International documentary film festival kicks off in Shimla
Shimlaites have a rare chance to watch quality and award winning serious documentary,short and animation films as the first Shimla international film festival for…
Himachal’s only rock salt mine closed
Shimla: North India’s only rock salt mines located in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district have been shut down due to certain lapses by the Hindustan…
CII Asks Himachal To Fix Infrastructure
Shimla: With industrial growth facing constraints, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) asked the Himachal Pradesh government to give priority to infrastructure so as to…
Himachal Gives Clean Chit To Karmapa Lama
Some two weeks after unacounted money to the tune of Rs 9 crore including foreign currency was discovered at the Karmapa lama’s monastery in…
German firm bags Himachal road consultancy project
Shimla: Bernard Ingenieure,a German company has beaten a US and an Austrian company to get the consultancy contract for designing and preparing a detailed…
New year hoolingans set to vandalise Himachal again !
Year after year on new year’s eve, hooligans in the guise of new year revellers overrun Himachal Pradesh’s hill stations,and Shimla is the hardest…
Himachal launches ambitious free ambulance service
Himachal Pradesh today became the tenth state in the country to start emergency response system by launching free ambulance service in the hill state….
The punjabisation of Himachal
‘Karva Chauth’ is a nice little colourful festival. But pause for a moment and consider if it is really a part of the culture…
Himachal roads are a nightmare!
You have to have nerves of steel to drive on the roads of Himachal Pradesh this year as you encounter deep ruts, potholes, mudslides,…
Shimla will no more be a moveable feast
Shimla: Almost every day, for almost a decade now, I have seen the twilight zone unfold through the giant windows of the Barista coffee…