Himachal upfront payment policy breaks down – making an exception for Adani Power opens room for others
byShimla: Making an exception for Adani Power and deciding to return over Rs 280 crore of upfront money paid for securing a hydropower project…
Law & Policy
Kullu to impose fines for public littering
byKullu: To contain environmental damage to valley, district administrators have decided to act tough with garbage litterers by imposing a fine on those people…
Priyanka Gandhi Shimla Cottage Case has High Court slam down contempt show cause notices on State Information Commissioners
byShimla: Testing the waters about Right to Information Act implementation jurisdiction, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today issued show cause notices to Bhim Sen,…
India’s dysfunctional legal ecology cannot support capital punishment
byThis is not an article about the religious, moral, retributive or utilitarian basis for opposing the death penalty. This is also not about Yakub…
Himachal court order – sell apples to raise forests
byShimla: For not implementing the law, the Himachal Pradesh government instead of being hauled up and punished has earned a bonanza by being made…
CNG trial bus makes Manali – Rohtang Pass a smooth run
byManali: Stern directives from National Green Tribunal (NGT) having forced state authorities to make a trial run of a CNG bus service between Manali…
Shell shocked Himachal apple farmers face courts, foresters ire – orchards on encroached lands felled
byShimla: Cutting down fruit laden apple trees just before harvest time as the law catches up decades after expansionist apple growers allegedly encroached upon…
Foreign funding licenses of 44 Himachal & 47 Uttrakhand NGO’s cancelled
byHP State Council for Child Welfare, Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar HP Krishi Vishvadidyalaya (Agriculture University, Palampur), Indus Medical Foundation (Indus Hospital), HP Handloom Weavers Apex…
Two foreigners with drugs arrested in Kullu – Manali
byManali: Police here recovered 165 gm of MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) a psychotropic drug popularly known as ecstasy or molly, from two foreign nationals on…
Green tribunal order hits Kullu Manali tourist trade
byManali: A three month waiver for plying of diesel vehicles to Rohtang Pass came as a relief for tour and taxi operators here but…