Declare Kinnaur disaster affected – Tribals
byRekong Peo: Scarred by freak rains and snow in June that also did wreck havoc in neighbouring Uttarakhand, highlanders from tribal Kinnaur have sought…
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Flora terrorism of spreading ‘Congress Grass’ haunts Himachal lands
byManali: Propagating from US to Maharashtra, then many other southern and northern states of India, the invasive and poisonous weed “congress grass” (parthenium) is…
Himachal’s vanishing rivers, damaging original habitats – German study
byShimla: Faulting the myopic Indian practice of project level environmental impact assessment (EIA) for extensive hydropower development in river basins of Himachal Pradesh, a…
Dhumal’s son questions Virbhadra’s farm income rise as union steel minister
byShimla: Booked in a forgery case over a land deal, Mr Arun Dhumal, the younger son of former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal hit out…
Himachal power minister pitches for renewable energy to contain climate change
byShimla: Dipping into states hydropower potential by incentivizing generation through privatization of rivers and streams, at huge environmental cost, power minister Sujan Singh Pathania,…
Shanta Kumar compares Modi to Vivekananda
byDharamsala: Waxing eloquent about the leadership qualities of Narender Modi, senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Shanta Kumar, whose bitter rivalry with the…
Alarm bells for Uttarakhand CM
byDehradun : Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna seems to be spending more time in Delhi placating the Congress top brass, rather than in the…
Tourist surge impacting Manali valley glaciers
byManali: Environmentalists say retreating glaciers and melting snows on high Himalayan peaks could impact millions of people in the Indian subcontinent who rely on rivers…
250 Daredevils hit the road for the 15th Raid de Himalaya
byShimla: More than 250 daredevils are to be out for the next six days on some of the most dangerous roads in the world…
Kedarnath pilgrimage re-opens after June calamity but not without hazards
byDehradun : The first batch of 43 pilgrims who had registered themselves at Guptkashi, left for the Kedarnath shrine which was thrown open to…