By: Vividhaditya

So was our former transport and tourism minister G S Bali on the wrong side of the law? I’m not sure about that, but he certainly was on the wrong side of media. Himachal is just opening up to outside world and is yet to learn the grimmer tricks of PR and keeping the [...]

By: Vividhaditya

New Delhi: A Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) resident and social activist, Atul Bhardwaj has claimed that police has refused to lodge an FIR on the basis of a recent sting operation of a private news channel.
Bhardwaj told HimVani from Dharamshala that the police was not registering an FIR in the Star News conducted sting operation [...]

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Shimla: Putting up a brave front, Himachal tourism minister GS Bali, resigned from the council of ministers on Saturday night saying that he would demand a judicial enquiry by a sitting judge of the high court into his conduct at his birthday party where it was alleged that call girls too were present.
Bali maintained that [...]

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Dharamsala: After the CD incident putting the Virbhadra Singh led Congress in embarrassment, now a sting operation carried out by a TV channel is set to rock the political establishment in Himachal Pradesh. Star News on Saturday night carried a startling report showing state tourism minister G S Bali in company of some Delhi-based call [...]

By: Satyander S Rana

Kullu: With a bumper apple crop this season, orchard owners in the valley are facing a problem of plenty. Problem, because of the shortage of manpower to transport the apple cartons from the orchards to road-heads. Traditionally, Nepali labourers had been doing the job, but this year there is a severe [...]

By: Subhash Mendhapurkar
The problem with Himachal is that they have caught up in the fancy of e-governance without creating human infrastructure to handle this - too much literacy without education is the reason, I feel.
Let me give you brief of my talk with a Patwari last evening. The Patwari informed me that he got a [...]

By: Vividhaditya
On my journey to Delhi from Shimla on Sunday night (July 22) by the 10:15 PM HRTC Volvo, it was a revelation that not only are there few takers for the e-ticket booking system for HRTC (Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation) but there seems to be no synergy between the booking clerks at the ticket [...]

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Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Tourism Department has finally decided to promote eco-tourism in a big way by providing tented accomodation in areas where tourism infrastructure is not available. While such mobile tourist huts are already being provided at Narkanda, the department now plans to extend the facility to Dharamsala and few more spots in Shimla, besides [...]

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Shimla: Himachal Pradesh got its first ‘interceptor vehicle’ on Tuesday, thus bringing some hope that the number of fatal accidents happening on roads in the state would now come down. The vehicle is equipped with laser-based measurement devices, a computer and breath alcohol analyser to enforce the provisions of Motor Vehicle Act and other road [...]

By: Shikha Patial
Shimla: Radio is no longer a medium of entertainment for rural population alone, but has grown in popularity across metros and even in a number of big and small towns. This medium has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years in the form of FM radio and has brought about [...]