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
Leh – New Delhi bus service resumes after nine months
The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) has resumed its bus service on Leh – News Delhi route after a gap of about nine months. The bus service was flagged of by Sub – Divisional Magistrate Amar Negi at Keylong today (June 20). The bus service covers a distance of 1072
Manali – Leh road opened after eight months
The vehicular traffic on Manali- Leh road was restored on Monday after remaining blocked with heavy snow for nearly eight months. The teams of Border Road Task Force (BRTF) have cleared the road of snow and opened it for vehicular traffic. Four hundred eighty five kilometers long road, passing through
Himachal Rafters participate in World Rafting Championship in Turkey
Himachal Pradesh, which has attained many distinctions in adventure sports, has added another feather to its cap as the Indian rafting team, comprising players from Himachal Pradesh is participating for the first time in World Senior Rafting championship, being held in Tunceli in Turkey from June 8 to 13.