Chandigarh Sukhna Lake fast dying out
byChandigarh’s famous Sukhna Lake, the most-visited tourist spot in the ‘City Beautiful’, is gasping for breath and attention. Built in 1958, huge areas of…
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Wilderness getaway – Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu
byKullu (Himachal Pradesh): If you are a professional trekker and want to test your nerves in the rugged and inhospitable terrain of the trans-Himalayas,…
Freak summer weather has Kashmir farmers, fruit growers worried
bySrinagar: The unexpected fall in temperatures Saturday followed by rains in the plains and fresh snowfall in the hills is causing serious concern among…
Expanding human habitations pose threat to bio-diversity in Kullu valley
byManali: Unbridled growth in Kullu valley in recent years is increasingly raising environmental concerns as much of the rich bio-diversity faces the onslaught of…
Himachal Pradesh University Students protest scholarship delays
byShimla: Students at Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) are up in arms against the authorities over delays in granting Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) worth about…
Lack of brickbats would have surprised me: Aamir Khan
byNew Delhi: Aamir Khan says he would have been extremely surprised if he didn’t receive brickbats for the issues he highlights on his debut…
A tale of the last natural spring
byShogi: For residents of Shogi, a hamlet tucked away in the hills near Shimla, a natural spring reminds them what havoc ecological degeneration can…
Punjab, Haryana sizzles in heat wave
byChandigarh: Haryana’s Narnaul town sizzled at 47 degrees Celsius Friday as the heat wave over Haryana and Punjab continued unabated. Met officials here said…
Court faults Himachal over Cancer Control Program
byShimla: The HP High Court has hauled up the state government for not fully complying with the National Cancer Control Program because for want…
Punjab University Students Center, a hot-spot even after decades
byChandigarh: It may not be a pilgrimage spot but not one student on the Panjab University (PU) campus here would say that he or…