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Terror on trial

By: Tikender Singh Panwar
Last night I reached home a little early at around 8 pm. My wife, who is a surgeon in a medical college in the town, had a hectic day in the operation theater and reached after me. My daughter Rosa was watching television. To my surprise, instead of her regular ‘Pogo’, ‘CN’, [...]

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Delhi-Kullu flight to resume

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Kullu: Air India has reportedly decided to restart its Delhi-Kullu flight from December 3, but with a modification in the route. Now the plane is scheduled to fly Delhi-Pathankot-Kullu-Pathankot-Delhi twice a week on Wednesday and Friday. Earlier the flight was discontinued as Air India reasoned that there was not enough passenger traffic on the route. [...]

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Domestic tourism goes for a toss following Mumbai carnage

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 [...]

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HPMC lets apples worth crores rot in godown

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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 [...]

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Hindi dailies reign despite overall readership losses in HP; Amar Ujala remains No. 1

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 [...]

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Solang Nullah village gutted

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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 [...]

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As families get cosy, readership runs into cold in Himachal

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 [...]

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PTA teachers’ petition filed with NHRC, Himachal CM named

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 [...]

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Shimla gets first snowfall

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 [...]

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Air India suspends flight to Kullu

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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 [...]

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