To vote or not to vote? Malana debates as Himachal goes to polls

Tuesday 20 November '07

Fifty-five year old Chande Lal takes a long puff from the cigarette. As the smoke swirls up...

Courting forests and folk music of Himachal

Thursday 28 June '07

This Forest Minister loves folk music. So much so that he takes out time from his busy schedule to sing songs not only for his friends but also for commercial albums.

Battle ski project, replicate Chipko in Manali: Bahuguna

Tuesday 19 June '07

Calling for direct action against the proposed Rs 1,600-crore Himalayan Ski Village Project at Manali, noted environmentalist Sunder Lal Bahuguna today urged the people of the state...

Dam-ned

Sunday 20 May '07

Half a century after the Pong dam was constructed in Himachal Pradesh, the displaced people continue to seek rehabilitation

School for scandal

Sunday 13 May '07

Himachal’s claims of high literacy and quality education may be misleading

Playing safe

Sunday 1 April '07

Duck under your desks,” rings out a command at a classroom in Shimla. The children oblige dutifully.

SAD attanomics may cost Punjab Rs 450 crore

Saturday 3 March '07

If the newly formed SAD-BJP government in Punjab decides to abide by all its promises specially that of subsidised atta-daal...

50 years on, Badal’s looking to five more

Wednesday 14 February '07

Polls 2007, he declares, is crucial for him. And for the Punjab polity.

Big Badal gears up for contest with cousin

Tuesday 6 February '07

Former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s predictions of a ‘sweeping victory’ for the Shiromani Akali Dal...

Bringing to book

Sunday 31 December '06

One of the biggest literacy campaigns in prisons across India changes the look of Amritsar Central Jail

Hill Sense

Sunday 17 December '06

Eris, an Italian architect, finds home in Manali, and, a formula to balance ecology, development and philanthropy

Etched in tombstone

Sunday 26 November '06

They helped the growth of the soil, and the Raj, in the heights of Himachal. Now the state chronicles history by identifying them in cemeteries

Hill March

Sunday 9 July '06

Citizens go to court to stop the plunder of Himachal’s mountains

Common ‘couch’ potato gets protein boost

Friday 7 July '06

Thogh reaching it to your dinner table is still a long way off, scientists at the Central Potato Research Institute here have been celebrating an indigenous GM potato breakthrough which they claim will supplement diets low in lysine.

Package Deal

Sunday 25 June '06

A food company in Punjab ventures into food packaging and community participation