Himachal mulls higher VAT on steel , iron and textiles
byShimla : The Himachal Pradesh government is considering raising of value added tax(VAT)on textiles,iron and steel, making these items expensive soon,sources said. The state…
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Employment survey to show economic slowdown impact in Himachal
byShimla: To study the impact of global slowdown following the 2008 financial crisis, economic and statistics department on Tuesday launched a state wide survey…
Sinking Ridge threatens Shimla town hall , Tibetan market
byShimla : The monsoon has just begun and a section of the Ridge in down town Shimla has started to sink, if the civic…
Tourists continue to throng Shimla , Manali despite rains
byShimla : The tourist rush continues this year in the popular Himachal Pradesh resorts of Shimla and Manali some twenty days after the onset…
Tribal’s lock horns over green nod for hydropower project
byShimla: Forest rights in high altitude tribal district of Kinnaur has become a bone of contention between the state and the natives who are…
Fertility rate in Himachal down to 1.9 percent
byShimla: Against a national population growth rate of 17.64 that of Himachal was recorded at 12.81 in the 2011 census which counted 68.56 lakh…
Himachal Govt for audit of private school accounts
byShimla: To bring about transparency in management of private educational institutions, which includes accounts and increasing of fees, the education department here has circulated…
Jerusalem of the east
byDear readers, my third destination is spiritual, breath taking and truely divine….. This summer one of my elder cousin sister had come to our…
Himachal for promoting jute products to replace polythene
byShimla: Polythene replaced by soft poly propylene bags that are made to pass off as bio-degradable may have frustrated the state governments drive to…
Vodafone Essar launches 3G services Himachal
byShimla: Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular service providers, today made a soft launch of its 3G services in Himachal Pradesh. On the…