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…
Environment
Spring snows, rain cause havoc – Kullu valley puts losses at over Rs 30 crore
byKullu: Unusual spring snows and torrential rains have caused immense losses to crops and property across the hilly regions of the state, with the…
Parwanoo – Shimla four laning – Highway to disaster
byShimla has received its first piece of bad news for the year. The report on Hill Post dated 5th March 2015 that the Government…
Garbage turns into a revenue stream for Kullu municipality
byKullu: From paying from civic funds to gather garbage in the township, the collection scheme is turning into a revenue source for the municipal…
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…
In Uttarakhand – mining mafia has its say
byDehra Dun : The mineral wealth of Uttarakhand was being literally looted by the politician-babudom-mafia nexus in the systematic plunder and loot of the…
Centre likely to give nod to small hydro projects in hill states
byDehra Dun : The Uttarakhand government in collaboration with IIT Roorkee, recently held a three-day workshop on the advantages of hydel power and to…
Uttarakhand pushes for hydel power generation
byDehra Dun : Concerned that the ambitious plans for making Uttarakhand a power state had neither taken off and could fall flat following the…
Two nabbed in Himachal with 4 leopard skins
byShimla: Two persons were arrested today at Bilaspur under Wildlife Protection Act for possessing 4 leopard skins, senior police officers here disclosed. Karan…
SJVN – drawing wind energy
byFast growing to be a composite power player, SJVN – the Mini Ratna public sector power company, has spread out to arrest alternate sources…