Jukaru Festival in Pangi Valley Opens with Fervent Celebrations
byThe 15-day Jukaru festival has embarked in the snow-bound Pangi valley in Chamba district of the state. During this festival, residents of the valley…
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Dalai Lama cautions against fire breakouts damaging Tibetan heritage
byDharamshala: Expressing solidarity and offering his condolences to those who were affected by the recent fires in Serta Larung Gar monastery, the Lithang monastery and…
Backstabbing, bane of Uttarakhand Chief Ministers
byDehra Dun : Now that it is officially confirmed that the Congress high command has decided to replace Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna and…
Historic Gorton Castle Shimla in flames
byShimla: An overnight inferno has consumed much of the historic Gorton Castle building. Early morning walkers were surprised to see the top two floors…
In Uttarakhand youth sell booze to beat unemployment
byDehra Dun : ‘Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest, Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum; Drink for the devil or drink for the…
Garhwal – My first ascent (Travelogue)
byUttarakhand is rebuilding after last summer’s massive flash floods. Travelers, pilgrims and rest of the country hope that the state will bounce back…
Robbers in Kullu decamp with Lord Raghunath’s crown, ornaments
byKullu: Robbers broke into historic Raghunath Temple, the presiding deity of Kullu valley, two days ago and stole an antique crown and several kilograms…
Potato chips in paper packs launched in no plastic Himachal market
byShimla: Defying conventional packing of eatable snacks in plastic packaging, a Baddi, Himachal Pradesh based unit has come up with eco-friendly, completely bio-degradable paper…
Pong Dam migratory water bird count crosses 100,000 mark
byDharmshala: Ornithologists have estimated that the bird count at Pong Dam Wetlands in Himachal Pradesh have crossed the 100 thousand mark and with more…
Tough Himachal land laws go soft on religious trusts
byWhere the law is out to haul up natives who per force are having to draw a living out of small farms for there are not enough employment opportunities or those who have bypassed the tough land laws by way of benami holdings, neither the courts or the state executive has shown any teeth to act against religious bodies and trusts for the blatant land law violations done.