Food-bowl Punjab opposes food security ordinance
byChandigarh: With Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal terming the food security ordinance “anti-farmer” and “half-cooked”, the measure faces opposition from the country’s food granary. Punjab…
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FRI experts to examine Mahabodhi tree for any damage
byDehradun: A team of the Forest Research Institute (FRI) here will be reaching Bodh Gaya to carry out inspection of Mahabodhi tree there and…
Relief material not reaching needy : Uttarakhand speaker
byDehradun: Uttarakhand vidhan sabha speaker, Govind Singh Kunjwal, who is known to do plain speaking even at the cost of embarrassing his party government,…
Freight hike to hit apple growers of Himachal
byShimla: As the apple harvest is expected to be a bounty one this year in Himachal Pradesh, which is one the country’s leading fruit…
Rescuers in Kedarnath run out of supplies, hit by diseases
byDehradun/Lucknow: A team of 74 members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has run out of food and medicines in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath after repeated…
Shimla to have ropeway to tackle heavy traffic
byShimla: To overcome Shimla’s chronic problem of traffic congestion, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to go for a multi-million ropeway project, an official said…
The Uttarkhand Apocalypse: is Himachal next?
byHimachal has been incredibly lucky. Every ingredient of the Uttarkhand disaster, bar one, was (and is still) present in the Himachal context – rampant,…
Bhakra, Pong dams get higher water inflow
byChandigarh: The Bhakra and Pong dams are receiving much higher water inflow this year compared to last year, irrigation officials in Punjab said yesterday. The…
Ministers back Himachal CM on transfers
byShimla: A day after former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal alleged that large-scale transfers of government employees in the past six months has demoralised…
Heavy rains continue in Himachal, rivers in spate
byShimla: The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rains today and all the rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials…