Himachal toughens land use change laws for private universities
byShimla: Releasing land bought for setting up private universities in Himachal Pradesh just got tougher with the state assembly today passing a law increasing…
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Internet Devta driving rain gods out of business
byAccuracy of weatherman’s forecasts having improved immensely, of late, rain Gods (Devta’s) in traditional hill societies are a restless lot for they find it…
Lawrence School Sanawar boys set out to scale Mt Everest
byShimla: To mark the successful assault on Mt Everest, 60 years ago by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, seven high school students from one…
Audiences the best critic: Khushbu
byChennai, March 30 (IANS) Southern actress Khushbu Sundar feels that the fate of a film at the box office is decided by the audiences,…
Arrest of Chairman Hardeep has Himachal government in quandary
byShimla: Haryana police having arrested Hardeep Singh, who is Chairman HP Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board in Himachal, has the government in a…
Holi colours draw foreign tourists to India
byNew Delhi: A penchant for life in technicolour with a dash of herbal colours, crunchy gujias, chilled thandais and soulful ghazals: the heady cocktail…
Work on stalled World Bank funded road project to start in 6 months
byShimla: Work on the stalled construction of Theog-Kotkhai-Jubbal-Hatkoti-Rohru highway would begin within six months, senior government officials let the High Court know in response…
Hazra, Mehta win Himalayan Drive
bySiliguri: Soham Hazra (driver) and Nirav Mehta (navigator) won the JK Tyre Himalayan Drive TSD (Time-Speed-Distance) Rally that concluded here. S.K. Ajgar Ali (M.K. Mohammad…
Forget about flying into a Himachal hill station, this summer
byShimla: Roughing it out on long road journeys may be the only mode for reaching the getaway hill destinations in Himachal, this summer, for…
Govt, opposition put lid on phone tapping debate in Himachal house
byShimla: Troubled Pandora’s box thrown open over illegal phone tapping notwithstanding, the government and opposition conveniently decided to avoid a debate on the issue…