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…
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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…
China should allow UN team into Tibet: Lobsang Sangay
byNew Delhi: China’s “hardline policies” in Tibet have failed and the international community ought to do more to press the country to allow a…
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…
Heavy snowfall likely in Kashmir Feb 5-6
bySrinagar: Kashmir Valley residents have been warned of heavy to very heavy snowfall at many places in the Valley on Feb 5-6 with the local…
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…
Dhauladhar Himani Chamunda temple to be developed as pilgrim center
byDharamshala: Close to the snowline in the Dhauladhar ranges, the Himani Chamunda Devi temple is to be developed as a tourist destination as the…
Kangra to get engineering college – GS Bali
byShimla: The Kangra polytechnic institute is to be upgraded into an engineering college and an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) under Private Public…
55-day Amarnath Yatra to begin June 28
byJammu: The 55-day-long pilgrimage to Amarnath, the holy Himalayan cave shrine of Lord Shiva in south Kashmir, will begin from June 28 this year and…