Flavours of change in Sikkim (Postcard from Gangtok)
byGangtok/Namchi: On the table, the old and the new vie for attention in the small but fast-changing border state of Sikkim. Tranformation is the…
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Stalled Jakhu ropeway, Himachal excise policy gets cabinet nod
byShimla: Stalled Jakhu ropeway was given the cabinet nod on Saturday as it approved the years excise policy and granted approval to Rs 870.16…
Kerala women celebrate Attukal Pongala
byThiruvananthapuram: Women cutting across social strata celebrated the famed Attukal Pongala festival with devotion and fervour here Tuesday. The women lined up on either…
Heavy snow and thundershowers lash Himachal, roads disrupted
byShimla: Heavy snowfall on the high reaches and thundershowers in the down streamed lashed many part of Himachal Pradesh disrupting road and vehicular traffic as cold…
Oberoi Hotel Wildflower Hall to face CAG audit heat
byShimla: Failing to resolve a decade old dispute over PPP property Hotel Wildflower Hall and the books showing losses that have crossed Rs 100…
Highway neglect gives tourist a bumpy ride to Kullu – Manali
byManali: Tourists for the last many years are having to put up with a rough and bumpy ride into the Kullu-Manali valley as the…
World Bank for bringing Himachal tourism into green growth funding ambit
byShimla: Beyond hydro power development, agriculture, industry and environment, World Bank was open to including tourism under the Green Growth and Sustainable Development program…
Himachal roadways hikes fares for night travel
byShimla: The state government has hiked fares for the long route buses of Himachal Roadways (HRTC) that offer night travel. The fares has been increased…
Himachal CM seeks expansion of railway network
byNew Delhi : Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who called on union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, ahead of finalizing the years railways budget at Delhi,…
A train runs where the Buddha walked
bySarnath: It’s a trip down the Buddha’s lane, into antiquity and serenity. Tracking the Buddha’s path, the Mahaparinirvana Express is for the historian, the…