Himachal women farmers turn cannabis fields into herbal gardens
Shimla: Turning around woman groups in interiors of Mandi district from cultivating cannabis crop to taking up farming of medicinal herbs has not only…
Hail damages apple crop in Jubbal, Rohru valleys
Shimla: Anti hail guns proved ineffective in dismembering threatening cumulonimbus cloud covers and apple orchards across many villages of Jubbal, and Rohru were pounded…
Train station of Kalka-Shimla UNESCO heritage track reduced to ashes
Shimla: A train station on the over century old UNESCO heritage Shimla-Kalka track burnt down in a night inferno after an electric short circuit…
For want of treatment plants, HC warns of stalling new industry in Baddi, Barotiwala
Shimla: The Himachal High Court has warned about stepping in and stopping any fresh industries from being set up in Baddi and Barortiwala, should…
Thunder showers cool temperatures in Himachal
Shimla: A late afternoon thunder shower cooled temperatures that had begun to soar bringing about much relief to tourists, though farmlands at some places…
Himachal, Haryana, Punjab asked to reduce pendency of caste atrocity cases
Shimla: Pendency of atrocity against scheduled cast cases in Himachal, Haryana and Punjab was high, conviction rate was below national average and the state…
Himachal Police bust drug, illegal liquor den
Shimla: Police on Friday nabbed Gulab Singh, a resident of Ghunda village in Kotkhai for illegally possessing large quantity of country and English liquor….
Campus Placements For Entire Himachal Pradesh University’s 2011 IT Batch
Shimla: With companies like Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Satyam, Infosys, Oracle Finance having offered jobs from B Tech graduates, campus placements at the University Institute…
Shimla filmmaker shortlisted for 2011 Dada Phalke Documentary Film award
Shiva’s Abode – Shirikhand Mahadev, a documentary film by a Shimla based filmmaker depicting pilgrims making an annual arduous journey to pay obeisance to…
Lobsang Sangay elected to head Tibetan Government In Exile
Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard educated scholar, defeated his two rivals for being elected to head the Tibetan Government in Exile. Election commissioner of Tibetan…