Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The Himachal Pradesh government on Monday signed an MoU with Anjana International, an India-based company working in collaboration with Germany, for running the state government
The mandatory registration of cattle will go long way in proper implementation and monitoring of various schemes to boost the animal husbandry sector. The scheme for registration of cattle is being implemented in six districts and so far 11.2 lakh heads of cattle have been registered under the scheme in …
Call it the impact of global warming. Shimla is having warmer days compared to Delhi and the plains of Punjab and Haryana. Just two days after Kufri experienced the best snowfall of the season, Shimla basked under bright sunshine on Wednesday. The town recorded a day temperature of 16 degrees …
Having overcome teething troubles organic farming has finally started making headway in the hill state with more and more farmers securing the mandatory
BY DISTRIBUTING compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to 16.5 lakh households, Himachal Pradesh conserved about 270 million units of energy worth Rs 100 crore in a year. Under the scheme, Atal Bijli Bachat Yojana, named after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a pack of four CFLs were provided each to …
Shimla: With the inspection report of the district administration regarding violations in execution of the 100 MW Tidong-I hydro power project in Kinnaur indicting executors of causing damage to numerous trees and undertaking unscientific road construction, residents of the adjoining villagers are up in arms against the very coming up …
Almost a week after the order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, a high powered committee constituted by the court to look into the reasons of fire at Shimla
Himachal High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to provide landfill site to the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) within four weeks near the location where the new bio-conversion plant was being set up. A Division bench comprising Acting chief Justice Ram Bhawan Misra and Rajeev Sharma observed that this …
The main garbage dump of the city at Darni ka Bagicha went ablaze mysteriously, a day before Chief Minister PK Dhumal was to launch a campaign to remove plastic waste. A column of thick smoke rose from the dump and soon enveloped the city, completely obscuring the skyline. People complained …
Throat swabs of 2 IGMC docs, 2 Solan residents sent for testing Tribune News Service Shimla, December 10 A 32-year-old businessman is the seventh confirmed victim of swine flu in the state. Admitted in a private hospital at Manali, his condition worsened yesterday and he passed away. His blood samples …
The total number of deaths in Himachal due to swine flu has risen to six, forcing health authorities to launch a fresh information and education campaign with active involvement of private practitioners and hoteliers, especially in view of the tourist season. A 56-year-old priest of the nearby Junga area, who …
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 …
Passive solar heating of houses is a clean technology which was made mandatory in the government/semi-government sector in 1994 in the Western Himalaya state of Himachal Pradesh. HP is the first state in India to take such a policy decision for promoting energy efficiency in buildings. A Solar House Action …
Shimla: While asserting that the situation with respect to glacier melt and climate change was not as alarming as being projected by the western world, Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser, Department of Science and Technology, today said India would not be bullied by dictates of the western world in achieving high …
Another case of swine flu has come to the fore here with a 18-year-old local girl testing positive in the HINI tests conducted at the IGMC, Shimla, last evening. The girl has been kept in isolation at the hospital and her family members had been quarantined, according to CMO Dr …
