Move over Himachal's Malana Cream: Odisha's Sheelavathi weed emerges as new favoriteA unique strain of cannabis called Sheelavathi is gaining popularity in India, surpassing the well-known Malana Cream variety. Sheelavathi ...
06 Feb, 2024, 02.47 PM IST
Tunnelling most ecologically sound way for building roads: Himachal CM SukhuSpeaking about the rains that hit the state and the resultant landslides, Sukhu said these are first signs of climate change. "We have neve...
15 Dec, 2023, 07.25 PM IST
How Himachal plans to turn a grass into goldHimachal is considering legalizing cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes. Cannabis has been cultivated illegally in remo...
02 Oct, 2023, 03.01 PM IST
Don't criminalise our traditional recreationThe law criminalised the fruit and flower of cannabis but not the leaves used for making bhang, and its possession and consumption is not i...
28 Oct, 2022, 11.31 PM IST
All the Dope on Marijuana: US House of Representative passes bill to decriminalise use of cannabisCannabis is also used in some religious rituals and festivals such as Holi in which bhang is consumed.
14 Dec, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
2019 will see a repeat of 2014 in Himachal Pradesh: Jai Ram ThakurThakur, a five-time MLA from Seraj, Mandi, is on a mission to bring the state back on the top of tourism charts.
13 Oct, 2018, 11.18 PM IST
Is India losing out on a ready-to-boom cannabis market by not legalising its use?Looks like it’s not just the beverage companies that have an interest in cannabis. The trend now extends to the beauty industry.
06 Oct, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh's north eastern hilly belt fast becoming cannabis capital of IndiaA hilly belt in north east Andhra Pradesh is fast becoming the cannabis capital of India.
02 Sep, 2018, 06.28 AM IST
The inside dope on why a hilly belt in Andhra Pradesh is flying highIn India, narcotics cops set to launch raids but market forces are too strong to stop cannabis cultivation.
26 Aug, 2018, 02.53 AM IST
Ratan Tata, Rajan Anandan back cannabis research firmThe Mumbai-based firm will grow cannabis and study its medicinal properties for use in treatment of epilepsy and breast cancer, as well as ...
21 Dec, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
Jaundice outbreak, Scrub typhus hit Himachal Pradesh hard in 2016Pumping of water from the source was taken over from IPH department and entire control of water supply including pumping and distribution w...
30 Dec, 2016, 12.04 PM IST
Hashish trail leads Delhi cops to international LSD cartelInterrogation revealed that a bigger module, in which foreigners were also involved, had been operating in Himachal Pradesh and the list of...
03 Jan, 2016, 11.55 AM IST
Hemp cultivation: Uttarakhand's plan to hand out licences to grow the plant is a welcome step for farmers' livelihoodResearchers have shown hemp fibre can be an alternative to graphene as a supercapacitor, which stores electrical energy like a battery but ...
20 Dec, 2015, 07.22 AM IST
Prices of drug go higher as urban youngsters take increasingly to hashishHash connoisseurs, on the other hand, prefer to go the extra mile to source hashish grown in the valleys of Himachal and Uttarakhand.
14 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Drug menace: 21.4 per cent of Indians consume alcohol, says RTI replyThe RTI reply also mentions the list of 19 states and Union Territories that are in "major grasp" of alcohol and drugs.
27 Aug, 2015, 11.27 AM IST
- Drug mafia in India switches to high profit hybrid cannabis
A hybrid variety of cannabis, which was found to be used in countries like Mexico, has increasingly become popular among the Indians who gr...
06 Jul, 2008, 01.57 PM IST
- Villages all set to peg the dollar
Villages like Malana are increasingly providing home-stay options to foreign and domestic tourists.
08 May, 2007, 12.00 AM IST