Trek route from Badrinath to Kedarnath in Uttarakhand to reopen
byDehradun: It is generally believed that in the days of yore, not only the priests of the Kedarnath and Yamnotri shrines, but even the…
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SJVN 2014-15 half year profits jumps 60.9 percent
byShimla: A onetime gain of Rs 571.25 crores for arrears on power sales made during the 2009-14 period have enabled SJVN, the public sector…
Five mountain bikers cycle to Churdhar – the highest peak in Shivalik ranges
byShimla: For Ankush Arya, Gurman Reen, Shiven Sharma, Sanchit Sood and Vicky Brijesh, Shimla’s famous five, it was a dream realized. Cycling all the…
Uttarkashi Mountaineering Institute gives tourism a new dimension in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : By hosting a group of 50 students at Kedarnath, when the portals of the shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva has been…
Online shopping has Shimla physical retailers up in arms
byShimla: Disruptive e-Commerce platforms bringing the merchandize right into your office or home by shopping with a click of mouse on online stores has…
Himachal minister picks holes in Road Transport & Road Safety Bill 2014
byShimla: Himachal Transport minister GS Bali expressed his opposition to removing some important provisions in the Motor Vehicles Act at a discussion of the…
French offer tech, investments to turn Shimla into a smart city
byShimla: Congested and worn off its sheen as a former summer capital of British India, the French have come calling with a business delegation…
SJVN Hands Out Rs 261 Cr Central Government Dividend Payout
byShimla: Having declared the highest ever dividend in ten years of operation, SJVN board members handed over a dividend cheque of Rs 261.48 crore…
SJVN posts Rs 1114.36 Cr profit in 2013-14; declares highest ever dividend
byShimla: On the back of addition of generation capacities after commissioning of 412 MW Rampur Project, public sector power company SJVN announced highest ever…
Uttarakhand Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra piles garbage on alpine pastures
byReports appearing in a vernacular daily painted a grim picture of the sad state in which the Bedini ‘bugyal’ has been left after the yatra. “The fresh grass that appears after the snow melts in the region has been trampled to oblivion and one can see nothing but mud, dirt and garbage where earlier there was a carpet of green. Trenches had been dug round the tents to prevent rain water from seeping into them, and they have neither been filled up nor leveled leaving the entire alpine pasture in a sad shape”, the report reads.