Shimla: To streamline and make visit of tourists more exceptional and safe, Department of Tourism has proposed to make higher secondary education a minimum requirement to issue tourist guide licenses here. Tourism Department has made the proposal taking in preview the growing incidence of fraud with tourists by tour guides [...]

Shimla: Angered by the muted response of the Indian government towards the incursions made by the Chinese army in Ladhak region, Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad held a protest demonstration at the Himachal Pradesh University campus, earlier today. The protesting youngsters also burnt a Chinese national flag on the occasion. Blaming [...]

Shimla: Making Aadhar Card enrollment easier  for school students here, Himachal Pradesh government has ordered all government schools in the state to take up the responsibility of getting Aadhar Cards made for all students. The state government has ordered schools to ensure that each student’s Aadhar Card is made in the [...]

Dharamsala: For an exiled community, 50 years of foundation of a school was a big occasion that brought together over 700 former students to their Alma mater and the function was presided over by none other than His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the spiritual guiding force for all Tibetans. As chief guest [...]

Shimla:  With an effort to provide more to the tourist itinerary here, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) has planned to organize wildlife tour for tourists in the summer season. For the wildlife tour, HPTDC will arrange drives for tourists inside the Shimla Reserve Forest Sanctuary and Catchment Area in [...]

Islamabad: The attack on Sarabjit Singh could have serious implications for Pakistan-India ties, said a Pakistani daily, adding that the fate of the Indian death row prisoner was caught in the problematic relationship between the two countries. Sarabjit Singh was admitted to a Lahore hospital after a murderous attack on [...]