Documenting Spiti in winter – Himanshu Khagta
bySpring has broken out in many Himalayan valleys, but Spiti, cut off from the world and under heaps of snow, without electricity for nearly…
Human Interest
Army scale Mt Friendship in Winter
byManali: As a preparatory expedition to scale Mt Everest in the year ahead, an Indian Army Team, fighting extreme winter conditions and sub zero…
Police trace mother of abandoned girl child in Manali
byManali: Police here were able to track down a 19 year old girl as the mother of a new born girl child who two…
Maletha’s kool greens will pass on to GenNext in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Thankfully chief minister Harish Rawat has assured that none of the four stone crushers that had been given the nod (in…
ABHI – A Lonely Battle
byWorking to secure a place in the sun for differently abled children of a lesser God – Action For Barrier Free Handicapped Integration (ABHI),…
This Uttarakhand woman got the better of leopard that attacked her
byDehra Dun : It takes not only guts and courage, but presence of mind to take on a feline head-on and come out victorious….
Upstream municipalities in Uttarakhand polluting Ganga
byDehra Dun: The mood is upbeat in the holy townships of Haridwar and Rishikesh following announcement of the central government that all efforts will…
Himachal Court Grants Relief to Compulsorily Retired Disabled Employee
byFinding merit in a petition of a government school Chowkidhar for disability pension as he was crippled in an accident on duty, just 45 days after being employed, the Himachal Pradesh High Court directed the state arrears from 1993 onwards with 8 percent interest per annum.
GIA to conduct 5-day diamond course in Shimla from June 9
byShimla, May 22: The world’s foremost authority in gemology, Gemological institute of America (GIA) is scheduled to conduct a practical five day education programme…
Wild life wardens nab wayward Langur after he attacks security at CMs residence
byShimla: Faced with an exploding and menacing monkey and langur population in the hill state, it got wild life wardens here in Shimla to…