Reliance on Nepalese labor gnaws Himachal apple growers
byShimla: Fruit growers in Himachal Pradesh eagerly wait for a bus from Nepal. For it brings in “sturdy” labourers who make their efforts in farms…
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CITU objects to exploitation of workers
byShimla: The State Secretary of Himachal chapter of Centre of Indian Trade Union Kashmir Thakur has strongly objected to the credentials of a Tibetan…
Gold haul seized from chartered aircraft in Punjab
byChandigarh: Nearly 170 kg of gold and diamond jewellery was seized from a chartered aircraft at Sahnewal airport near Ludhiana by officials of the Punjab…
Manali reports 12 cases of scrub typhus
byManali: Tweleve patients suffering from scrub typhus, a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite found in areas with heavy scrub vegetation,…
Himachal launches food security scheme
byShimla: Holding employment, housing and food as the basic needs of man, chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday by launching the food security scheme…
A hockey national player lost in a kitchen
byShimla: Every ambitious child grows up with a dream to someday be a doctor, engineer, lawyer or teacher. Ashok Kumar Thakur (30), a native of…
Himachal Pradesh University hold mega cultural event
byShimla: Student Central Association of Himachal Pradesh University are to hold a mega cultural event on 27th and 28th September, 2013, in the University Auditorium. Piyush…
Apple of discord has Himachal orchard owners count losses
byShimla: Apple, from being a crop of boom, has turned into one of doom that hapless orchard owners in Himachal have had to live…
Gunshots fired at Uttarakhand ministers dinner party, two injured, accused still at large
byDehradun : Intriguing! Gunshots fired at a dinner party of Uttarakhand agriculture minister Harak Singh Rawat on 17th September night. Two persons were injured,…
Court throws out Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association petition
byShimla: The High Court threw out a HP Cricket Association (HPCA) petition that had challenged a show cause notice served on it by Registrar…