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Shimla: Former Himachal Pradesh Governor today Prabha Rau passed away at AIIMS following a massive heart attack, press secretary to Raj Bhavan said here.
CD Thakur, press secretary to Himachal Governor, said that the former governor was admitted to AIIMS after a heart attack at 7 am this morning. Rau (75) was found unconscious in her dressing room at Jodhpur House where she had been staying since yesterday. She was rushed to AIIMS where doctors said she had suffered a massive heart attack. She was pronounced dead at 12.30 in the noon. She was appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor on July 19, 2008, and served here till January 24, 2010. Later she was appointed Rajasthan Governor on January 25 this year.
Shimla: With functioning of IPL in the thick of controversy, Communist Party of India Marxists (CPIM) has sought to bring Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) under the ambit of the investigation and demanded that their records be immediately seized.
Member secretary CPI(M) Tikender Panwar has asked investigating agencies to probe the records of HPCA as there was apprehension of large scale irregularities in its functioning.
“Records of the organisation needed to be seized immediately, lest they are burnt down,” said Panwar.
Questioning the manifold increase in resources of the organisation, he questioned how the cricket associations’ revenues, which used to be short of funds till a few years, have turned it into a multi-crore organisation.
HPCA in the last decade has seen a substantial increase in its finances and have been able to lay out the state’s first international stadium in Dharamshala, where recently two IPL matches were held.
With Anurag Thakur, MP and son of chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal heading HPCA for over a decade, CPI(M) has stated that the stranglehold on the organisation was not serving the purpose of promoting cricket but the platform was beind used for commercial activities to generating money for indivduals who control the game.
Shimla: To extend the benefits of tourism into rural areas, the state has launched a novel scheme ‘Har Gaon Ki Kahani’ which involves not just improving tourism infrastructure but assimilating folklore that is centred around local gods and goddess (Devta’s and Devi’s).
Speaking about the program, Arun Sharma, director tourism said that the main purpose to launch this ambitious scheme was to develop tourists villages and ensure all facilities to the tourists, throughout the year.
Visitors would be apprised with the history of village, its culture, the delicacies, customs and traditions through a document containing all the valuable information of the villages.
Village legends and stories which are associated since time immemorial are planned to be documented.
Such legends or stories are to be collected through Panchayats representatives or any other persons hailing from that village who can contribute towards it.
District tourism officers or the concerned deputy commissioner of the districts would be involved in the process of spotting villages with rich heritage, he said.
Taking advantage of MNREGA, such villages development would be undertaken by as ‘tourist villages’ and suitable infrastructure would be created.
Shimla: Activists of the regional Tibetan youth congress and regional Tibetan women association hold a candle light rally to marks the 21st birth anniversary of Gendun Chokeyi Nyima, the boy recognized by his Holiness Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama, in Shimla on Sunday. Full story
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