Annual pilgrimage to Amarnath in Kashmir gets underway
byJammu: With a thick layer of snow still covering the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, the first batch of pilgrims set out from…
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Designer Shah teams with 250 weavers to revive handlooms
byBy Nivedita New Delhi: At a time when traditional handlooms are fading into oblivion due to growing popularity of embroidered saris in fabrics like…
Come, ski down Himachal’s grassy slopes
byManali: You don’t have to wait for the snow to ski in Himachal Pradesh. The turfed slopes of the picturesque Solang Valley in the…
North India is power starved, yet Himachal’s excess goes abegging
byShimla: Despite severe cuts across north India, a staggering 50 percent of the excess power generated by the hill state of Himachal Pradesh goes…
Himachal roadways staff drop planned strike
byShimla: Staff of the state-run Himachal Road Transport Corp (HRTC) Monday called off their proposed two-day strike from Tuesday, an official said here. The…
British heritage of Shimla up for a facelift
byShimla: If all goes well, the historic Town Hall here could be restored to its Gothic glory and people will be able to saunter…
Eight foreign tourists airlifted from landlocked Pin Valley in Himachal
byShimla: Eight marooned foreign tourists in Pin Valley of Spiti were airlifted to safety by state authorities after opening of a land route to…
Himachal Cabinet for compulsory e-declaration of VAT
byShimla: Amending the VAT rules, a cabinet meet here today decided to make e-declarations compulsory as it amended goods entry so as to restrict…
Heading to Himachal hills this week? Think twice
byShimla: If you are planning a retreat this week to Himachal’s cool hills to escape from the sizzling plains – think twice. There is…
World is without borders, says Egyptian globetrotter
byNew Delhi: This 27-year-old Egyptian wants to travel to every country in the world. So far, Ahmed Haggagovic has visited 93 countries, India being…