Author: Gopal Puri

KANGRA/CHAMKAUR SAHIB: In a desperate attempt to seek support of all powers that be for favourable results to 2022 assembly elections, Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjeet Singh Channi, participated in a tantric puja at Baglamukhi temple in Kangra district late last night. The presiding deity of the Baglamukhi temple is known to help overcome enemies. […]

NADDI, HIMACHAL PRADESH: Once a tourists’ paradise, the picturesque Dal Lake near Naddi wallows in neglect today. Silt and weed have turned it into a grazing ground and the lake may soon be lost in oblivion. Worse still, government apathy to revive it is adding to the misery of the locals. Call it inauspicious or unscientific, but locals in Naddi […]

SHIMLA: Pong Lake is one of India’s largest man made reservoirs in Himachal Pradesh. In 1975, a dam was built on the river Beas which led to formation of the huge Maharana Pratap Sagar lake, or Pong lake as it is popularly called. A popular tourist spot of Himachal Pradesh, the reservoir attracts a lot […]

DHARAMSHALA: Based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, this initiative called ‘Dolls4tibet’ is a socially aware doll making workshop that aims to support Tibetan refugee women in India economically and emotionally by manufacturing Tibetan dolls that remind each one of them and their children about their ethnic roots. Dolls4tibet was founded by a German woman Mona Bruchmann, […]

SHIMLA: Buoyed over its recent win in Himachal Pradesh bypolls, the Congress party is leaving no stone unturned to ensure it wrests power from the ruling BJP in 2022 state polls. The New Indian caught up with Congress’ state president Kuldeep Rathore, who seems determined to continue the victory march well into Assembly elections. ALSO […]

SHIMLA: In a major crackdown on illegal trading of ornaments in Himachal Pradesh, the vigilance team on Thursday apprehended a private vehicle belonging to a Punjab-based trader, recovering 36 kgs of silver at Mataur in Kangra district. Following secret information received from undercover sources, the team had set up a check-point at Mataur to nab […]

SHIMLA (HIMACHAL PRADESH): In an exclusive interview with The New Indian, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur opened up on reasons behind BJP’s devastating defeat in the recently held bypolls and why only the hill state hogged the limelight despite the party having lost in several other states like Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Without […]

Shimla: The Congress party in Himachal Pradesh has been brimming with over-confidence ever since the by-election results came in its favour.  The party is leaving no stone unturned to establish majority and wrest power from the BJP in next year’s assembly elections. Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP […]

SHIMLA: Following the devastating defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently held by-elections, Bikram Thakur, a senior cabinet minister in the Jairam Thakur Government, brushed aside rumours that a change in the state leadership is being considered. “We cannot stop rumours from spreading, but we are definitely detailing strategies to rectify causes that […]