Over 27,000 bar headed geese winter in Pong Dam backwaters
byPong Dam (Himachal Pradesh): Over 27,000 bar-headed geese, the world’s highest-altitude migrant bird species, are “holidaying” in Himachal Pradesh’s Pong Dam wetlands along with around…
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Virbhadra resigns as Himachal congress chief
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has resigned as president of the Congress’s state unit, a party leader said here. Party general secretary and…
Himachal High Court condemns charas dealer to 15 years in jail
byShimla: Overturning a trail court acquittal in a case where narcotic police had made a catch of 13 Kgs of charas in 2001, the…
Himachal resorts chock-a-block with revellers
byShimla/Manali: The December chill has failed to freeze the thrill in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, where hotels were chock-a-block with revellers for the New…
Sunny but chilly weather in Himachal
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh saw a sunny Sunday morning but temperatures remained below the freezing point in many places. The Met Office here said such conditions…
A Christmas at Kotgarh
byKotgarh (Shimla Hills): The British are said to have set foot in Kot-guru (as it was known then) the first time around 1813. A small…
No fog, no snow; sunshine on offer for New Year eve in Himachal
byShimla: Don’t let the weather fog your New Year celebrations. Catch the sun, which is giving northern India’s plains a miss these days, in the…
Himachal High Court strikes at pricing policy of life saving drugs
byShimla: Astounded with the prevailing prices of essential drugs, including life saving ones, the Himachal High Court in a public interest litigation took the…
Shake up in Himachal bureaucracy
byShimla: Prior to even portfolios being allocated to minister, a small but critical bureaucratic shake up of 7 IAS officers has been notified to…
Himachal seeks help for tapping water infrastructure
byNew Delhi: Himachal Pradesh today sought liberal financial assistance from the central government for developing water resource infrastructure in the state. Speaking at the National…