Shimla: Even as the horticulture department is yet to experiment the efficacy of anti-hail guns in warding off the calamity and saving crops, last weeks’ hailstorms have left behind a trail of damaged fruit crops across many fruit and vegetable growing belts, dashing hopes of many farmers. To assess the losses, revenue minister Gulab Singh [...]

Kumari Selja, union Minister for Tourism, Housing & Urban Poverty, is being welcomed by the locals, during the inaugural function of Himachal Haat at Hotal Destination, at KandaGhat district Solan.

Shimla: From water as the giver of life in Bhoond, to a city growing by burying its older culture in Latent City, to haunting melodies of a love story in Waris Shah- Ishq Daa Waaris, to womanhood overcoming male dominance in Haat and documenting the ages old democratic culture of Malana in Kullu valley, the [...]

Shimla: Scouting for hidden talent and providing a platform for budding models, Chandigarh based group The League here announced holding of Glam Super Model, 2010 contest for the city. “After having held our first show in Chandigarh, we intend to seek out latent talent across cities like Shimla, Mandi, Dharmshala, Ludhiana, Patiala and Kurukshetra,” said [...]

Naldehra – Shimla: Golfers teed off early in the morning to compete for the one day 2nd Carlsberg Golf Tournament at Naldehra, the country’s oldest golf course, to finish the game as the harsh mid-day sun came about. Arjun Sood was declared champion of the tournament with Prithvi Sen was the as the second runner [...]

Chamba : Pangi valley experienced heavy rains during past few days. On 28th May, due to heavy rains heavy boulders and big trees slipped from the hills and damaged the only bridge connecting pangi valley with rest of the world. Now people from three gram panchayat i.e. Luj, Sural and dharwas even could not go [...]

ABSTRACT It is known that the geographical area calculations by the Surveyor General of India are based on the plane table assumptions. In the case of mountainous areas, therefore, this appreciation of the geographical area does not capture the area of the slopes. In this manner, the area estimates ignore the fact that the actual [...]

Shimla: With a strong woman centric theme, Seema Kapoor’s film ‘Haat’ got a standing ovation at the Indian Panorama Film Festival here on Saturday evening. With young talented Divya Datta in the lead and Archana Puran Singh playing as her mother, the award winning film is set in a male dominated Rajasthan countryside. Women from [...]

Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, here today launched the TIN (Taxpayer Identification Number) facility to the dealers registered under HP VAT Act and CST Act in the State. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister said that TIN number would benefit the traders immensely since it would be useful for their tax related issues [...]

Shimla: The Himachal High Court today stayed a notice of the State Pollution Control Board wherein the board had threatened to disconnect the electricity supply to Five Star Hotel Oberoi Wildflower Hall over violation of pollution norms that were allegedly causing water and air pollution. A division bench consisting of Justice RB Mishra and Justice [...]

Shimla: An earthquake of mild intensity hit Himachal Pradesh at 12.55 p.m. today, tremors of which were felt by many both in urban and rural areas. Measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, the quake had its epicenter at 31.2 degree North latitude and 78 degree East longitude, Manmohan Singh, director meteorological station Shimla stated. The [...]

Shimla: Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister said that State Government would make film festival an annual event and added that all cooperation would be provided to the Indian Panorama to organise such festivals in the State. Chief Minister inaugurated a three day long Indian Panorama Film Festival at historic Gaiety theatre by lighting the [...]

Shimla: With the mercury touching 32.4 degree Celsius, Shimla recorded its highest temperature in 170 years of recorded temperature readings today, surpassing an earlier high of 31.7 degree Celsius recorded on 20 May, 2004. “At 32.4 degree Celsius, a departure of 8.3 Celsius from normal, it is the highest temperature ever recorded by Shimla meteorological [...]

Kullu: We’re in the beautiful rural village of Pedcha where the third day of our rural health camp is underway…the primary school here is bustling with activity…kids singing, playing, learning and being informed and attended to by our health team. Through the medium of Kalajata, a traditional street play, the health team is trying to [...]

Shimla:To roll out 3G services, S Tel, the youngest telecom operator which win the bids for Himachal Pradesh along with Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Bihar in the recently concluded open bidding today announced investment plans of Rs 700 for starting the value added service. The company intends to raise Rs 338 crores through a 1:1 [...]

Shimla: Concerned over the stressful lives of Police personals, Shimla based NGO, Ashadeep, today organized a day- long stress management workshop here today at Police Lines, Kaithu. Inaugurating the workshop SSP, R M Sharma lauded the role of Ashadeep in holding such a workshop exclusively for the police personals.He threw light on the stressful conditions [...]

Cabinet Decisions Shimla: Short on funds, the Himachal government has roped in cement companies Ambuja and ACC for construction of sports stadia at Dharamshala and Hamirpur. The state cabinet that met today with chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal approved the memorandum of agreement (MOA) to be signed between the Department of Youth Services and Sports [...]