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The city is named after the goddess Shyamala Devi, an incarnation of the Hindu Goddess Kali. |
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One more toy train to Shimla - Times of India  Times of India--CHANDIGARH: Railway authorities here have decided to start another train on the world famous Kalka--Shimla- track from April 30 with a view to accommodate the ever-increasing number of passengers on the waiting list. The toy train, a peren - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:01:16 GMT+00:00 |
| Good Friday weekend drives tourists to Himachal - Mangalorean.com Mangalorean.com---Shimla-/Manali, April 22 (IANS) With fresh snow on the higher reaches and a long weekend owing to Good Friday, Himachal Pradesh is teeming with tourists. More than one lakh tourists, mainly from the plains of north India, are expected to - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:13:56 GMT+00:00 |
| Former owner of Shimla Pinks jailed for smuggling - Birmingham Mail Birmingham Mail--Amrik Pannum, of Moor Pool Avenue, Harborne, previously ran -Shimla- Pinks on Broad Street, but was later declared bankrupt. The award-winning restaurant, which has played host to the likes of football stars Dwight Yorke and Dion Dublin o - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:44:47 GMT+00:00 |
| Irregularities in import of planting material in Himachal Pradesh: CAG - Times of India Times of India---SHIMLA-: Failure of the horticulture department to timely import planting material, including apple, cherry and peach plants not only resulted in a loss of Rs 16.74 lakh but also led to locking up of Rs 2.79 crore in bank accounts for mor - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:02:08 GMT+00:00 |
| Home-made liquor popular in interiors - Times of India Times of India---SHIMLA-: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest/ Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum/ Drink for the devil and drink for the rest/ Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum". Substitute the bottle of rum with a canister of hooch and these - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:00:25 GMT+00:00 |
| Rain, hailstorm hits Shimla's apple belt - Indian Express Indian Express--Useasonal rains, hail and thunderstorm have hit Himachal's fruit belt hard, severely effecting -Shimla's- apple basket of Jubbal-Kotkhai, Rohru, Thanekar, Kumarsein and Chopal. With several parts of the state witnessing snowfall - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:38:59 GMT+00:00 |
| Rains, hailstorm lash HP; damage crops - IBNLive.com IBNLive.com--PTI | 09:04 PM,Apr 19,2011 -Shimla-, Apr 19 (PTI) Rains and hailstorm lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh today as western disturbances over Jammu and Kashmir moved eastwards, causing extensive damage to crops. Many parts of -Shimla-, Ma - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:14:55 GMT+00:00 |
| New solid waste management plant soon - Times of India Times of India---SHIMLA-: To dispose of the waste generated in the queen of hills properly and in a more scientific manner and cater to the burgeoning population of the city, the solid waste processing, treatment and management plant set up at Bharial in - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:58:00 GMT+00:00 |
| Unemployed man tries to offer head to appease god - Deccan Herald Deccan Herald--Deputy Superintendent of Police Paras Ram told IANS that Raj Kumar, 22, of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh reached the Jwalaji temple, some 200 km from state capital -Shimla-, Tuesday. “In the morning Kumar tried to cut off his head in front of - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:47:11 GMT+00:00 |
| Revenue minister hits out at Congress - Times of India Times of India---SHIMLA-: Land being a sensitive issue in the state, the government has hit back at the opposition about raking up the issue of 'Himachal up for sale' by revealing that from 2003-07 the then Congress government had granted permis - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:18:58 GMT+00:00 |
| Agartala * Aizawl * Bangalore * Bhopal * Bhubaneswar * Chandigarh * Chennai (Madras) * Daman * Dehradun * New Delhi * Dispur * Gandhinagar * Gangtok * Hyderabad * Imphal * Itanagar * Jaipur * Jammu (in winter) * Kavaratti * Kohima * Kolkata (Calcutta) * Lucknow * Mumbai (Bombay) * Panaji (Panjim) * Patna * Puducherry (Pondicherry) * Port Blair * Raipur * Ranchi * Shillong * Shimla * Silvassa * Srinagar (in summer) * Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) | |
| Major cities | Shimla (Capital) * Solan * Mandi * Manali | |
| Districts | Bilaspur * Chamba * Hamirpur * Kangra * Kinnaur * Kullu * Lahul and Spiti * Mandi * Sirmaur * Shimla * Solan * Una | |
| Culture | Arts and crafts * Languages (Kangri * Kinnauri * Mandiyali * Pahari) * Music * Traditional dances | |
| Economy | Agriculture * Animal husbandry * Industry * Social services * Transport | |
| Jurisdiction | Chief Ministers * Governors * High Court * Government * Vidhan Sabha | |
| Geography | Lakes * Rivers * Districts * Climate * Protected areas | |
| History | Prehistory and protohistory * Early history * Mughal rule * British rule * Freedom struggle * Kangra-Lambagraon * Punjab Hill States agency * Guge | |
| Education | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry * Green Hills Engineering College * Himachal University * IITT college of Engineering * Indian Institute of Advanced Study * Institute of Engineering and Emerging Technologies * National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur * Jaypee University of Information Technology * Chitkara University * Lawrence School * University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT) | |
| People | Anuj Sharma * Ruskin Bond * Chander Kumar * Dhani Ram Shandil * Narain Chand Parashar * Pratibha Singh * Prem Kumar Dhumal * Rajendra Krishan * Baba Kanshi Ram * Preity Zinta * more | |
| Images | Picture gallery * Image gallery at Wikimedia Commons | |