawala, Mumbai, Swami Karamvir Ji Maharaj who gave him Pranayam tips to gain ... More About: World , Tips
China arrests two young monks of Tehor Tsitsang Monastery in Kardze
2008-05-22 15:30:00 V K Sharma writes: In the recent spates of sporadic protests reported from Kardze County, more reports of protest led by group of two or four persons continue to surface from the area. According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), two young monks in their early 20’s ... More About: China , Young , Arrests , Monks
Punjab officials to attend conference in Canada
2008-05-22 11:12:00 Chandigarh: Punjab will send a high-power delegation to represent the state at the India Calling Conference in Canada from June 14 to 19. The conference is being organised at Vancouver and Toronto. The delegation, to be led by a cabinet minister, will comprise members from the world of trade, commerce, industry, agriculture, education, literature, health care, ...
General Rodrigues inaugurates solid waste processing plant
2008-05-21 18:32:00 Chandigarh: Adding another milestone to the upgradation of the environment in City Beautiful, the Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues , PVSM VSM, today inaugurated the Municipal Solid Waste Processing Plant at Dadu Majra. Set up at a cost of Rs. 30.00 crores on 10 acres, the plant is one of ... More About: General
Elaborate Arrangements made for tomorrow polling – CEO
2008-05-21 14:17:00 Shimla: Smt. Manisha Nanda, Chief Electoral Officer said here today that total 1172944 electors will cast their vote for the Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency bye-election from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m tomorrow. It includes 1149329 general electors, 23615 service electors and 307 electors above the age of 100 years, she added. She said that out of total ... More About: Polling , Made , Tomorrow
Great Khali would be recommended for Padamshri Award, announces PWD Ministe
2008-05-20 19:29:00 S.R. PUNDIR writes: Himachal Government would recommend name of International wrestler Daleep Singh Rana, famous worldwide with his WWE name The Great Khali for the Padamshri award for his great achievements in the field of wrestling and bring larals for country as well for Himachal Pradesh by becoming first ever WWE wrestler from India, it was ... More About: Award
Grand preparations to welcome Khali in Sirmour
2008-05-20 04:45:00 NAHAN: Deputy Commissioner Sirmour Mr Pushpender Rajput in a statement released to press here today said that Great wrestler and great son of Sirmour, Daleep Singh Rana popularly known with the name of ‘The Great Khali’ world wide would be given grand welcome on 20th of May on his arrival at Nahan. To honour Kahli for ... More About: Grand
Officers told to accept papers of Anganwari workers
2008-05-19 14:17:00 Chandigarh: The Punjab Election Commission has directed all electoral officers to accept nomination papers of anganwari workers provisionally as they were entitled provisionally to file nominations for Gram Panchayats. A spokesman of the state Election Commission said yesterday that pursuant to the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in all district electoral officers-cum-deputy ... More About: Workers , Officers , Told , Papers , Accept
Governor and CM have felicitated the people of the State on the occasion of
2008-05-19 14:16:00 Shimla: Mr. V.S. Kokje in his felicitation message said that teachings and principles of Lord Buddha hold good even today in the modern world. He said that Lord Buddha is therefore relevant in present times also and can provide solutions to problems of modern society. Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister in his felicitation message, said ... More About: People , Governor , State , The People , The State
Great Khali to visit his village on 21st May
2008-05-18 14:32:00 Shalender Kalra writes: WWE wrestler the Great Kahli alias Dalip Singh rana would reach in his native village Dhirayan on 21st May. On the way to his native village the known figure of the country the great khali would spend an evening with the people of the district at Nahan on 20th May in a ... More About: Village , Visit
Himachal urged centre not to impose ban on new gas connections
2008-05-17 18:57:00 Shimla: A Spokesman of the State Government said here today that the State Government has requested the Centre Government not to impose ban on release of new gas connections in the State so that the consumers do not face any difficulty in meeting their fuel requirements for cooking purposes. He said that this request had ... More About: Connections
Dalai Lama to visit UK for ten days
2008-05-17 18:51:00 Dharamshala: Dalai Lama is visiting the UK for ten days. Dalai lama is invited by the Dharma Network, Tibet Society UK, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet, the Blackfriars and the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies to give a series of public talks and teachings in London, Nottingham and Oxford. During the visit His ... More About: Days , Visit
Punjab’s pride: Ghee, lassi, panjiri, kheer…
2008-05-16 16:41:00 Chandigarh: Punjab may be flopping on fronts like health, information technology but its flavoured Verka lassi, desi ghee,ice-cream, sweetened milk, panjiri, paneer, curd, and kheer are doing very well in the national and international market. Milkfed, state’s leading cooperative, known for Verka brand in and outside the country has achieved 64 per cent growth in ... More About: Pride , Ghee
Governor distributed Rank and Bolt Award at Shimla
2008-05-16 16:35:00 Shimla: Mr. V.S. Kokje, Governor of Himachal Pradesh presided over the Rank and Bolt Award function instituted jointly by Air India, Divya Himachal and Janpaksh Mail for the State of Himachal Pradesh at Hotel Peterhoff Shimla today in which the students of Himachal Pradesh who excelled in the field of academics were given Rank Awards ... More About: Shimla
Revenue Computerisation Pilot Project for Sirmour
2008-05-16 15:09:00 Shimla: A Rs 429 lacs Pilot Project has been sanctioned under the Centrally sponsored scheme for strengthening revenue administration and updating of land records which includes re-survey of an area of 2826 sq. kilometers excluding forest area in Sirmaur district. This was disclosed by Thakur Gulab Singh, Revenue Minister while presiding over the meeting of ...
