Shimla :The Indian railways’ catering and tourism corporation will provide catering services in four newly opened tourist information centres in Himachal Pradesh . The state cabinet which met here Saturday granted approval to sign a MOU between the state tourism department and the Indian railways catering and tourism corporation. The [...]

Shimla: With Oberoi’s having offered to settle the long pending Hotel Wildflower Hall ownership dispute out of court, top government officials are considering the proposal that makes the state owner of the hotel in accordance with an arbitration award handed out in 2005. A board meeting of Mashobra Resorts Ltd, [...]

Shimla : One of India’s oldest and most scenic golf courses at Naldehra on the outskirts of Shimla was the venue on Sunday for the first Chalets Naldehra golf tournament attracting the best golfers from Shimla and across Himachal Pradesh. Much to the relief of the organisers the end of [...]

Dehra Dun : People of Uttarakhand, where the Indian Railways just touches the foot hills ofthe Himalayas, may like the residents of Jammu and Kashmir, soon get the privilege of traveling by train, atleast on the Rishikesh Karanprayag stretch, with the Railways having sanctioned a sum of Rs 8000 crores [...]

Shimla: Prolonged rains have kept hydropower generation plants busy but tourism, has been hit with some saying that occupancy has fallen by as much a fifty percent when compare to a normal year. Member of a business chamber and hotelier Ajit Butail says, “Occupancy has been very low for August [...]

Shimla : Ethopian and Ugandan athletes among 400 other Indian participants have given their nod to take part in the 3 rd Shimla marathon on September 25, organisers said. Besides the 21.1 km half marathon, 6 km runs are also being organised.Men from the Indian army and runners from all [...]

Shimla : The Canadian government has shown interest in investing in Himachal Pradesh’s growing hydo electricity,tourism,food processing and horticulture sectors. This was revealed by a spokesman of the state government after the Candadian high commissioner in India Stewart G Beck met the state chief minister P.K.Dhumal here Monday. The two [...]

Shimla: Kasauli, a cantonment town rich with British legacy, will have a new attraction in Geo Heritage museum, the foundation stone for which will be laid by chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Monday (Sept 12, 2011). The Geo Heritage museum, along with a tourist reception centre and parking space [...]

Shimla : The Shimla Nagrik Sabha, a CPM backed body will protest on Monday against the failure of the civic authorities to check the rising attacks on people by monkeys,langurs and stray dogs in the town. “Monkeys, langurs, stray dogs have been attacking people at many places since long but [...]

Manali:: Actors Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza are every bit loving shooting of the Bollywood tale ‘Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya’ in the serene and green valleys of Manali. On Thursday and Friday, the on screen couple had a busy schedule shooting the love song “main wari java, saan tho [...]