Manali taxi operators call off strike after NGT relief
byManali: The Manali taxi operators union after 11 days of strike, yesterday called it off on being given a temporary reprieve by National Green…
Tourism
Green tribunal order hits Kullu Manali tourist trade
byManali: A three month waiver for plying of diesel vehicles to Rohtang Pass came as a relief for tour and taxi operators here but…
Rahul Gandhi’s pilgrimage to Kedarnath
byDehra Dun: It was literally a Godsend for the stake holders on the Char Dhaam Yatra route and how Uttarakhand chief minister pulled it…
Green Tribunal’s ban on diesel driven tourist vehicle to Rohtang Pass has government in a fix
byManali: Pitching the district administration against taxi and tour operators, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had decreed that no diesel operated vehicles for tourist…
Youngesters drive cleanliness campaign at Kullu heritage village
byKullu : Disturbed by the environmental degradation taking place, a concerned youth group from Naggar, the village that famous Russian painter, writer, traveler, peace…
Seasoned trekkers tales of Trails Less Travelled in Himachal Himalayas (Book Review)
bySpanning a 20 year period, accounts of a dozen treks up and down into some of the remotest and most difficult parts of…
Uttarakhand makes efforts to restore confidence of pilgrims
byDehra Dun : With the Uttarakhand government not able to restore the confidence of the pilgrims over the country and other corners of the…
Documenting Spiti in winter – Himanshu Khagta
bySpring has broken out in many Himalayan valleys, but Spiti, cut off from the world and under heaps of snow, without electricity for nearly…
Parwanoo – Shimla 4 lane project gets Union Cabinet Committee nod
byShimla: The Parwanoo – Shimla four lane highway project along with five other highways spread across Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh…
CNG buses for Rohtang not feasible – Himachal CM differs with Green Tribunal
byManali: Differing with the interim orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), chief minister Virbhadra Singh stated forth that while the state government was…