In A significant move ahead of the upcoming Shimla Municipal Corporation elections, the government on Wednesday cleared the decks for relaxing the ban on new constructions in the town’s green belt.

After facing criticism on the issue of illegal mining in the state, Minister of Industries Kishan Kapoor today claimed that steps taken by him to check the illegal mining had caused loss to the min

The hill state of Himachal Pradesh known for its scenic beauty has emerged as one of the popular destination to foreign tourists, mainly form the US, UK, France and Australia with the state recording the arrival of nearly five lakh tourists from these countries last year.

Since foreigners love adventure tourism, the rugged terrain of Himachal Pradesh offer them a large number of such events like mountaineering, mountain biking, paragliding, vintage car rally, skiing and river-rafting, being organised with active support of the government agencies, state’s director tourism Arun Sharma said.

Despite the slowdown, hill stations of Himachal Pradesh attracted nearly 5 lakh foreign tourists in 2011, an increase of more than 30,000 than the previous year.

Animal rights protection bodies have taken a strong notice of the horrific details of deaths of hundreds of monkeys at the Gopalpur sterilisation centre in Kangra and demanded a judicial probe into

Contrary to expectations, the number of birds visiting Pong Dam wetland, one of the largest manmade wetlands in North India, has declined by about 10 per cent this year.

During a two-day census of the waterfowl species (birds that depend on water bodies for roosting and feeding), 119,500 birds of the 103 species were spotted in the wetland in Kangra district, wildlife officials said on Thursday.

A cultivable mycorrhiza-like fungus discovered by scientists of Amity University may prove to be a boon for vegetable growers of Himachal Pradesh as it has tremendously increased the crop growth an

Palampur: The entire Dhauladhar range and the Chhota and Bara Bhangal areas of the Palampur region experienced the heaviest snowfall of this season in the past 24 hours.

Dharamsala: The recent spell of snow in Kangra district has exposed the disaster preparedness in the area.

Dharamsala: The green cover in the McLeodganj area in Dharamsala is being threatened by illegal dumping of solid waste along the hill slopes.