Scientists hold humans responsible for cloud bursts in Kullu valley
byKullu: Frequent incidents of cloudbursts, especially in the last two weeks, in Kullu district are giving sleepless nights to people living in disaster prone…
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Himachal court order – sell apples to raise forests
byShimla: For not implementing the law, the Himachal Pradesh government instead of being hauled up and punished has earned a bonanza by being made…
Himachal court stays felling of apple trees but directs eviction of forest encroachers
byShimla: Diluting its earlier order the Himachal Pradesh High Court yesterday directed the authorities to stop cutting of apple trees planted on alleged encroached…
The Parliamentary Logjam
byMuch has been said and written about the logjam and functioning of the Indian parliament. There are views and counterviews with both sides trying…
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Finances 2015-16
bySan Fransisco, California, (USA): This paper attempts to analyse the composition of revenue receipts and revenue expenditure for the two neighbouring western Himalayan States…
To ease traffic in Uttarakhand capital, axe falls on schools
byDehra Dun : With the district police feeling that schools, which are and were the mainstay of the capital city of Uttarakhand, are the…
31 dead, washed away as tourist bus falls into Parvati River, Kullu
byShimla: A 52 seater private bus of Guru Kripa Roadways registered at Barnala, Punjab (PB 19 3085) met with an accident on the Kullu…
Uttarakhand CM, Doon Mayor lock horns over garbage
byDehra Dun : Even as choked drains overflow and the rains only add to the misery of the commuters with the water gathered on…
Doon traffic snarls becoming a nightmare
byDehra Dun : Not very many years back till the late 80s to be more precise tongas (horse driven carts) were used by the…
Has BJP’s clean government claim begun to unravel?
byIf one were to give an honest definition of a political party, it would definitely be termed as a pack of wolves. Every individual…