Dalhousie: Notwithstanding the fact that the Municipal Council of Dalhousie is yet to collect more than Rs 50 lakh as taxes, including water and sanitation tax, from local residents, a

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 state exchequer.

Shimla: Groundwater resources in some highly stressed areas are being overexploited even after the enactment of the Himachal Pradesh Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act because of the failure of the government to notify such areas.

An International Symposium on Snow and Avalanches (ISSA-2009), jointly organised by the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) and International Glaciological Society (IGS), Cambridge, UK, which will begin from April 6 to 10 at the Siachen Auditorium, SASE complex, about 4 km from here.

Having angered Kullu's gods once, its proposed ski village is turning to religion

THE HIMALAYAN SKI VILLAGE PROJECT
? $300-miliion mountain resort and ski village, over 133 acres in Kulu Valley
? Said to be country's largest FDI-promoted tourism project
? Plans 130 chalets, 485-suite condo, several luxury hotels and other facilities

As many as 380 sites have been identified throughout the state for scientific disposal of muck and construction debris in accordance with the environment protection act.

Shimla: Himachal resident Dr D.S. Rana, chairman of department of nephrology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, has been awarded the Padmashri for his distinguished services in the field of medicine in the country and rural areas of Himachal Pradesh.