Rishikesh-Karanprayag rail line will prove a boon
byThough there was a lot of politics involved in the proposed 130 kms Rishikesh-Karanprayag railway line, whose foundation stone was laid on Nov 9…
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Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha countdown: If you can’t convince voters – befool them
byDehra Dun : If you cannot convince them, confuse them, is an old saying. Uttarakhand chief minister, B C Khanduri toeing the line has…
Worry signs for BJP and Congress in Himachal
byShimla : In the end the pundits got it wrong . They said the Renuka seat would go to the Congress and the Nalagarh…
Manmohan Singh, the reformer, is back
byThe government’s decision to allow 51 percent foreign investment in multi-brand retail outlets, and cent percent in the single brand ones, may prove to…
Declaring election candidates: Cong, BJP play cat and mouse game in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Though elections to Uttarakhand vidhan sabha, scheduled for February, are just over two months away, both the major political parties, the…
Congress banks on Renuka, BJP pushes for a win in Nalagarh & Renuka
byShimla: Electioneering is peaking for the two seats being contested in the bye-poll in Himachal as both the ruling and opposition party have deployed…
Despite yatra, Advani is no Vajpayee
bySince politicians are generally suspected of hiding their self-serving interest under homilies, it is unlikely that there are many takers for L.K. Advani’s claim…
The life story of India’s most classy editor
byEven before I began reading Vinod Mehta’s memoirs ‘Lucknow Boy’ I was certain the book will be highly readable , and so it was…
Welcome to Himachal’s worst road
byAnd once again for the third year in a row the worst road prize in Himachal Pradesh goes to the Theog-Rohru road. Honestly it…
For Garhwal, 11 years of disappointment — and counting
byDehra Dun : ‘Miaro Garhwal deedo kano bhagyan, doodh ki dhaar deedo doodh ki dhaar’ (roughly translated – how fortunate is my Garhwal dear…