Mumbai: Relied upon by most visitors from Himachal as a home away from home, in metropolis Mumbai, the Himachal Mitra Mandal Bhawan has not only hiked up rates but the hygiene standards have dropped to make the place unlivable at places. With the city having no Himachal Bhawan, like the [...]

There were at least 136 IAS officers from Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh who had not filed their property returns for the year. A PTI report put the countrywide figure of IAS officers at over 1,000 who had have failed to submit their immovable property returns to the government [...]

Shimla:  Equipped with latest gadgetry and investigative equipments, the Mandi regional forensic science lab (RFSL) would help in speedy investigations of criminal cases, chief minister Virbhadra Singh said. Speaking on the occasion of inaugurating a new lab building of RFSL, today, the chief minister said the facilities available at this [...]

Shimla: Public sector power generating company SJVN was conferred the Vishwakarma social development impact award and its medium sized Rampur project was commended for construction techniques, health, safety and addressing environment concerns. On receiving the award Nand Lal Sharma, director SJVN said that the company had adopted a corporate social [...]

Dehra Dun : Yet another prestigious school of Uttarakhand, though under the control of the ministry of defence, will become 90 years old. The Rashtriya Indian Military College (Royal Indian Military College prior to partition) will be celebrating its Founders’ Day on March 12-13, when it will become 91. Victoria [...]

Dehra Dun : Call it an irony, but nothing seems to amaze when it comes to non-governance in Uttarakhand. A query under the Right to Information has revealed that the much publicized anti-poaching cell of the state forest department exists only on paper and no government directives for setting it [...]

Dehra Dun: It was once a crown in the jewel of Uttar Pradesh, as Uttarakhand has not been formed then. It was known as the Queen of Hills, where luxurious hotels with live bands entertained the lakhs of tourists that came every summer and autumn. Names like Talat Mahmood and [...]

Dehra Dun: In what has spread cheer amongst wild life lovers in Uttarakhand and is being perceived as a move that may finally bring much-needed relief to the wild elephants and feline population in this small hill state, the judiciary has finally taken note of the deaths of the wild [...]

Dehra Dun : The Samajwadi Party, which is in power in the adjoining state of Uttar Pradesh, is keen to make inroads in Uttarakhand in the coming Lok Sabha elections, for which it held the meeting of its state executive at Kotdwara, the stepping platform into the Garhwal hills and [...]