A study carried out by Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group, New
Delhi, and Lok Vigyan Kendra/ Navrachna, Himachal Pradesh, along with
information sought under the Right to Information Act have revealed
gross irregularities in the execution of 800 MW Parbati II hydel
project being executed by the National Hydro Power Corporation. Not
just this, even the agencies responsible for monitoring violations of
set guidelines have been found napping, thus giving NHPC a free hand
in taking liberties in following set norms.

http://www.himvani.com/news/2008/03/05/not-all-well-with-parbati-ii-project-stud\
y/1314/developmenteconomics/himvani/

with regards

Varun Rattan Singh
+91 98160 76772

The Voice of Himachal
http://www.himvani.com

To know me better follow this trail http://www.himvani.com/maverick

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From: Varun Rattan Singh <varun.ratan@...>
Date: 1 Mar 2008 09:33
Subject: VOH Shimla Chapter on March 2
To: himvani@yahoogroups.com
Cc: vohshimla@yahoogroups.com


FYI

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  From: Hemlata Dogra <hemlata.dogra@...>
  Date: 29 Feb 2008 17:43
  Subject: himvani meeting in shimla on march 2
  To: vohshimla@..., Team HimVani <team@...>,
  himvani@...


  Dear all,

  The himvani monthly meeting that was earlier scheduled in Shimla on
  February 24 (Sunday) has now been rescheduled for March 2 (Sunday).

  The meeting has been postponed because three of us Varun, Ajai
  Srivastava  and me (Hema) would be out of station for a news
  assignment on February 24.

  VOH meeting venue: Press Club (Shimla), Pt. Padam Dev Complex,
  The Ridge Shimla-1.

  Time: 12: 30 p.m.
  Date: March 2 (Sunday).
  See you there.

   Hema.



  --
  Varun Rattan Singh
  +91 98160 76772

  The Voice of Himachal
  http://www.himvani.com

  To know me better follow this trail http://www.himvani.com/maverick


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Varun Rattan Singh
+91 98160 76772

The Voice of Himachal
http://www.himvani.com

To know me better follow this trail http://www.himvani.com/maverick

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Hi,

Under the aegis of Ekal nari Shakti Sangathan, about 5000 women will
walk from Arki to Shimla for 3 days demanding rights of single women.
The march starts on April 1, 2008 and ending in Shimla on 3rd April.

The key demands

• For the older single women, pension policy should be framed on the
model of the existing policy in the neighbouring state of Haryana.
Pensions should be paid every month without fail.
• Those single women who are fighting to secure their rights vis-à-vis
their in-laws' family, their cases must be referred to fast track
courts. Also, the spouses of all the single women who are not paying
the maintenance amount, as decreed by either the gram Panchayats or
the civil courts, should be legally challenged through fast track
courts.
• The State should ensure that two acres of land is granted on a
long-term lease (from government's surplus land pool) to all the
economically weak single women who are capable and eager to work as
self-employed farmers.
• Every single woman should be provided with health care facilities
from the primary to the tertiary level, free of cost.

To know more about this campaign and to support these women please visit

http://www.himvani.com/news/2008/02/19/alert-himachal-single-women-march-for-jus\
tice-contribution-required/1280/activism/himvani/

with regards

Varun Rattan Singh
+91 98160 76772

The Voice of Himachal
http://www.himvani.com

To know me better follow this trail http://www.himvani.com/maverick

Citizen journalism initiative in Himachal completes two years

`We', the people give ourselves HimVani

The severe winter in Himachal seems to be thawing and the days are
getting warm and sunny. It seems the weather gods have relented to
allow celebrations on February 14th. Well, today happens to be the
second anniversary of HimVani.com. So here we are at the end of
another milestone in our journey, which seems to have just begun. Ever
since this initiative was launched, we have seen many ups and downs
and the previous year was no different. But the important thing is -
we still believe in ourselves, our belief that we can make a
difference, and also the power of the masses.

http://www.himvani.com/news/2008/02/14/citizen-journalism-initiative-in-himachal-completes-two-years/1269/grassroots-journalism/varun/

