Himachal Wine: A New Year gift to Goa
NEW DELHI: Popular Himachal fruit wines like Apple wine, Plum wine and Pear wine will be star attractions for foreign tourists at the New Year eve parties in Goa this year, C R B Lalit, managing director, HPMC (Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Produce Processing and Marketing...
Himachal tea, shawls get GI label
The popular Kangra tea and Kullu shawls are among the 28 Indian products registered with the Geographical Indications (GI) Registry. A Geographical Indications Registry with all India jurisdiction operates in Chennai, as per the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999. Under the...
Himachal deity adopts Gandhigiri against project
Shimla: If the mountain will not come to Mohammad, Mohammad will go to the mountain. In the present day context, the adage seems to be very apt for Maheshwar Devta, a local deity of village Chagaon in district Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The deity has taken...
Fire guts 23 shops, 5 houses in Mandi, Himachal
Mandi: Twenty-three shops and five residential houses were gutted in a devastating fire, which broke out in Chauhata Bazaar in Mandi on Wednesday night. The estimated loss caused to the property was assessed at over Rs. 2.47 crore and no loss to life reported so...
A ‘Run’ for all-season tourism
The Great Himalayan Run, in its second year – hoping to make tourism an all-season affair, will be held on Novemer 12, in Shimla. The run, being organised by the Youth Services and Sports Department in association with the Tourism and Civil Aviation Department will...
Land records of 19,352 villages computerised
Himachal Pradesh has achieved milestones not only in participation of IT Industry but also in application of IT tools in administration and extension of citizen services. The state government has introduced e-governance in almost all the government departments to enhance efficiency and quality of services....
2.82 lakh people still poor in Himachal
About 2.82 lakh people, in 3,242 Graam Panchayats are still living under the poverty line in Himachal Pradesh, according to the BPL (below the poverty line) census. The number is something to cheer about going by the population of the state, which stood at 60,77,900,...
Sirmour to get polytechnic college
Sirmour would soon have a Polytechnic college – likely to be in Nahan, taking the number of polytehnic colleges to seven in the state. This was announced by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh during the inaugural function of the three-day Renukaji Fair, yesterday. The government is...
Taxis to have meters in Himachal
There’s good news for tourists visiting Shimla, who have a harrowing time juggling fares with taxi drivers. The state government has announced to introduce meters for the cabs in the state. Also, the government would be adding 10 more Volvo buses to the HRTC (Himachal...
18 new industrial units to give 3,000 jobs
Eighteen new industrial units with a proposed investment of Rs 581.71 crore have been given clearance by the State Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Committee (SWCMC). The decision was taken at the 24th meeting of SWCMC held here last week, under the Chairmanship of Chief...
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