Medicinal herbs being smuggled in big way in Uttarakhand
byDehradun: The rich diversity of medicinal herbs and plants growing in the wild in the upper and middle reached of Uttarakhand has fallen to…
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Riding the HRTC buses in 1980s
byHurled through a window, heart-first, trailed by age seven legs, you land ‘thud’ on an HRTC bus-seat. You are skilled in seat-battles: say “its…
Uttarakhand CM does not know laws in place
byDehradun: Harish Rawat has been chief minister of Uttarakhand for one year now but he is not aware of the laws that are in…
Scientists hold humans responsible for cloud bursts in Kullu valley
byKullu: Frequent incidents of cloudbursts, especially in the last two weeks, in Kullu district are giving sleepless nights to people living in disaster prone…
Himachal court order – sell apples to raise forests
byShimla: For not implementing the law, the Himachal Pradesh government instead of being hauled up and punished has earned a bonanza by being made…
Himachal court stays felling of apple trees but directs eviction of forest encroachers
byShimla: Diluting its earlier order the Himachal Pradesh High Court yesterday directed the authorities to stop cutting of apple trees planted on alleged encroached…
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Finances 2015-16
bySan Fransisco, California, (USA): This paper attempts to analyse the composition of revenue receipts and revenue expenditure for the two neighbouring western Himalayan States…
Virbhadra Singh Should Resign: BJP
bySHIMLA: The Himachal Bhartiya Janata Party leaders on Friday demanded an immediate resignation from the Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh whom they said is a…
To ease traffic in Uttarakhand capital, axe falls on schools
byDehra Dun : With the district police feeling that schools, which are and were the mainstay of the capital city of Uttarakhand, are the…
31 dead, washed away as tourist bus falls into Parvati River, Kullu
byShimla: A 52 seater private bus of Guru Kripa Roadways registered at Barnala, Punjab (PB 19 3085) met with an accident on the Kullu…