News & Views from The Himalayas
The Engineering Physics programme will enhance the cross-functionality and will bridge the gap between pure science and traditional engineering disciplines which so far have been pursued independently.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,…
Manali: With the Lok Sabha 2019 elections over, tourists who gave a miss to hill stations in May have started to make a beeline…
Hazaribagh in the early 1960s. I was ten when I first got to know Dr. Binoy Chatterjee: I don’t know how old he was,…
Manali: Daredevil high altitude road engineers of the army with the Border Roads Organization (BRO) after working for over two months have finally opened…
Manali: Twenty-four year Amardeel Singh, a resident of Mohali, who went paragliding at Solang Valley, 20 kms from here, died in a crash landing…
Manali: The Rohtang pass likely to open by third week of May for vehicular traffic. According to the sources after that it would take…
Dharamshala: The water level of the Pandoh dam on river Beas is increasing due to melting snow on the peaks in the catchment area…
There is a tendency in India for all powerful public figures to allege a “conspiracy” whenever they are charged with any wrong doing. The Chidambarams do so when they are enquired into in the Aircel-Maxis case, the PM when he is accused of irregularities in the Rafael deal, MJ Akbar when he is called out for giving interviews in his underwear, Kamal Nath when his aides are caught with crores of unaccounted lucre. The CJI has just added himself to the list.
Manali: With the National Green Tribunal (NGT) having refused to relax the ban on commercial activities at the Rohtang Pass and its surrounding areas,…