शिमला जिले के गांव पवॉबो का निवासी राम सरण आज अपने आप को सबसे अधिक खुशकिस्मत समझता है, क्योंकि हर माह आने वाले उसके बिजली के बिल में करीब ७० फीसदी की कमी आई है और वह इस बात से बहुत प्रसन्न है। इसका श्रेय पूर्ण रूप से उसके नव निर्मित मकान में स्थापित सौर [...]

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Kasauli: People having their houses within the Kasauil sanctuary area have been caught unaware by yet another wildlife law. Recently, the Kasauli range officer issues a notice to heads of all panchayat not to allow even repair work in houses falling within the sanctuary without permission from the department.
About 10,000 people living in dozen-odd panchayats [...]

By: Vyjayanti
The nation is busy framing rights for every man, sane or insane, and animals no matter how mighty and frightening they are. The nation regards them as gift of God to every Indian.
On the contrary to the rules and regulations, the Himachal authorities just seem to be anti wild life. They not only, recently [...]

By: Manish Verma
Empowering Nation or Impoverishing Itself
Once, Roti, Kapada and Makaan were supposed to be the basic necessities of human beings. Today, it won’t be an understatement, if we added Bijlee to this list. Things like clean drinking water, radio, TV, light at night, telephones, etc., which are often taken for granted in everyday life [...]

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Shimla: Hearing a PIL filed by Ganga Sangarsh Samit, a peoples’ action group, Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday put to hold work on Alian-Duhangan hydel project coming up in Prini village near Manali. Chief Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta and Justice Rajiv Sharma issued notices to Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills, the company executing the [...]

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Shimla: The industry department in Himachal Pradesh has started conducting initial surveys for exploring the possibilities of setting up a cement plant in Sunni area of Shimla district. Sources in the department revealed that a multinational company has shown interest in starting a cement plant here and has even submitted and application to the government.
It [...]

By: Bhakti
Invitation for a Poster Exhibition on Global Warming
Dear Friends, 
The increase in greenhouse gases is attributed mostly to human activities. Consumption of fossil energy is driving this trend, accounting for about three quarters of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions. Land disturbance and other sources – burning, loss, and degradation of forests, rangeland and soils – accounts [...]

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Forest Department is working out a multi-pronged strategy to control monkey population in the state. Overruling protest expressed by some Hindu hardliner organisations, the department will go ahead with sterilization and scientific culling of monkeys. On the other hand, the department has also prepared an ambitious project to plant at least [...]

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New Delhi: The Union ministry of forest and environment has suggested demolition of the hotel building coming up in McLeodganj at the place where a bus stand was to be built. This was conveyed to the Central Empower Committee by the ministry through a report on Tuesday, in which it mentioned that the land was [...]

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Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Government has asked to Union Defense Ministry to raise two more battalions of Eco-Task Force for Rave and Bees catchments areas with a view to preserve the flora and fauna of the state. The state has already raised 133 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Dora Ecological Force for the Stale basin on March, [...]