
Visit any of the touristy places around Shimla and you come face to face with poor road infrastructure. It’s been ages when the roads in Shimla district were mettaled last. Visiting Naldehra, Kufri, Chail or Narkanda from Shimla is a big bumpy ride and a nightmare for the tourists. One feels cheated coming on a [...]
February 25, 2009 | Posted in
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The budgetary proposals for the tourism sector have been disappointing and a mere lip service in this year budget. No major policy decision has been taken nor any relief given to the tourism service providers in the state in the wake of recession in the country. This is how the Chief Minister’s budget speech outlined [...]
February 16, 2009 | Posted in
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Finally the word is out. BJP is back to the Ram temple issue at Ayodhya. As reported in The Tribune BJP did a major political somersault by reintroducing Ram and Ram Mandir, issues it had distanced itself earlier from, at its national executive meet. Now how can a party act so dumb and stupid? 17 [...]
February 14, 2009 | Posted in
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Placements at IIT Mumbai have been hit because of the recession and holy lord.. can you believe this, IIT Mumbai is looking at the PSUs to bail out it’s placements this year. One may think, I am joking but Economic Times carried a story on this topic on February 9. This is what ET has [...]
February 10, 2009 | Posted in
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