Himachal and 8 other states sell Rs 77.4 billion of 10 year debt
Shimla: Himachal was one of the nine states that raised a total of Rs 77.4 billions by way of sale of 10 years bonds,…
Chettri, Nirjala make early lead in Hercules Mountain Biking Himachal 2011
Narkanda: Nepalese mountain biker Ajay Pandit Chettri was leading the Hercules MTB Himachal 2011 at end of day 3 as the cyclists lined up…
Rural landless to get land for house construction in Himachal
Shimla: Under fire over land issues, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal declared that the government would provide 2 biswa of land for rural landless…
Himachal Power Transmission Corp secures $350 million ADB funding for upgrading systems
Shimla: Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cleared a $350 million funding proposal for evacuation of hydropower from river valleys and linking it with inter-state…
Scholars debate Indian knowledge systems in scientific context
Shimla: Drawing a comparison between Einstein’s theory of relativity and the Indian knowledge systems, scholars at the start of a two day conference of…
Slowdown hits international cyclist’s participation in MTB Himachal, 2011
Shimla: Mountain biking as an adventure sport fast catching in India, will have a reduced international participation, apparently because of global recession, at the…
Punjab enrols 43 Lakh under UID
Chandigarh: The Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) campaign for the ‘Aadhaar’ national identity card has got over 43 lakh enrolments in Punjab, an…
CPI(M) demands repair of hill roads
Shimla: Communist Party of India (Marxists) has demanded that the government pay attention to city roads as they are in urgent needs of repairs,…
Himachal considering raising minimum labour wages
High Court fumes over slack implementation of labour laws Shimla: Hauling up the state government for not linking minimum wages to price index, the…
US asks China to address Tibetan grievances
Dharamsala: The US has expressed concern over two monks setting themselves afire in Tibet and urged the Chinese government to address the grievances of…