Heavy snowfall causes huge damage to Himachal apple orchards
byShimla : In what is being described as the heaviest snowfall this time in twenty years in Himachal Pradesh’s apple belt in Shimla district…
Economy
Himachal eyes Rs 3700 Cr annual plan for 2012-13
byShimla: Despite falling power revenues leaving gaps in resource targets, the state planning department hopes to get a nod of the planning commission for…
Food security bill will kill farming – Himachal CM
byShimla: Opposing the Food Security Bill, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today cautioned that there were various aspects about it that would be imposed…
Mufti for boost to Kashmir economy
byJammu: Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Monday sought the early implementation by the central government of the recommendations made by the prime…
Himachal inks $ 350 million ADB loan for upgrading transmission systems
byShimla: The Himachal government on Thursday signed up for a $ 350 million loan with Asian Development Bank (ADB) at Delhi for its clean…
Japan funded flood protection project in Himachal gets Rs 60 Cr more
byShimla: Flood protection project on Swan River in Una district has been enhanced from Rs 160 Cr to Rs 220 Crore and the implementation…
RBI to sell Punjab Governments Rs 350 Cr ten year bonds
byMumbai: Punjab government has announced sale of 10-year State Development Loan (SDL) for an aggregate amount of Rs 350 crore (face value) through yield…
Khanduri says ‘No’ to FDI in retail in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Taking a cue from the nationwide bandh and protests by the business community against FDI in retail and also the fact…
Himachal woollens get good response at ITF
byNew Delhi: Hand-knitted woollen products of Himachal Pradesh were much in demand during the India International Trade Fair (IITF) that concluded here Sunday, an…
High bank interests impact Himachal small savings collection by 14 percent
byShimla: A change in interest scenario, with banks having offered higher interest rates in fixed deposit schemes, small saving in Himachal have dropped by…