No Takers For Himalayan Wool
byHighly prized by the older generations of hill people, wool from the highlands of Kinnaur and Spiti have few takers at Lavi, the traditional…
Agriculture
World Bank Funded Project To Raise 18000 Hectares Of High Density Apple Orchards In Himachal
byShimla: About 18,200 hectares of high density orchards will be raised on private land in Himachal Pradesh at an outlay of Rs 1,134 crore…
Kangra Tea And The Ailing Tea Gardens
byWhere there is tea there’s hope.” – Sir Arthur Pinero My heart swelled with pride when Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently gifted the American…
Gharats A Vanishing Heritage Of Kullu Valley
byManali: There was a time when a Water Mill locally known as ‘Gharat’ (watermill) was an essential feature of the village landscape of Kullu…
Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare: Mr S.S.Ahluwalia in HP Agriculture University Dharamshala
byMr S.S.Ahluwalia, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs, has asked the farming community to make use of new…
Verka Hikes Milk Price For Himachal By Rs 2 Per Litre
byPrice hike makes milk dearer
Himachal Governor urges farmers to adopt organic farming
byPalampur: Governor Acharya Devvrat urged the farmers to adopt zero budget natural farming so that Himachal Pradesh can emerge as a organic state in near…
Amul Cuts Into Verka Shimla Milk Supply Share
byShimla: Dominance of Verka milk supply in Shimla faces a stiff challenge for Amul, the started supplying fresh milk in the hill township only…
Kullu Manali 4 Lane Highway Hits Land Acquisition Roadblock
byThe important 4 lane road project has hit a wall over the compensation issue as the government is not willing to relent to the farmers demands
Deficient Monsoon Hits Fruit Crops In Kullu Valley
byKullu: A weak monsoon is proving to be a bane of apple and other fruit crops in the valley here as orchard owners and…