By Vikas Sharma
Shimla: It’s raining ambers in Shimla these days with mercury crossing the 30 degree Celsius mark on Saturday creating a new record of sorts. The maximum temperature in Shimla was recorded at 31.3 degrees on Saturday, which was 7 degrees above normal, while the minimum at 21.5 degrees was around 5 degrees above [...]

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Waknaghat: Land acquisition appears to be emerging as a major hurdle for the state government in carrying out developmental projects. After finding it difficult to find appropriate land for the proposed international airport, the HP government’s latest plan to build an ultra-modern township near Wahnaghat has run into rough weather. On Thursday, four panchayats from [...]

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Manali: After incurring the ‘wrath’ of local deities, the Rs 3,500-crore Ski Village project seems to be heading for some fresh trouble from environmentalists. As per Lal Chand Katoch of Jan Jagran and Vikas Sanstha, prominent environmentalists Sunder Lal Bahuguna, known for his resistance against Tehri Dam project, and Medha Patkar, who has spearheaded the [...]

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Shimla: While monsoon rains hit Kerala cost a day earlier than expected on Sunday, Himachal Pradesh has been witnessing showers for the last one week, a complete departure from the normal May weather. While the met department attributes the change in weather to western disturbances, the unexpected rains and hailstorms have caused considerable damage to [...]

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Shimla: Plants and trees that are revered by the Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Jains and Buddhists would now be marketed to attract tourism to Himachal Pradesh. The idea of a spiritual garden in Dhauladhar Nature Park in Gopalpur in Kangra district has been conceived by the Forest Department of the state.
The department hopes to educate the [...]

By: Vividhaditya
Khoj, a voluntary organisation working in Tashi Jong, Himachal Pradesh has been able to raise money for plantation of 100 trees in the area. Money has been promised by volunteers for plantation of another 50 trees.
Speaking to HimVani, Khoj coordinator, Bhakti, said, “We are in the stage of getting the land cleared and are [...]

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हिमालय क्षेत्र में सड़क निर्माण की मांग बढ़ती जा रही है। विकास की लौ को दूर दराज तक पहुचाने की दृष्टि से ही यह मांग जोर पकड़ रही है। विकास के लिए परिवहन एवं संचार के माध्यमों का महत्व सर्वविदित है। पेचीदा अर्थव्यवस्था के दौर में बाह्यविश्व से कटकर आधुनिक विकास की बात [...]

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Shimla: Chail in Shimla district will host the second largest pheasantry in the state. A pheasantry has already been functioning at Sarahan for parent raring of highly endangered western tragopan, but the project has not been much successful.

By: Karam Chand Nanta
Another winter gone by. While it did snow eventually, and loads and loads of it, I’m wondering if this late season snowfall has really helped the farmers and rivers. Because the gestation period for a snow to feed the rivers over the year is from four to six week. The late snow [...]

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Mandi: A large number of farmers on Tuesday held a demonstration at Gohar to protest against execution of Chabiol hydle power project. Coming together under the banner of Himachal Kissan Sabha, the farmers alleged that at lease 10,000 people in 25 panchayats would be affected by the project. They said that agricultural land in the [...]