Destruction of Charas
byToday Mandi Police destructed 36.949 KG of charas (cannabis), 44 Gram of Smack and 6.730 KG of Poppy Straw in Police Lines Mandi. Image…
August 30th, 2013
Revenue shortfall, runaway expenditure to double Himachal fiscal deficit
byShimla: For ministers, including the chief minister, MLAs and former MLAs it was party time as they without a voice of dissent on Friday…
Congress government in Himachal goes slow in acting on Chargesheets
byShimla: Being in the governing seat for eight months now, the Congress government here has rather been slow in picking out acts of omission…
Marriages redefined: Sanitary facilities part of contract
byFor thousands of years, marriage was defined as the legal joining together of a man and a woman. No longer. As many of you…
`Single women bureaucrats should be posted near hometown’
byNew Delhi: Single women who are government servants should be given postings closest to their hometown or to places of their choice, a parliamentary committee…
Dinosaur fossils unearthed in China
byBeijing: Chinese archaeologists have found more than 130 dinosaur fossils at a site in China’s Shandong province. The fossils, including bone and egg remains, were…
Arunachal takes step to give jobs to youth
byItanagar: Arunachal Pradesh’s biggest initiative to empower youth with skills and jobs was launched here today by Governor Nirbhay Sharma with the aim of ending…
Pangolin scales seized in Mizoram
byAizawl: An Aizawl resident was arrested and pangolin scales worth around Rs.23 lakh in the international market seized from him, police said here today. “C.K….
Tripura gets ‘Vigyan Gram’ to promote scientific culture
byAgartala: A science village is set to come up in the northeastern state of Tripura to facilitate “edutainment” and to promote, nurture and stimulate a…
Cancer survivor makes it to IIT
byNew Delhi: His resolve is written large on his face. Pankaj Yadav, 18, has made it to the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)-Varanasi, overcoming his…