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Lohri: Celebrate it the Himachal way
Pics and write-up: Saroj Thakur

A plate full of khichri laden with ghee

Lohri day brings to my mind so many memories, each trying [...]

By: Suresh
NIRMAND: Hundreds of people belonging to village Kasoli and Tunan, falling under Nirmand tehsil, forced the Public Works Department to stop work on a road being constructed through these villages. Villagers alleged that the department had carried out surveys in a different area and the road was being built somewhere else to benefit another [...]

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DHARAMSHALA: The tranquility veiling Dharamshala hills has given way to turbulence. As if crying for help, each tree guarding the pristine silence of the place today seems weary of thing to come. The uncertainty in the air is hardly allowing spiritual vibes to settle down on leaves that no longer rustle with the swaying [...]

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CHAMBA: The Draman-Bharmour via Jot road would be converted into a double-lane highway by the World Bank, Kuldip Singh Pathania, Chairman, Himachal Pradesh Finance Commission said here.
According to Pathania, World Bank would be spending over Rs 100 crore on the road, which connects the religious and historical tribal township of Bharmour with the National Highway-20.

By: Usha Bande
A decade or so ago to counter the threat of the divisive forces, a catchy slogan on buses and public places read “from Kashmir to Kanyaumari India is one”. Incidentally, around the same time, V S Naipaul’s India: A Million Mutinies Now (1991) was released, visualising a strong and unified India despite its [...]

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NEW DELHI: The road density in non-tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh crossed 68.80 km per 100 square kilometres during the year 2006, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said here while announcing the Annual Plan for the Year 2007-2008.
After a meeting with Planning Commission Chairman, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Singh informed that Rs 278 crore would be spent [...]

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NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh has registered a robust growth rate of 8.2% at the end of the fourth year of 10th Plan as against the national growth of 7.5%, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said.
Singh said that the per capita income of Himachal Pradesh was registered at Rs 30,140 during the year 2005-2006 as against national [...]

By: DD Sharma

Seabuckthorn in Tino Village of Tod Valley
KYELANG: Ladhak region of Jammu and Kashmir, Lahaul Spiti, parts of Kinnaur and Chamba districts of Himachal Pradesh are together known as the cold deserts of India. Due to extreme temperatures and sparse forest cover, life in these areas is too harsh beyond imagination. Cut off from [...]

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Photo: Lalit Kumar

A local NGO - ‘The Voice’ leading a candlelight march on the Ridge, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh on Monday, January 15 to pay tribute to the children murdered in Nithari (Uttar Pradesh).
Central Bureau of Investigation on the basis of circumstantial evidence, suspects murder of about 40 children of Nithari village, near Noida, a [...]