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 …
Chander Shekhar Sharma | Hamirpur The Mid-Himalayan Watershed Project has caused the Himachal Pradesh gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to shoot upto 9 per cent. The watershed project has been launched in the State by the World Bank. A recently released report on the implementation of Mid-Himalayan development project …
After a spate of deliberations with experts on climate change, Himachal Pradesh has finally outlined a first-of-the-kind research project in the country to study the impact of climate change on the state
Residents of Kachiari village last night caught five Army vehicles and a JCB allegedly being used for illegal mining in the Sukot khud. However, tension prevailed in the area for more than two hours before an amicable settlement was reached. According to Kachiari village pradhan Rajinder Kaur, five Army vehicles …
Dharamsala: As the state has been declared drought hit, the government has decided to give a surcharge tax waiver on agriculture as compensation to farmers. However, according to the data collected by the Revenue Department, the loss due to drought in Kangra district had been Rs 199 crore, including loss …
Scientists are trying to protect a traditional rice variety that is on the verge of extinction in Himachal Pradesh. The red rice is more disease-resistant and hardier than strains cultivated commercially over most of India and can lend that through cross-breeding. Rice grown in Himachal Pradesh. Inset: a preparation of …
Resentment prevailed among polythene bag manufacturers and sellers against the state government for its decision to impose blanket ban on the use of polythene and disposable plastic crockery in the state from August 15. They demanded that the government should save 2.5 lakh people of the state depending on the …
An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude on Richter scale hit Kangra valley this evening. Sources available here told The Tribune that the epicentre of the quake was in the Bharmour area of Chamba district. The quake started at 4.37 pm and its aftershocks were still being felt on the Richter scale …
Kangra: Scorching heat has left people in Kangra valley in trauma and most of the natural water sources have dried up which include the centuries old Gupt Ganga also. The current unprecedented heat wave conditions had never been experienced by the people earlier. Jagdesh Chand (96) said he had never …
Palampur: Kangra valley has been reeling under acute shortage of water these days. Main tourist spots like Palampur and Baijnath are the worst hit. Various schemes in many areas of the district have been
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal has urged the Centre to provide Rs 172.22 crore for funding the Water Supply Schemes (WSS) in drought prone areas of the State. In a letter addressed to Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Minister, CP Joshi, he made special reference …
Dharamsala: Newly elected Kangra BJP MP Rajan Sushant today held a meeting with district officials for the first time. While talking to mediapersons, he said people were facing problems due to stringent forest and wildlife sanctuary laws. Unmindful of the fact that felling in notified forest areas and the wildlife …
Rakesh Lohumi The central empowered committee (CEC) of the SC will visit the state to inspect khair forests to ascertain whether or not the felling practices being adopted were leading to regeneration. The fate of the
The study conducted on 120 rural and urban homemakers in two randomly selected panchayat wards and two municipal council wards of district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh revealed their knowledge regarding indigenous resource management practices. Results showed that knowledge levels vary among rural and urban homemakers which were tested with Z- …
Nurpur: In order to explore possibilities of the Carbon Credit Project (CCP) in Kangra district a World Bank (WB) team visited a number of gram panchayats in Nurpur and Jawali subdivision last evening. The team visited Lagor, Bari-Batran and Banolli gram panchayats in Nurpur subdivision and Seuni gram panchayat in …
The sanitation week concluded here on Tuesday with a special drive for cleaning all wards of the panchayat. Members of the Mahila Mandal of Anoh Gram Panchayat in this subdivision along with panchayat representatives participated in the drive. According to information, Samparpan Association, an NGO playing a key role in …
Palampur: The large-scale sale of tea gardens in Kangra valley has virtually become a big scam. It has posed a threat to the existence of tea industry. The back door sale of tea gardens in connivance with revenue officials is going on unchecked and causing a huge loss to the …
Tribune News Service Dharamsala, February 1 Chief Minister PK Dhumal announced that Rs 500 crore aluminium project would be set up in the industrial area of Kangra district in the near future. It would boost the industrial activities in the area and generate employment avenues for the educated and skilled …
