Four contestants for Miss Tibet 2010 cro... Dharamshala: Four contestants will try their luck for the crown at the annual beauty pageant Miss Tibet this year. Preliminary rounds for the Miss Tibet Beauty Pageant 2010 were staged at Chandigarh on Saturday. Yangchen Metok, 19, from Dharamsala, Rinchen Choden, 25, from Bangalore, Tenzin Namchoe, 22, from...

Cherry prices crash due to bumper crop i... Shimla: A bumper sweet cherry crop this year has gone sour for farmers in Himachal Pradesh. The high yield has pushed prices so low that growers are getting 25 to 35 percent less than what they received last year according to an IANS report. Horticulture department officials say the total cherry production...

Roads blocked due to flash floods in Cha... Chamba: Road connectivity has been hampered in Chamba district due to flash floods in the higher reaches because of melting of glaciers and incessant rains in the past week.  No loss of life has been reported. "Flashfloods due to melting of glaciers and rains in the past two days have destroyed...

Himachal govt to asses damage to apple c... Shimla: Himachal government will prepare a report to asses the damage caused due to recent hailstorms to apple crop and other fruits. Revenue Minister, Gulab Singh Thakur has asked the Financial Commissioner, Revenue to submit the report within 10 days. Thakur said due to the hailstorms in majority of the...