Vanishing tribe: Peanut cone vendors of Shimla
byOnce a lucrative business venture, the peanut cone vendors in Shimla are hard to find these days. Distinguishable by their green coloured tin boxes…
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Hardwar Ardh Kumbh 2016 calender announced
byDehra Dun : There will be 12 auspicious days for bathing in the Ganges during the Ardh Kumbh at Hardwar in 2016. The main…
Uttarakhand 250 school teachers without any students
byDehra Dun : Queer are the ways the Uttarakhand government functions. While from the chief minister downwards, everyone who is anyone has lamented at…
Parking, commercial spaces and Shimla roads
byTottering road infrastructure already having caused chaos in Shimla, the governments’ love-affair with the Private Public Partnerships (PPP) for approving large commercial buildings for…
Delhi Court discharges Bhushan’s Common Cause, asks amicus curiae to look at Virbhadra case
byNew Delhi: Delhi High Court today appointed an amicus curiae to assist it on the “maintainability” of a plea levelling charges of criminal misconduct…
Himachal girl bags POSOCO power system research award
byShimla: It is a great moment for Himachal as one of its young scientists, Dr. Pooja Sharma received the prestigious Power System Research Award…
HIMUDA pitches E-Avedan for processing housing applications online
byShimla: Mandated by law to plan and develop land, and create infrastructure to meet with the housing needs of different income groups, HP Housing…
Clearing Manali – Leh road of snow gets underway
byManali: Border Roads Organization (BRO), mandated with constructing and maintaining vital border roads in the Himalayas, have started snow clearing operations on strategically important…
Vendors, CITU protest for marketing space in Kullu bazaar
byKullu: Demanding marketing space for street vendors, Central Industrial Trade Union (CITU) for the past three days has been holding protests against the Kullu…
Himachal High Court yet to decide 296 decade old cases
byShimla: Saddled with a pile of cases, some of them more than a decade old, in all there were 265,840 cases pending before the…