India reduces petrol, diesel prices; Himachal levies tax to raise them
byShimla: Fall in global crude oil prices has forced the union government to reduce Petrol price by Rs 2.43 and diesel by Rs 3.60…
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Medicinal herbs being smuggled in big way in Uttarakhand
byDehradun: The rich diversity of medicinal herbs and plants growing in the wild in the upper and middle reached of Uttarakhand has fallen to…
Uttarakhand CM does not know laws in place
byDehradun: Harish Rawat has been chief minister of Uttarakhand for one year now but he is not aware of the laws that are in…
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…
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…