By: NITYIN
Though the whole nation stands shell-shocked after the Mumbai carnage, its after effects too would be no less distressing. The domestic tourism industry has already been pushed to the brink with major western countries issuing travel advisories asking their nationals to avoid traveling to India. And with Christmas and New Year season just around [...]

HimVani
Shimla: A lot has been said about setting cold storages in the state, nothing much seems to have happened on the ground. As per sources in HPMC, about 5602.38 metric tones of apple procured under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) has rotten this year, causing loss worth crores of rupees to the government.
While sources said [...]

In the first part we discussed the over all loss in readership in Himachal Pradesh. Here we take a look at how individual publications (The Top 20 on the readership rank table) have fared.
By: Vividhaditya *
In spite of a loss of one lakh total readership (TR), Amar Ujala still is the most read publication in [...]

HimVani
Manali: The picturesque Solang Nullah Village faced the fate of Malana as it was gutted by fire that broke out on Tuesday afternoon. About 90 per cent houses in the Village were reduced to ashes and the residents have been left in the open to face the harsh winter ahead. The area has already witnessed [...]

Every time Media Research Users Council (MRUC) makes public its Indian Readership Survey (IRS), the media wars hot up across the country, especially in territories where the advertising stakes are high. The war is to catch not only the biggest pie of the advertiser’s budget, but also to catch the readers’ attention. However, another aspect [...]

By: Vani
Names of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Education Minister I.D. Dhiman, DGP G.S. Gill and ASP Shimla Mahinder Singh figure in the complaint filed on Monday with the National Human Rights Commission on the issue of ‘merciless torture’ of the protesting PTA teachers in Himachal. The complaint has been filed by a human rights [...]

By: Lalit K
Shimla: Shimla and nearby hill tops received first snowfall of the season on Wednesday night. Learning about the news today tourists thronged the famous tourist spot Kufri and were seen enjoying the snow. Jakhoo was also touched by mild snowflakes during the night. However, with first rays of sun the snow melted in [...]

HimVani
Kullu: Crisis in the airlines industry may cast its shadow on tourism industry in Himachal Pradesh as Air India has decided to suspend its lone flight to Kullu from November 22, eight months after it was launched. The move has invited immediate reaction from people related with tourism in the valley, who have now urged [...]

HimVani
Shimla: The third National Family Health Survey has some good news for Himachal Pradesh as the state has emerged better than the national average in most of the parameters. The wealth index shows a Himachali to be wealthier than the nation average.
Himachal Pradesh’s 10% households, 1% of urban households and 12% of rural households, are [...]

HimVani
Dharamsala: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association president Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said BCCI has agreed to give the state a one day international match in 2009 under rotational system, and that the association was working hard to meet the ICC standards for an international stadium to host one-dayers. The ICC team would inspect the stadium before [...]