Category: News
Return of Dalrymple : story of colonial Britain’s most humiliating defeat : Review
William Dalrymple is a unique writer for he has written the history of the sub-continent like nobody else . This Scot who has made India his home for almost thirty […]
New look vintage rail car back on Kalka-Shimla track
After a gap of half a year the rare single bogey vintage rail car is back on the winding Kalka-Shimla railway mountain track which is also a UNESCO world heritage […]
Free bus travel for Himachal govt school kids
Shimla : All students of government schools and other institutions in Himachal Pradesh have been provided free travel facility in state roadways buses to and from their educational institutions This […]
Dalit girl murder accused Himachal MLA takes oath
Shimla : Accused of brutally murdering a dalit woman and recently elected Congress legislator Ram Kumar Chaudhary on Thursday took oath as MLA here in the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly […]
Himachal avalanche kills 35 Yaks in Kinnaur
Shimla : An avalanche struck tribal Kinnaur’s Sangla valley killing 35 yaks in snow bound Himachal Pradesh . The yaks were domesticated and owned by locals from nearby villages . […]
Probe into sudden Shimla housing maps nod
Shimla : The newly elected Congress government in Himachal Pradesh has ordered an inquiry into the alleged clearance of almost 100 housing maps many in the heritage zone area where […]
Shimla’s snowman maker : Tibetan refugee
Shimla : Every year when it snows heavy in Shimla perhaps the biggest snowman in town is almost always built by a Tibetan Buddhist refugee who runs a popular Tibetan […]
Shimla snow roads , thank god no mud this time
Shimla : Unlike last year this winter civic officials and other wings of the Himachal Pradesh government have luckily not scattered mud so far on the roads and streets after […]
Himachal heavy snowfall excites tourists
Shimla : Popular resort towns of Himachal Pradesh have been experiencing snowfall for the second day Friday with the hotel industry and travel agents reporting a spate of bookings by […]
SJVN inks Buxur thermal plant deal with Bihar
Himachal Pradesh based hydro power PSU Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam(SJVN) on Thursday signed an agreement with the Bihar government to build the Buxur thermal power project in Chausa. “The project […]