How to Book Toy Train from Kalka to Shimla

Online Booking of Toy Train Tickets from Kalka to Shimla
The trip to Shimla is incomplete without experiencing the amazing toy train journey between Kalka to Shimla. The breathtaking journey through the hills amidst pine and deodar trees is truly exciting. The kids, the young and the old everyone will love this journey.

Are you looking for the tickets for the toy trains from Kalka to Shimla? Do you want to know how you can book tickets for the toy train from Kalka to Shimla?

It is very simple. You don't have to go anywhere, just need a computer an internet connection and you can book your toy trains tickets for Shimla at your home. However people sometimes get confused while booking tickets for Shimla to Kalka in IRCTC. The reason being the station code for Shimla is SIMLA (SML). Please enter this code in irctc site while booking your seats online to shimla. Below is the list of toy trains from Kalka to Shimla. Online tickets are available at irctc website and that is the only reliable source to book your online toy train tickets to Shimla.

List of Toy Trains from Kalka to Shimla
Train No.	Train Name	·  Departs	·  Arrives

52457.

KLK SML PASS

04:00

09:20

72451

RAIL MOTOR

05:10

09:50

52451

SHIVALK DLX EXP

05:30

10:15

52453

KALKA SIMLA EXP

06:00

11:05

52455

HIMALYAN QUEEN

12:10

17:20

Virbhadra Singh - HP Chief Minister Profile Address Phone

Brief Profile and Biodata of HP Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh

Shri Virbhadra Singh became CM of Himachal for the 6^th time in 2012. He was born on 23rd June 1934 at Sarahan village of HP in District Shimla to late Shri Padam Singh and Smt Shanti Devi. Shri Virbhadra Singh is well qualified CM. He has done B.A. (Hons), M.A. He did his schooling from Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and also studied at St. Stephen College, New Delhi. His constituency is Shimla Rural.

Permanent Address of Mr Virbhadra Singh

Padam Palace, Rampur-Bushahr, Distt. Shimla, Himachal Pradesh-172001

Phone Office 0177 2625819,

Phone Residence 0177 2627803,

Email - cm-hp@nic.in

Shri Virbhadra Singh Brief Political Career Summary
1. Shri Virbhadra Singh was first elected to 3rd Lok Sabha in 1962
2.He was also lected to 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 (2nd term)
3.Then again Mr Sigh became MP in 5th Lok Sabha in 1972 (3rd term)
4. He was also President of State Congress Committee in 1977, 1979 and 1980
5. In 7th Lok Sabha in 1980 (4th term) Shri Virbhadra Singh was again victorious
6. Minister of Sate for Industries in GoI from September 1982 to April 1983
7. Elected to State Legislative Assembly (SLA) from Jubbal-Kotkhai in a by-election
    on 5th October 1983 and in 1985. Elected to SLA from Rohru constituency
    in 1990, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2007
8. Elected MP from Mandi Parliamentary Constituency HP in 2009
9. Chief Minister of the Sate from 8th April 1983 to March 5th March 1990
10. Chief Minister from 3rd December 1993 to 23rd March 1998
11. Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, HP from March 1998 to March 2003
12. Chief Minister of the State from 6th March 2003 to 29th December 2007
13. Elected from Mandi Parliamentary Constituency HP in 2009
14. Union Minister for Steel from May 2009 to January 2011
15. Union Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises from 19-Jan-2011 to June 2012
16. Became President of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee on 26th August 2012
17. Elected to State Legislative Assembly on 20th December 2012 from Shimla Rural
28. Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh from 25th December, 2012 for SIXTH time

Current List of Ministers HP Government - Address and Contact Details

Current List of Ministers HP Government – Himachal Council of Ministers

HP Government Ministers in Shri Virbhadra Singh Cabinet as on 23/1/2013

The Congress came to power with absolute majority and Shri Virbhadra Singh formed the government. Professor Prem kumar Dhumal is now sitting in the opposition.

Below is the list of Ministers in Himachal Government with their addresses and contact details. For any change or update kindly refer to the official site of HP Government himachal.nic.in

Contact Details

Himachal Pradesh Government Secretariat,
Shimla - 171002,  Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

Control Room Phone     2622204
Control Room FAX         2621154
EPABX No.                    2621804
DID Code                     2880

