All 7 persons rescued from Himachal avalanche hit village
byShimla: A community led rescue operation dug out two families whose houses had collapsed due to an avalanche in a high altitude Kinnaur village,…
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Himachal roadways hikes fares for night travel
byShimla: The state government has hiked fares for the long route buses of Himachal Roadways (HRTC) that offer night travel. The fares has been increased…
Heavy snow pounds tribal Himachal; residents asked to stay indoors
byShimla: Much of the high altitude tribal belt along the India-China border was pounded with a heavy snowfall over the last 24 hours, forcing…
Malana – an archaic democracy defying modernity
byMalana is perhaps one of the oldest forms of self government still around that is structured around Jamlu Devta (village deity) as the supreme…
Himachal CM seeks expansion of railway network
byNew Delhi : Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who called on union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, ahead of finalizing the years railways budget at Delhi,…
Virbhadra seeks Rs 7565 Cr special assistance for Himachal
byNew Delhi: Seeking parity with other special category states for funding of centrally sponsored schemes and to tide over the states high salary bill…
Why are Tibetans setting themselves afire?
byDharamsala (IANS) Why are Tibetans setting themselves afire in China? Protests against repression or a desperate attempt, as China holds, to get global attention to…
Virbhadra harps on revival of industrial package for Himachal
byShimla: Denied the full term of 10 years of an industrial package that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had announced for Himachal and…
Migratory 123,000 waterfowl winter at Pong Dam wetland
bySpecies of migratory birds wintering in Pong Wetland, a Ramsar Site, is growing by the year with ornithologists sighting new species at the annual…
Heli-skiing 2013 season gets underway in Himachal
byManali: Exotic sport of heli-skiing in Kullu-Manali valley takes off on Saturday morning (2nd Feb, 2013) even as foreign tourists booked for a week…