Tuesday 3 November '09
A 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 '09
Acknowledging 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.Saturday
17 October '09Union Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh, a former Himachal chief minister, has suffered a severe blow to his plans to get a ticket for his wife Pratibha Singh in Rohru....Thursday
15 October '09With an aim to have paper-less offices, Himachal Pradesh is drawing up an ambitious plan to adopt the e-governance model of Gujarat.Thursday
15 October '09The Bharatiya Janata Party denied ticket to sitting Kangra MP Dr Ranjan Sushant’s wife for the ensuing byelections in two Assembly constituencies.Tuesday
13 October '09AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi will on Tuesday take up his first-ever “Himachal Pradesh Mission”. Interactions with the student community and one-to-one sessions with PCC officer-bearers will mark his visit....Tuesday
13 October '09Overruling unanimous recommendation of state’s Chief Secretary Asha Swroop and two additional Chief Secretaries....Tuesday
13 October '09Overruling the recommendations of Himachal Chief Secretary Asha Swaroop and two additional chief secretaries, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has ordered the reinstatement of suspended IAS officer Sanjay Gupta.Saturday
10 October '09Ahead of his plans to get Pratibha Singh, his wife and former Lok Sabha member, fielded as party candidate from Rohru, the Assembly constituency he represented for 17 years, Union minister Virbhadra Singh is faced with two counter claims.Tuesday
6 October '09Kirit Shah, who runs a multi-million dollar company in Thailand, travelled to Shimla for his alma mater Bishop Cotton School’s sesquicentennial celebrations in his private plane, 37 years after he had left.Tuesday
6 October '09Day Three of the sesquicentennial celebrations at Bishop Cotton School saw a goodwill cricket match between the Cottonians and Aitchison College Lahore which the former won by a good eight wickets.Friday
2 October '09Jute and cotton bags are back in demand as Himachal Pradesh gets ready to say goodbye to non-biodegrable polythene bags on Friday.Thursday
1 October '09Checking infiltration from across the border and eliminating militants in the Kashmir valley will top the agenda of Lt General B S Jaswal...Monday
28 September '09The Himachal Pradesh High Court has snubbed the Shimla Municipal Corporation for showing reluctance to handle the city’s stray dog problem....Monday
28 September '09To mark the World Tourism Day, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal unveiled two schemes called Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai and Shimla Ki Kahani Itihas Ki Jubani here on Sunday....Friday
25 September '09With all its diverse bio-resource waiting to lend an edge to development technologies, Himachal Pradesh is ready with a proposal to establish a Rs 200-crore biotechnology park near Nalagarh, in Solan district.Friday
25 September '09In a year characterised by the aftershocks of economic slow down hitting almost every sector, apple orchard owners in Himachal Pradesh still have reason to smile.
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