Special prayer session for earthquake victims
2008-05-16 14:58:00 Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration organised a special prayer session Wednesday for the victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked southwestern parts of China. The special prayer congregation was led by monks of the Namgyal Monastery at the Tsuglagkhang (main temple) in Dharamshala, on 14 May. “The prayers ... More About: Earthquake , Prayer , Special , Victims
Taiwan honours Mr. Tsegyam
2008-05-16 14:57:00 Dharamshala: Taiwan Foreign Ministry honoured Mr Tsegyam, former representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Taiwan “The third rank Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon” award on 12 May 2008. Mr. Tsegyam was bestowed with this award for building good relations with Taiwanese government and its people during his tenure as a representative of ... More About: Honours
China arrests 16 monks for defying “patriotic re-education”
2008-05-15 18:55:00 V K Sharma writes: China arrests 16 monks and 2 lay Tibetans in Markham County according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). For over a month the Chinese authorities have been conducting “Patriotic re-education” campaign in Woeser Monastery and Khenpa Lungpa Monastery in Garthog Township, Markham ( Ch: ... More About: Arrests , Monks
Dead body of former gun man of HP CM found, murder suspected
2008-05-15 18:42:00 NAHAN: Dead body of Jati Ram [66] a former security officer of Ex Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was found in a 200 feet deep gorge near Mandoli village near Sangrah today. Jati Ram, a resident of village Gahail under Sangrah tehsil served nearly 15 years as security officer of former Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh. After ... More About: Murder , Body
18 injured in truck accident
2008-05-15 18:40:00 NAHAN: 18 persons traveling in a Truck [HP 17 – 8155] were seriously injured as truck fell into deep gorge near Sharli village on Jakhna road, about 100 KM from here in Shillai tehsil this evening. As per information accident took place when driver of the truck failed to negotiate a curve. Injured persons were rushed ... More About: Accident
Learn Yoga from experts only: Mahayogi Swami Karmvir
2008-05-15 18:37:00 SR Pundir writes: Chief of Maharishi Patanjli Yoga foundation and renowned Yogi Swami Karamvir has warned common man that they must chose an expert Yoga teacher to learn Yoga, otherwise they would not get real benefits of this perfect science. Swami Karamvir was addressing a press conference in the circuit house here today on the ... More About: Experts , Learn
DM prohibits use of cyber cafes by unknown person
2008-05-15 16:09:00 Chandigarh: The District Magistrate, Chandigarh Administration has prohibited the use of Cyber Cafes by unknown person whose identification would not be established by the owner of the café. The Cyber Café’s owners have been asked to maintain a register for identity of the visitor/user by making the entry of visitor’s name, address, telephone number and ... More About: Unknown , Person
Badal for time-bound action programme
2008-05-15 15:46:00 Chandigarh: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today called for chalking out a multi-pronged time-bound strategy to achieve the objective of “safe drinking water for all” through proper monitoring of rural water supply schemes by the application of reverse osmosis (RO), silver ionisation and ultra-violet techniques depending on the quality of water. Presiding over a meeting ... More About: Action , Time , Bound , Programme
Forest Rights Act: Procedure for filing and verification of claims
2008-05-15 15:30:00 New Delhi: The Government has accorded a very high priority to the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights ) Act. The State Governments have been asked to publicise provisions of the Act, train the official and constitute relevant committees. The basic unit for the implementation of the Act ... More About: Verification , Claims
Himachal to launch Rs. 1365 crore World Bank road project on 28th May
2008-05-15 15:13:00 Shimla: An ambitious Rs. 1365 crore World Bank funded road project for development of road infrastructure in the State would be formally launched from Una on 28th May, 2008 by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister. This was disclosed by Thakur Gulab Singh, PWD Minister while presiding over the high level review meeting on Himachal ... More About: World Bank , Project , Launch
Himachal to upgrade nine ITI’s
2008-05-15 15:06:00 Shimla: Narender Bragta, Horticulture and Technical Education Minister said that State Government was taking effective steps to improve quality of education in the State. He said that Central Government has provided Rs. 22.5 crore to State Government under Public Private Participation (PPP) for upgrading nine ITIs in the State during current year. He said that ...
Spiritual Leader express grief over deaths in Burma
2008-05-13 17:57:00 Bijender Sharma writes: Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama today expressed his shock over the deaths at Burma in recent Cyclone Nargis. In a letter to Mr Jacob Kellenberger, president of International Committee of the Red Cross, sent on 8 May, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said: “I am deeply saddened by the catastrophe caused in ... More About: Deaths , Express , Grief
Army called for help in Nahan
2008-05-13 17:11:00 S.R.PUNDIR reports: Army was called out in Nahan to rescue a labourer engaged in the construction of a private house near I.T.I. on Shimla road who was buried alive under the debris of a retaining wall which fell on labourers working there. With the help of Army Jawans, I.T.I. students police recovered his body after continuous ...
Chandigarh forms Tourism Police
2008-05-13 15:25:00 Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration in order to promote safe tourism in the City Beautiful has decided to form Chandigarh Tourism Police . The police department has already agreed for the formation of a Tourism Police force and will depute about 100 personnel of the rank of constable and head-constable rank to patrol various place of tourist ... More About: Chandigarh , Forms
Tibetans express grief for loss of lives in China
More articles from this author:2008-05-13 15:13:00 Bijender Sharma writes from Dharamshala: Tibetan Parliament and Central Tibetan Administration has expressed their great sorrow for the loss of lives and properties in south western parts of China on 12 May, killing thousands of people. In a press statement released today said, “We are shocked to learn through the world media that a devastating earthquake ... More About: Loss , Lives , Express , Grief 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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