Citizen journalism initiative in Himachal completes two years

`We', the people give ourselves HimVani

The severe winter in Himachal seems to be thawing and the days are
getting warm and sunny. It seems the weather gods have relented to
allow celebrations on February 14th. Well, today happens to be the
second anniversary of HimVani.com. So here we are at the end of
another milestone in our journey, which seems to have just begun. Ever
since this initiative was launched, we have seen many ups and downs
and the previous year was no different. But the important thing is -
we still believe in ourselves, our belief that we can make a
difference, and also the power of the masses.

http://www.himvani.com/news/2008/02/14/citizen-journalism-initiative-in-himachal\
-completes-two-years/1269/grassroots-journalism/varun/

hi i m vicky im from mandi & and presently i m in punjab (lovely
university

Hi,

The State Government has floated a Request for Proposal (RFP) to
set-up 3361 Common Service Centres in the State on February 9th 2008.
Proposals are invited from bidders who are interested in participating
in the CSC Scheme.

A copy of the RFP advertisement is available at
http://himachaldit.gov.in/csc.htm and the RFP documents can be
downloaded from http://www.hp.gov.in/cschp

A Pre-bid meeting is scheduled to be held on 11 AM, February 26th 2008
at Conference Hall, Armsdale Building, HP Secretariat, Shimla. You are
requested to submit your queries with respect to CSC Scheme in
Himachal Pradesh by February 21st, 2008 The date for opening of bids
is March 10th 2008.

Hope to see your forthcoming participation in the bidding process in
Himachal Pradesh.

with regards

Varun Rattan Singh
State Anchor - CSC Scheme
IL&FS (National Level Service Agency)
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

hi i m vicky im from mandi & and presently i m in punjab (lovely
university

Dear friends,

Seven people including Inderjeet Duggal, Ajai Srivastava, Varun, Rohit
(IT professional currently pursuing a project with the Himachal State
Electricity Board ), Lokesh an employee with the HPSEB, Parul Sood and
me (Hema Dogra ) had met on Jaunary 20 in Shimla. After discussions
the main issue that seemed to be bothering everyone was to maintain
regularity of the website himvani.com so that it remains visible.

For that Ajai Srivsastava suggested to generate content for a weekly
column that would be hard hitting (may be satirical and without naming
the person them to be safe) on bureaucrats, politicians or people who
matter as policy makers.  The idea is to generate some interesting
content apart from news and which would include such facts which might
not qualify to be a full fledged news article but as interesting
behind the scenes incident. We wish to make it a weekly feature from
first week of February. Suggestions and comments are invited for this.

Suggestion for holding some debates and events were also floated where
all agreed to hold a debate on some burning issue about Himachal, by
mid-February.

To execute this, a team has been formed, called the Shimla Chapter,
where, Hema, Ajai Srivastava and Parul have volunteered to hold the
first Himvani debate and the rest would contribute in their own way.
Hema was nominated as a the first co-ordinator of Shimla chapter.
After the first event the Shimla Chapter can be reshuffled as per the
suggestion of the members of Himvani. We would like to have
suggestions on the topic for debate by January 30, so that other
formalities like inviting the panelists from the field and other
related things can be worked out in time.

Meanwhile we have also retained Sanjay Kanwar full time to perform
various secretarial and administrative tasks of VOH.

Lokesh had floated an idea to hold writers meet in Shimla, which would
also be worked out after the debate. Adding to it Varun said that he
is already working on the idea of holding a Barcamp (initially of
bloggers) in Shimla in association with the Instablogs.

The meeting ended with hot Pranthas, butter and tea at the Press Club.

Cheers

Hema Dogra.


PS: We will be uploading the photographs of the meeting separately.

HI GOOD EVENING .
THANKS TO YOU ALSO FOR ACCEPTING ME AS YOUR FRIENDS.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I AM ALSO FROM H.P . I BELONG TO DISTRICT
KANGRA.

