Saturday 21 November '09
On Day Two of the three-day national conference on forestry solutions, a core group of leading forestry and climate change experts gave final shape to the draft policy paper...Saturday 21 November '09
Stranded in the cold deserts of Lahaul-Spiti district after early snowfall and closure of the Rohtang Pass more than 100 people...Wednesday
18 November '09Waving to the cheering crowd, which swelled enthusiastically outside the Gaiety Theatre to catch a glimpse of WWF wrestler The Great Khali, Daleep Singh Rana walked tall on The Mall and The Ridge on Tuesday, taking Shimla literally by storm.Tuesday
17 November '09The allotment of a hydropower project located in the Chenab basin is mired in controversy with the government deciding to allot the 420 MW Reoli-Dugli project to a company that ranked fourth in the international bidding of the project.Monday
16 November '09Seven private universities already in place, 16 issued letters of intents and six proposals under consideration — all this in just 22 months...Monday
16 November '09Seven private universities already in place, 16 issued letters of intents and six proposals under consideration-all this in just 22 months of the BJP government.Wednesday
11 November '09The ruling BJP on Tuesday wrested the prestigious Rohru seat in the Assembly by-election — after more than three decades — from the Congress...Wednesday
11 November '09Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, who addressed the Himalayan Chief Ministers’ conclave...Monday
9 November '09Having already achieved a 73 per cent literacy rate, Himachal Pradesh is now trying to improve this by ensuring that many of those educated finish at least graduation....Sunday
8 November '09Faced with a threat of closure, India’s oldest college for women has appealed to its illustrious alumni for help...Saturday
7 November '09The political history of Rohru is set to witness a new chapter. For nearly 20 years, Union Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh maintained his hold in the constituency as he ruled the state for five terms, and also when he sat in the Opposition.Friday
6 November '09Two droughts wiping out 50 per cent of the rabi crop, the apple produce reduced to half of its usual quantity, the unusual rise in temperature...Wednesday
4 November '09In the past 27 years that the Congress has held sway in Himachal Pradesh, former chief minister and now Union Minister ...Wednesday
4 November '09When former Finance Minister and present Home Minister P Chidambaram, announced a world-class central university and an IIT for Himachal Pradesh while speaking at a function at Shimla’s Ridge in 2007, excitement among youths in the state was palpable.Tuesday
3 November '09The $300 million Himalayan Ski Village project — proposed by Alfred Ford (great grandson of Henry Ford) which is an “eco-friendly” mountain resort in the Kullu valley — seems to be nearing a dead end.Tuesday
3 November '09A High-power committee set up on the high court’s directions to review the Himalayan Ski Village project in Kullu valley is learnt to have recommended cancellation of the project.Saturday
31 October '09Acknowledging Himalayan states’ demand for special incentives to preserve their forest cover and ecology, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh strongly favoured grant of “green bonus” to such states.Friday
30 October '09The apple season is over and, thankfully, it was a low-crop year. The orchardists, in this dense fruit belt, were thus required to put in only half the effort to carry their produce to the market, as compared to previous years.Tuesday
27 October '09Even as the Himachal government recently reinstated IAS officer Sanjay Gupta, who was facing bribery charges and a disproportionate assets case, on October 12, it now emerges that just a few days before, a review committee set up by the government had recommended to extend his suspension.Monday
26 October '09The Centre’s decision to insist on employment visas for Chinese workers in India has upset the government of Himachal Pradesh where, in the Theog-Rohru apple cultivation...Monday
26 October '09Ahead of the meeting of the chief ministers of Himalayan states on environment in Shimla next week...Sunday
25 October '09The Congress can breathe a sigh of relief after party rebel and veteran Congressman Mathu Ram Bushehari decided to withdraw his nomination in the prestigious Rohru Assembly seat....Friday
23 October '09In light of the High Court judgement that Dutch firm Brakel had employed fraudulent means in the execution of the Jangi Thopan Powari mega-hydel project....Thursday
22 October '09Despite China queering the pitch on Arunachal Pradesh and going on record to oppose the Dalai Lama’s visit to the state....Monday
19 October '09With Union Minister Virbhadra Singh returning to Delhi on Sunday morning after spending the Diwali night in Shimla, Congress candidate for Rohru Manjit Singh now looks up to Pradesh Congress Committee president Kaul Singh Thakur for his company during filing nominations on Monday.
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