Tourist dead in freak accident
byShimla: Nagesh Kumar (50), a tourist from Andhra Pradesh, was killed in a freak accident while participating in an adventure activity at Mahasu Peak…
Himachal News
CPI(M) to contest Mandi, Shimla seats in 2014 Lok Sabha elections
byShimla: Taking a lead from other major parties the Communist Party of India-Marxist yesterday announced that it would fight two out of four Lok…
Stalled World Bank funded Theog-Hatkoti-Rohru Rs 321 Cr road project retendered
byShimla: Work on the stalled World Bank funded Theog-Hatkoti-Rohru road project is to resume as the Himachal Pradesh government has after fresh tendering, awarded…
British paraglider dead in Dharamshala crash
byDharamsala: British paraglider Richard Samson (45) was found dead on two days ago (19.11.2013) near Thathri village, situated at 8 Kms from Dharamsala. The British…
Prashant Bhushan questions Virbhadra Singh’s income before Delhi High Court
byShimla: Noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan yesterday filed a Public Interest Litigation against Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for indulging in corruption when he was…
The marijuana menace: are we asking the wrong questions?
byI have seen most smokers believe that to be a stoner is to be in a different league, to be a class apart from the ordinary people slaving in the rat race. Great pride is taken in wearing the rasta tricolors, listening to psychedelic trance and associating with and quoting free thinking pot heads like Bob Marley.
Himachal’s hydropower plants shut, power shortage in north
byShimla: Five run-of-the-river mega hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh remained shut today due to high silt level in rivers, triggering a power shortage in northern…
Eco-Man Dispels Darkness Through Solar Lamps
bySolan (HP): He dispels darkness through solar lamps and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). “Eco-man” Gopal Dutt of Solan walks around everyday with a loudspeaker in…
Web enabled Govt 2 Citizen Services Show Results in Himachal
byShimla: Slow roll out of information technology (IT) enabled services in a state with about 90 percent population living in rural areas, mainly in…
Housing census shows improved quality of life in Himachal
byShimla: Improving standards of living in the hill state over the 2011 -2011 decade was reflected in the household census as number of quality…