Snowless winter has Himachal apple growers worried
Shimla: Apple country is a worried lot as deficient snowfall threatens to upset crop prospects and orchard owners delay winter farm operations gazing at…
State horticulture highly vulnerable to climate change
Shimla: Coping with climate change, the states horticulture sector remains highly vulnerable to vagaries of weather even after considering investments being made under the…
Economic Affairs Ministry To Finalise ADB’s Rs 360 Cr Himachal Tourism Project
Shimla: Having assessed potential for investments in the states tourism sector, executives of Asian Development Bank after holding a meet with officials on Tuesday…
Land for housing Karmapa monastery in Himachal yet to be settled
Shimla:Efforts to establish a monastery suitable for housing Orgyen Trinley Dorje, claimant for the 17th Karmapa of the Kaygu sect of Tibetan Buddhism presently…
109 Kgs of contraband Charas seized in Chamba
Shimla: In a major haul, police in Chamba on a night patrol nabbed four drug dealers with 109 kilograms of high altitude charas valued…
Inferno reduces house to ashes
Shimla: A devastating inferno consumed the two storyed house of Prem Singh Mehta of Chitrari village in Kotkhai tehsil on Saturday evening. The 12…
Judicial workshop recommends stern measures to contain female feoticide in Himachal
Shimla: Putting their act together, a judicial workshop has recommend stern measures for containing female foeticide by arresting any offender under the PC &…
Transport and Oil Strike, Himachal Pumps run dry, shortages turn critical
Shimla: The five day old transport strike coupled with an oil strike has left petrol pumps dry and shortages have developed in the gas,…
R&R plan for hydro project affected approved
Shimla: The Himachal cabinet on Friday approved a relief and rehabilitation plan for residents likely to be affected by various hydro projects being executed…
Movements of goods hit by transporters strike
Shimla: A prolonged strike by truckers could cause shortages in supplies of food grains, petroleum fuels, milk and other essential items, said Ramesh Dhawala,…