STD code for Shimla      0177
ISD code for Shimla      91177

A stands for- Armsdale Building
E stands for - Ellerslie Building

Name	Designation	Additional Charge	Room No. Office	Phone Office	Phone Residence	E-mail
Shri Virbhadra Singh	Chief Minister	All other Departments, which are not allotted	E-101	2625819	2627803	cm-hp@nic.in
Smt. Vidya Stokes	Irrigation & Public Health Minister	Horticulture, Information Technology	E-131	2621196		iphmin-hp@nic.in
Shri Kaul Singh Thakur	Health & Family Welfare Minister	Revenue, Law & Legal Remembrance, Medical Education	E-115	2621938 2880701
Shri G. S. Bali	Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister	Transport, Technical Education, Vocational & Industrial Training	E-229A	2622464		fcsmin-hp@nic.in
Shri Sujan Singh Pathania	MPP & Power Minister	Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Agriculture	E-123	2621580
Shri Thakur Singh Bharmouri	Forest Minister	Fisheries	E-328	2621581		forestmin-hp@nic.in
Shri Mukesh Agnihotri	Industry Minister	Labour & Employment, Parliamentary Affairs, Information & Public Relations	E-215	2621599		indmin-hp@nic.in
Shri Sudhir Sharma	Urban Development Minister	Housing, Town & Country Planning	E-202A	2620623
Shri Prakash Chaudhary	Excise & Taxation Minister	Printing & Stationery	E-221	2620191
Shri Dhani Ram Shandil	Social Justice & Empowerment Minister	Sainik Welfare	E-321	2621004		minsje-hp@nic.in
Shri Neeraj Bharti	Chief Parliamentary Secretary	Education (Attached with Chief Minister)	E-224	2621903
Shri Rajesh Dharmani	Chief Parliamentary Secretary	Forest (Attached with Forest Minister)	E-24G	2620687
Shri Vinay Kumar	Chief Parliamentary Secretary	Public Works (Attached with Chief Minister)	E-318	2621865

Government Polytechnic College Kangra 2015

Admissions 2015 Government Polytechnic College Kangra Himachal Pradesh

Government Polytechnic College in Kangra HP was established in 1992. Basically it was a Junior Technical School which was set up way back in 1959 by then Punjab Govt. It was in 1992 upgraded into a Polytechnic College.

Government polytechnic College Kanga is one of the reputated institutions in Himachal Pradesh and is continuously, year after year has been able to produce and provide professionally skillful, technically competent, and socially relevant human resources to cater to the industrial requirements. GPC Kangra is one of the few institutes which has acquired the ISO 9000-2001 certification.

The Kangra Polytechnic College is religiously imparting 3 year diploma courses in the promising and budding areas of technology like Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

The beautiful campus is spread over 23.75 acres offering excellent environment to the students along with numerous other facilities for learning and teaching.

Kangra Polytechnic College has well maintained boys hostel that is 60 seated located in Nagrota Bagwan. The girls’ hostel is located inside the campus and 30 seated.

The Government Polytechnic College has an excellent placement avenue for the students and good interface with the Industry.

Contact Details of GOVT.POLYTECHNIC KANGRA

Distt. Kangra H.P. (INDIA) Pin- 176001

Phone:
01892-265025, 262285

Fax:
01892-265025, 262285

E-mail:
gpckangra@gmail.com

Himachal GK Questions and Answers 2015

Himachal GK questions and Answers - Current GK of Himachal Part 1 - 2015

Are you preparing for an entrance exam for a job in Himachal Pradesh? Are you looking for some important GK Questions of Himachal Pradesh? Below are some Himachal GK Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams like HPSSC, Administrative Services Exam, Forest Service, and other Exams for various jobs in HP. If you find any discrepancy or error please leave a comment and we will rectify it

Q - Where is Bandli sanctuary located in Himachal?
Ans -  Mandi


Q. Where is Moti Mahal located in HP?
Ans - Nahan

Q -.Who is the author of the book ‘History of Mandi State’?
Ans - Manmohan Singh

Q - Name the birth place of Prof Prem kumar Dhumal?
Ans - Samirpur


Q – Name the Pathankot - Mandi National Highway?
Ans - NH 20

Q – Where is Tirthan Sanctury in HP located
Ans - Kullu

Q – Where is Gouari Shanker Temple located and who built it ?
Ans – Located in Chamba and built by Yuzankar Verma

Q – Where is Hidimba Temple located and who built it?
Ans – Located in Manali and built by RB Singh

Q - Who is Founder of Chamba State?
Ans -  Meru Varma

Q - Who is founder of Jubbel ?
Ans - Karan Chand

Q – When was Dr. Y.S. Parmar University established in HP?

Ans - 1985

Q -Do you know what is area of Una district in HP?

Ans - 1540 sq. km

Q – Where is Dal Lake located in HP?

Ans – Dharamshala (Kangra District)

Q – In which District of HP is Pong Dam located?
Ans - Kangra district

Q – Do you know who built the Maukot fort?
Ans - Salim Shah Sur

Q – Name the first Chief Minister CM of Himachal?
Ans - Y.S. Parmar

Q – Name the smallest district of Himachal Area wise?
Ans - Hamirpur

Q – Name the place with Highest rainfall in HP?

