Shimla: A suspected drug trafficker died after allegedly swallowing heroin in a desperate attempt to evade arrest during a police operation in Solan district on Thursday.According to Baddi police, a checkpoint was set up near the Barotiwala toll barrier Thursday evening following intelligence about a drug consignment being transported from Haryana.The driver of a Haryana-registered…
Shimla: Of the 3,000-hectare target under Phase I of the Himachal Pradesh Subtropical Horticulture, Irrigation and Value Addition (HPSHIVA) project, 2,612 hectares have been developed, with plantation completed on 1,543 hectares, horticulture minister Jagat Singh Negi said on Thursday.The climate-resilient agricultural initiative aims to diversify fruit production away from apples by developing subtropical horticulture across…
NGT has directed the issuance of notice to Kinvan Pvt Ltd Kullu: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to Kinvan Pvt Ltd, the country’s first Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing unit at Plasra in the Nalagarh area of Solan district, on a petition alleging multiple environmental violations.During a recent hearing on the petition,…
