Order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court dated December 21, 2023 regarding mismanagement of the Radhe Krishna Cow Sanctuary in Luthan, Kangra. The Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Kangra is directed to visit the cow sanctuary in question and verify the allegations leveled by the petitioner against the respondents …
Initiating action to save the centuries-old Baijnath Temple from sinking due to illegal mining in its vicinity, the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has sought a detailed report from the state government. The ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Kangra district is built in the Nagara style of architecture …
Talwara (Hoshiarpur): Industrial units in Himachal Pradesh continue to discharge toxic industrial waste into the tributaries of Beas and Sutlej rivers. Samples recently collected by a team of Punjab Pradesh Pollution Control Board (PPCB) from Hoshiarpur prove that contamination of the river waters continues due to discharge of effluents. The …
Stone of degree college at Jaisinghpur laid Dharamsala: The state government will motivate the youth from the state to form cooperative societies for running micro-hydel projects. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said this while addressing a gathering of the co-operative members and public at Haled village in Jaisinghpur subdivision of …
Shimla: Major players in the power sector are in the race for 18 hydroelectric projects with the aggregate generation capacity of 1385.5 MW for which global bids have been invited by the government. Companies eyeing stakes in the booming hydropower sector in the state include like Reliance Power, Essar Energy, …
Livelihood security has been interpreted in different ways by various scholars. While livelihood has been defined as an adequate flow of resources (both cash and kind) to meet the basic needs of the people, access to social institutions relating to kinship, family and neigbourhood, village and gender bias free property …
The journey of honey from bee farms to breakfast tables has become complex with time. From wild honey gatherers, honey supply has passed into the hands of cooperatives of individual beekeepers and then to big companies. The cooperatives could have helped beekeepers demand better prices, but they did not last …
Chandigarh: The Himachal Pradesh government has come out with an Rs 4,668-crore integrated watershed management perspective (IWMP) plan for treatment of 31,12,472 hectare in the state. Highly placed official sources told FE that
Using a field survey, this paper examines the empowerment effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on rural women in Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. It argues that women workers have gained from the scheme primarily because of the paid employment opportunity, and benefits have been realised through …
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has sanctioned Rs 145.72 crore for the construction of carriageways along nearly 89 kilometres of road on two major national highways, mainly in the districts of Kangra and Sirmaur. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said he received a communication on this from …
The Tourism department has bailed out nearly 60 entrepreneurs, who had obtained Essentiality Certificates (ECs) to set-up tourism projects but did not do so despite obtaining land clearances in 1998-99. Last year, the department had opened at least 80 cases
Continuous damage to standing crops due to intrusions by blue bulls (nilgai) in several villages in the Shivalik foothills has forced the state government to relax the norms and allow killing of the animal. The permission will apply only to the areas falling under the forest divisions of Una, Bilaspur, …
These villages co-own the drinking water schemes with IPH dept, decide tariff, bylaws The villages that once struggled to get quality drinking water and always looked towards the government
The state government has banned mining in three major rivers of the state. The rivers include Chaki and Neugal in Kangra district and Seer in Bilaspur district. The minister for IPH Ravinder Ravi gave this information while talking to The Tribune here today. The most significant among the said rivers …
Spreading its wings outside the city, the Delhi Government's industrial infrastructure development body, DSIIDC, will now construct an energy-efficient green building in Himachal Pradesh. The DSIIDC (Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation) has been awarded the contract to construct a new building of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology …
Farmers and horticulturists in the region are likely to frostbite in their income. The sources available here told The Tribune that the frost coupled with unexpectedly low temperatures has dominated the month of December this year. This is likely to cause extensive damage to vegetable and other crops in the …