Ans - Dharamshala


Q – Who is the author of the book Prachin himachal?
Ans - L.C. Parathi

Q - Where in Himachal is Dashahar Lake located?
Ans - Near Mandali (Kullu)

Himachal Pradesh Elections 2012 - Congress Candidates

List of Congress Candidates in HP
The congress under the leadership of former CM Virbhadra Singh is hoping to come back to power again this time. Though the CM candidate has not been announced yet by the congress but speculations are already on for the next CM in the party. The congress party in Himachal has tried its best to give the party tickets to the best possible candiadtes but many of the workers are not happy who were denied the party tickets. Some of them have left the party and are contesting independently. Major Vijay Singh Mankotia's inclusion was surprising but he has raised some hopes for the congress against Sarveen Choudhary of BJP in Shahpur constituency.

Lets wait and watch and see who will form the government in Himachal Pradesh this time. Watch the Live HP results on 20th December and see who wins. Many small parties are also hoping to get some seats and become King Maker. Himachal Lokhit Party has filed candidates in all the assembly seats while Himachal Swabhiman Party is also trying its luck in some seats. Shiv Sena, NCP, BSP and some other aprties have also fielded their candidates in HP Elections 2012.

Below is the list of Congress Candidates for HP Elections 2012 from all the 68 seats in HP from 12 districts.

Congress Candidates in Himachal Elections 2012

SHIMLA
Shimla Urban —–Harish Janartha
Shimla Rural ——-Virbhadra Singh
Jubal Kotkhai —–Rohit Thakur
Theog —–Vidya Stokes
Chaupal———Shubash Manglet
Kasumpti–- Anirudh Singh
Rohru (SC) –Mohan Lal Bragta
Rampur (SC) –Nand Lal
Kinnaur (ST) —– Jagat Singh Negi

KANGRA:
Fatehpur — Sujan Singh Pathania
Shahpur — Vijay Singh Mankotia
Dharamshala —Sudhir Sharma
Sulah —–Jagjeevan Pal
Jawalamukhi – Sanjay Ratan
Baijnath (SC) ——Kishori Lal
Dehra ———-Brig Rajinder Rana
Jaswan-Pragpur –Nikhil Rajour
Nagrota Bhagwan ——G.S. Bali
Jawali —– Neeraj Bharti
Kangra —Surender Kumar
Jaisinghpur (SC) —-Yadwinder Goma
Palampur —— BBL Butail
Nurpur —Ajay Mahajan
Indora (SC) —— Kamal Kishor
CHAMBA:
Dalhausie— Asha Kumari
Bharmaur (ST) —–Thakur Singh Bharmauri
Churah (SC) —Surender Bhardwaj
Chamba —Pawan Nayyar
Bhatiyat —–Kuldeep Singh Pathania
BILASPUR:
Gumarwin —-Rajesh Dharmani
N.Devi —–Thakur Ram Lal
Jhanduta (SC) —-Biru Ram Kishore
Bilaspur—-Bamber Singh
Lahaul Spiti (ST) ——Ravi Thakur
MANDI:
Jogindernagar —— Surinder Pal
Mandi Sadar —- Anil Sharma
Darang —- Kaul Singh Thakur
Dharampur ——- Chander Shekhar
Sarkaghat —- Rangila Ram Rao
Balh (SC) —– Prakash Chaudhary
Nachan (SC) ——T.C. Dogra
Sundernagar ——-Sohan Lal
Karsog (SC) ——–Mansa Ram
Saraj —-Tara Thakur
UNA:
Haroli — Mukesh Agnihotri
Gagret —–Rakesh Kalia
Kutleher —-Ram Des Malangar
Una —-Satpal Raizada
Chintpurni (SC) —–Kuldeep Kumar
SOLAN
Nalagarh — Lakhvinder Rana
Doon ——–Ram Kumar
Solan (SC) ——– Dhani Ram Shandil
Kasauli (SC) —- Vinod Sultanpuri
Arki ———- Sanjay Awasthi
SIRMAUR:
Pachaad (SC) —-Gangu Ram Musafir
Renuka jee (SC) –Vinay Kumar
Shilai—–Harshvardhan
Nahan—Kush Parmar
Ponta Sahib —–Sardar Onkar Singh
KULLU:
Kullu ——Sunder Thakur
Banjaar —–Karan Singh
Manali —–Bhuvneshwar Gaur
Anni (SC) — Khub Ram
HAMIRPUR:
Hamirpur —–Narinder Thakur
Sujanpur —–Anita Verma
Nadaun —–Sukhvinder Sukhu
Barsar —– Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
Bhoranj (SC) — Dr. Ramesh Dogra