Undervaluing timber causes Rs 29.32 Cr loss to Himachal exchequer
byShimla: Reduced royalty rates levied for highly valued timber extracted by Himachal Forest Corporation caused a financial losses of Rs 29.32 Crore to the…
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Hand painted T-Shirts, a rage for DNA
byWith a motto “We sell art, not fashion”, two young college boys of the Shimla ‘Dixit and Anshul’ (labeled DNA) got together to put…
Future electoral alliances finally ruled out in Kashmir? (Kashmir Newsletter)
bySrinagar, April 13 (IANS) Despite past assertions by its leaders that the regional National Conference (NC) and the Congress would fight the 2014 assembly…
Illegal dumping of debris could mean cut in electricity and water connection
byShimla: Municipal Corporation here has issued notice to cut electricity and water connections of anybody found duping construction debris illegally. According to the notice…
Aadhaar ID, gains and pains
byShimla: Sudden realization about welfare and subsidy schemes to be linked to Aadhaar card has turned up skeptics at registration counters, lately, but a…
Four killed in Kashmir road accident
byJammu, April 12 (IANS) Four people were killed and a dozen others injured, two of them critically, when a minibus rolled down a mountainous…
Shimla hospital to have kidney transplant facilities
byShimla: Patients with kidney problems needing a transplant would not have to seek expensive treatment elsewhere as the state specialty hospital, IGMC Shimla has drawn…
Weather change has fruit growers a worried lot in Himachal
bySudden drop in temperatures has fruit growers in Himachal Pradesh a worried lot for many crops like peach, plum and pear trees are in…
Four Kashmir cops held for extortion
bySrinagar, April 11 (IANS) Four Jammu and Kashmir Police constables were arrested in Srinagar for extorting at gunpoint Rs.50,000 from a resident last week,…
Congress to agitate over power tariff hike in Punjab
byBanga (Punjab): Hit by the announcement of power tariffs being hiked, opposition Congress has lashed out at the Akali BJP government in the state…