Category: STATES

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Well before any national highway is designed and planned, the value of land along the demarcated road increases many folds. Builders and business opportunists flock such potential places with bags full of money to transact private land  which could later be developed for commercial purposes or for building residential apartments. This is what is being proved along the upcoming four lane highway close to the existing Shimla – Dhalli byepass. This part of the four lane has been designed to connect Shoghi and…

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) She was walking past with her sexy siren gait, her redolent attire made every man drop their jaws and drool. She was the cynosures of all masculine eyes. This is the image the society shows for a female who has undergone rape. They try their efforts best to prove the victim guilty by portraying this image that it was she herself who invited this uneventful incident. The recent Kathua case sent a chill to our bones. Her old torn cloths, her unkempt…

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By: Tarun Prakash, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group Sir Syed was the great assertor of National integration and he knew that unless Hindu and Muslim come on the same platform and join their hands warmly, our nation cannot become a great country in the world. “Zameen tang hai sara jahan chhota hai, Meri udaan ko har aasmaan chhota hai (Small is earth simply insufficient is the world all And for my flight even sky appears to be small) Mere mayaar ka qad is tarah se nikla hai, Mere wajood ka yaron…

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LUCKNOW: An FIR has been registered against rape accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar while a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe has been ordered into Unnao rape and custodial death. The case has been filed under POCSO Act and Sengar has been charged under sections 366, 363, 376 and 506.Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Bangarmau district in Unnao, has been caught in controversy ever since he was accused of raping an 18-year-old woman in 2017. The MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar  has claimed innocence in the case, saying false allegations…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: To further the Swachh Bharat Mission of the Government of India and promote cleanliness drive till the village level, a unique initiative has been taken by the Central Power Sector PSUs like SJVN and the government of Himachal Pradesh to install as many as 68, 0000 dustbins at public places through out the state.  A provision has been made to install atleast 1000 garbage bins in each of the 68 assembly constituencies of the state. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture…

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LUCKNOW: It was an environment with mixed emotions when a book titled ‘C U 2MOROW @ 9’ was launched at Rajbhavan, Lucknow on 07th April 2018. It was the birth-date of the author Deepal Saxena. The irony was that the author went on heavenly abode on 30th December 2017. This sad incident happened within 15 days of his marriage. Deepal had cleared IIS examination and was an author and poet by nature. He was a tech-savy person and his writing connects people by heart. The book was launched by Governor…

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN KOLKATA: Black means the absence of light and white denotes its presence. Black and white — so contrasting yet so complementary to each other. More than four decades ago ‘Black and White’ was the order of the day. Movies were in black and white as were still photographs. I still remember,as a child, seeing the documentary on  man’s first moon mission in black and white.Even today, Charlie Chaplin’s films in black and white never fail to fascinate me. When television first invaded our drawing rooms, it…

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Rtd.) met the  Chief of the Army Staff (CoAS) General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM at New Delhi on Wednesday last. The duo discussed about the national security issues related to the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Governor, who has visited the border posts recently, shared his observations with the CoAS. The CoAS assured the Governor of the top operational readiness of the Indian Army deployed on the borders in Arunachal…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group  SHIMLA: Surpassing the MoU targets of generating 8950 million units of electricity, public sector SJVN Limited has achieved generation of 9280 million units from its four power plants in operation in various parts of the country, during the financial year 2017-18, told Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director of the Company in an exclusive interview with ICN. He informed that the past financial year had been spectacular in electricity generation as the company’s 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh had…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Himachal becomes the first State of North India and 4th state in the country to have Bike Ambulance Service SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today launched “108 Bike Ambulance Service” from H.P. Vidhan Sabha Complex today by flagging-off two Bike Ambulances, thereby making Himachal the first State in the Northern India to have this service. This service would be implemented on PPP mode by GVK, EMRI Speaking on the occasion Jai Ram Thakur said that the Service had been launched in view the geographical…

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