Shimla: Three persons died on the spot and one was injured when the vehicle in which they were traveling failed to negotiate a road in Chirgaon region of Rohru on Tuesday and plumed down into the valley.
The injured have been identified as Dijvijay (22), Kulbushan (23) and Tulsi Ram (29). The injured person has been [...]

Shimla: The union government has sanctioned two more national highways for the state, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal disclosed at a public meet at Bilaspur on Tuesday.
Addressing a public meeting at Gwalthai industrial after inaugurating a steel manufacturing plant, the chief minister said that the centre had approved the states proposal of upgrading the Nagrota-Bagwan-Ranital [...]

Shimla: Government own fruit processing company HPMC plans to set up small juice concentrate plants in the growing areas and in a bid to revive its businesses has procured an order for supply of 600 metric tons of apple juice concentrate from Parle group.
Horticulture minister Narinder Bragta, who is the chairman of HPMC said, to [...]

Shimla: The Himachal government plans to hand two project to Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), namely 775 MW Luhri Project on Satluj River and another 40 MW Dhaulasidh Project, in which the state will maintain an equity share, power secretary Ajay Mittal disclosed today.
He said the memorandum of agreements for handing over the two projects [...]

KUMARHATTI: The high frequency of accidents rate on Kalka-Shimla national highway, notwithstanding the Community Health Center (CHC) at Dharampur, 4-km from here was continued to reel under severe staff shortage. The center was the only health center between high accident prone stretch of highway between Jabli to this town that supposed to provide medical aid [...]

Shimla: Rain battered tracks and snow clogged roads would test both man and machine as the 10th Raid-de-Himalaya gets underway with as many as 132 rallyist having put in an entry for the motor race that cuts across 2150 kilometers western Himalayan ranges crossing 11 high passes en-route.
“Only minor changes to the original route have [...]

The Northern Zonal Council meet that was scheduled to be held here on Monday, has been postponed, a government spokesman said.
The meeting was to be chaired by the home minister Shivraj Patil. The last meeting of the council was held on 25th October, 2005.
The issues before the council that were to be discussed at the [...]

Shimla: Striking a balance between developmental needs and environment, the state is poised to gain from becoming a carbon neutral state by checking carbon emission and generating electricity through renewable energy sources.
Long term state polices have refrained for exploiting forest wealth that is pegged at Rs 1.50 lakh crore, said a government spokesman. At the [...]

Municipal corporation workers busy in painting the statue of Indira Gandhi at Shimla on Thursday.
Photo by-Amit Kanwar

 An exhibition of landscapes by veteran artist S.K. Shinde who hails from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh would take place at the modern Art Exhibition Hall of the International Roerich Memorial Trust Museum, Naggar in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. The exhibition would kick off on 28-9-2008 at 4′O clock and would continue till 5th October.
Born on 7th [...]

Inaugurating the two day 3rd Job Fair 2008 organized by CII HP and Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industries Association at Kangra, P.K.Dhumal, the Chief Minister said that he would be raising issues of mutual interest in the Northern States Chief Minister’s Meet scheduled for the 29th of September and a trade centre would be set up at Baddi [...]

The “Hercules Mountain Biking Himachal-2008″ was flagged off today by the Chief Minister P.K.Dhumal as he asked the participants to be the ambassadors of Himachal Tourism and motivate people to encourage tourism and treks in Himachal. The rally, organized in association with “Himalyan Adventure Sports and Tourism Promotion Association” expeditions was flagged off from Hotel [...]

Prabha Rau, the Governor and Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh condoled the death of four tourists who died in a road accident at Dolhunalah,18 kms from Kullu.
The bus- P.B-23 C-6587 was going to Kullu-Manali from Puna and had people for going for an educational tour. As per the latest information, 4 [...]

Hello friends today, I’d like to welcome Mr. Ravi Sadana for his latest release in Himachal called “The Three Verbs of Being”. He claims the most happenings in the book to be true and personally witnessed/experienced and “events cover 35 years but span 2 centuries.”
He says, “We have lost most valuable knowledge of the Vedic, [...]

Shimla: After a gap of six days, the hustle-bustle was seen on the world heritage Kalka-Shimla railway. Today, all the five trains were back on track after the rail traffic remained disrupted due to heavy rain, which damaged the rail tracks at various points, said a senior Railway Official.
The trains had to be suspended due [...]

Shimla: The Himachal government at its single window clearance authority meet on Friday cleared 17 18 project proposals that envisage an investment of Rs 700 3100 crores. 
Chaired by chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, the authority accorded approval to Indorama Industries project that proposes to invest Rs 400 crore in the state.
Other industrial houses whose projects were [...]

 
Shimla: Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, the public sector hydropower generating company on Friday declared a dividend of Rs 244 crore, which is the highest ever the company since its 1500 MW Natpha Jhakri plant went into operation in 2003.
HK Sharma, Chairman-cum-Managing Director handed union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde a cheque of Rs 183 crore as [...]

Visa’s expire, flights cancelled, restless to get
Shimla: Stranded foreign tourists are a restless lot in Tabo, a world heritage site, as they have been living without electricity for over a week, the water supply is polluted and there is hardly any communication links with the outer world as the authorities grapple to restore road connectivity [...]