Shimla: (IANS) The man-animal conflict has turned ugly in Himachal Pradesh. Farmers in several villages have set aside their farm implements and loaded their guns — to shoot down monkeys from Friday as the simians have been destroying their crops and fruits. Under ‘Operation Monkey’,...

Results for quarter 3 (Q3) of Indian Readership Survey (IRS) are out and picture looks gloomy for overall readership in Himachal Pradesh. The situation is almost the same as was published in the previous analysis of the Himachal readership survey in November 2009. Newspaper and magazine readership has seen...

Shimla: In a sheer case of gross negligence and a damn care attitude of the Himachal government officials, precious donated blood was reportedly destroyed at the Rajendra Prasad Medical College at Tanda in Kangra district. Ajay Srivastava, president of ‘Umang Foundation’ which raised the issue...

Shimla: The Kinnauri shawls have received the prestigious Geographical Indications (GI) tag benefitting over 1,000 weavers who are involved in the creation of the shawls will stand to gain the most. “The registration will now check unauthorised production and misuse of its name. Only weavers registered...