Round to select Miss Himachal at Mandi
Auditions for Miss Himachal competition were held at Gandhi Bhawan Mandi on Thursday, being organized by Media Vision group. The search for Miss Himachal 2019, which started in the rainy season, will be completed in the winter when grand finale to select Miss Himachal would be organized at Manali during
IIT Mandi researchers developing thermoelectric materials to tap alternative sources of energy
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi researchers are developing thermoelectric materials which can efficiently convert heat into electricity and can be an alternative source of energy. A research team led by Dr. Ajay Soni, Associate Professor (Physics), from the School of Basic Sciences has been working on certain materials
Three die in incessant rain- widespread losses reported
Three persons have died in Kullu district after fury of incessant rain during the past twenty four hours and widespread damages of over Rs 100 crores have been reported in Kullu and Mandi districts. Water level in all major power hydro- project dams i.e. Larji, Pandoh and Koldam has increased
Incessant rain blocks vehicular traffic
The incessant rains during the party 24 hours in several parts of Mandi and Kullu districts have wreaked havoc with flash floods damaging roads leading to disruption in vehicular traffic affecting normal life. The most affected has been Kullu district where about one kilometer long Shiut – Kamtan- Bhatkanda road
Diarrhea spreads in Seraj area
Several villages of Mandi district have been severally affected by the diarrhea as many people are now being shifted to Lal Bahadur Shashtri Medical College , Nerchowk and zonal hospital Mandi during the past few days. Chief Medical officer (CMO) Mandi has sent teams to the affected villages to help
Boundaries dispute between Himachal and Jammu- Kashmir escalates
Himachal Pradesh government has sent a team headed by the Director General of Police (DGP) SR Mardi to Lahaul and Spiti to make on the spot inspection of border areas of the district, after reports of encroachments in the border areas of the district by traders from Jammu and Kashmir.
Memories of Fascination
I have been reading the news of shutting down of the Baljees and the Fascination restaurants on the Mall, Shimla. Curtains have been pulled on both the Fascination and the Baljees after prolonged legal battles and the present owner of the restaurants lost a rental dispute with the owner of
Departure of a gentleman Professor
In the death of Prof. SC Mehrotra, while the country has lost a reputed historian it is also a personal loss to many people like me who studied in the History department of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla during the seventies and eighties. Prof. Mehrotra was picked up by first
Unscrupulous Arhtiyas drain off over hundred crores of apple growers
Apple growers of Shimla, Kullu , Kinnaur and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh, not getting payments for apple sold to arhtiyas in market for several years are up in arms against the state government for not implementing Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act -2005 to regulate the payment process. After
Forty two passengers die in bus accident near Banjar
At least forty two passengers, traveling in a private bus have died and twenty six others injured in a bus accident on Thursday evening near Banjar in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, when a bus in which they were travelling, rolled down a hill about 500 feet and fell into