Eid al-Adha festival celerbrated in Shimla
byShimla: Muslim devotees in Shimla today offered prayers on the auspicious occasion of Eid al-Adha. The Festival of Sacrifice, as it is known, is…
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Three trekkers killed in landslide near Shetidhar Peak, Manali
byManali, Oct 13: Three trekkers, including one British national, were reported dead in landslide hit area below Shetidhar peak, about 35km from here. A group of…
Flora terrorism of spreading ‘Congress Grass’ haunts Himachal lands
byManali: Propagating from US to Maharashtra, then many other southern and northern states of India, the invasive and poisonous weed “congress grass” (parthenium) is…
Himachal’s vanishing rivers, damaging original habitats – German study
byShimla: Faulting the myopic Indian practice of project level environmental impact assessment (EIA) for extensive hydropower development in river basins of Himachal Pradesh, a…
Dhumal’s son questions Virbhadra’s farm income rise as union steel minister
byShimla: Booked in a forgery case over a land deal, Mr Arun Dhumal, the younger son of former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal hit out…
Himachal power minister pitches for renewable energy to contain climate change
byShimla: Dipping into states hydropower potential by incentivizing generation through privatization of rivers and streams, at huge environmental cost, power minister Sujan Singh Pathania,…
Himachal goes soft on UP to settle power bill dues
byShimla: Finding it hard to recover power arrears from Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) even after having won a case in the Supreme Court,…
Tourist surge impacting Manali valley glaciers
byManali: Environmentalists say retreating glaciers and melting snows on high Himalayan peaks could impact millions of people in the Indian subcontinent who rely on rivers…
250 Daredevils hit the road for the 15th Raid de Himalaya
byShimla: More than 250 daredevils are to be out for the next six days on some of the most dangerous roads in the world…
Himachal vigilance book Anurag Thakur, brother in forgery case
byShimla: State vigilance and anti-corruption bureau at Dharamshala today booked Anurag Thakur and his brother Arun Thakur, sons of former chief minister Prem Kumar…