BUT PRESENT NOW I AM IN DELHI. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE FRIENDSHIP WITH
ME PLEASE KEEP MAILING

BYE

thankx tanu for u'r message,well i am from uttranchal, i did my whole
schooling from h.p(chail military school) & that's why i love shimla
coz i have past everlasting sweet memories of shimla.currently i am
working with mc donalds as assistant manager in jabli.
                                    thankx &have a nice day
                                    take care...bye

HI GOOD EVENING .
THANKS TO YOU ALSO FOR ACCEPTING ME AS YOUR FRIENDS.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I AM ALSO FROM H.P . I BELONG TO DISTRICT
KANGRA.

BUT PRESENT NOW I AM IN DELHI. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE FRIENDSHIP WITH
ME PLEASE  KEEP MAILING


                                 BYE

to all out there.......................

 

i'm born and brought up in simla and now i miss lots of things. When saw this thing, i thought may be , i'll get few friends who are out of touch now.thanks for aceepting me as your member

 

 

tanu

 

 

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hello goodevining.raman how are u?i am sadiq from himachalpradesh.

Hi,

There are about 70 xyz@... email ids up for grab with 6GB
space. As a "Thank You" gesture for supporting us through thick and
thin, we are opening them up to our regular users,
writers/contributors and readers. The mails (www.gmail.himvani.com)
are configured on Gmail platform, so you have the ease of accessing it
anywhere on the web. You can import your Address Book and even chat
with your Gmail user friends from within the HimVani id. All features
of Gmail are available like Docs, Chat, Gtalk etc.

However, as of now, you won't be able to register on your own (as it
is a limited offer). Those interested in having an @himvani id, please
write back to me at varun.ratan@... or info@... with
the following details:

First Name:
Second Name:
Desired User Name (Please provide two/three options in case the name
is not available):

We'll send you the details and the password, after which you'll be
forced to change the password on your first Log In
(www.gmail.himvani.com).

Note:

1. HimVani reserves the right to decline the request for an
@HimVani.com email id sent by. 2. HimVani reserves the right to delete
the account and ban the User in case the id is being used for unlawful
purposes.
3. HimVani reserves the right to delete the account in case it is
inactive for more than four months and give it to somebody else.
4. All other Terms and Conditions by Google/Gmail apply.
5. As this is a Limited offer, we may not be able to meet all the
requests. Hoping to see a good response.

Hope to see responses from many of you, So ahead and FLAUNT your
support for HimVani.com

with warm regards,

Varun Rattan Singh
Co-founder - HimVani.com
+91 98160 76772

The Voice of Himachal
http://www.himvani.com

To know me better follow this trail http://www.himvani.com/maverick

Hai.....

iam Rahul Chouhan from rohru distt. Shimla

Any body wanna be my friend then mail me on :

crazyrahul29@...



(¨`·.·´¨) Alwayz
`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨) Keep
(¨`·.·´¨)¸.·´ Smiling!
`·.¸.·´
Lots Of Love........ "vikranta"

--- In Shimlahangout@..., "jewellerrk" <jewellerrk@...>
wrote:
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> HELLO  TO  ALL  MEMBERS  AND  A  VERY  HAPPY  NEW  YEAR    TO  ALL..
>
ok sir

thnk you


my sweeat shimla



rgds

goldy

--- In Shimlahangout@..., "jewellerrk" <jewellerrk@...>
wrote:
>
> HELLO  TO  ALL  MEMBERS  AND  A  VERY  HAPPY  NEW  YEAR    TO  ALL..
>

wish u a happy new year

hi.
any  body  from thaiseel  district?
rhouru  taluka?
message  me.

HELLO  TO  ALL  MEMBERS  AND  A  VERY  HAPPY  NEW  YEAR    TO  ALL..

hi,

 

sweety here, iam graduated and i am here at lucknow.its good to hear u .i  loved to join shimla hangout
groupbecause i think shimla is avery beautiful place thats why i join this group.looking out for ur reply .bye for now!

----- Original Message ----
From: Rohit Verma <beckhamrohit@yahoo.co.in>
To: shimlahangout@yahoogroups.co.in
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:07:26 PM
Subject: Shimla - Newsletter hi!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi!!!!!!!!

 

 

this is rohit working as an electrical engineer in an mnc called alstom here at vadodara..i m quite pleased to see so many of u guys here on shilma hangout and would definitely love to hear from u ...looking forward tp ur replies..

 

 

         

 

 

                                 rohit

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