Gurgaon: To curb illegal construction in the restricted area within 900 metres of the ammunition depot here, the district administration Wednesday decided to erect pillars outside the boundary line, an official spokesperson said. Authorities of the district administration and the Indian Air Force (IAF) had a meeting at Air Force [...]

Chandigarh: A Haryana Police officer, posted in the security wing of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, was sacked today, a day after he was arrested taking a bribe of Rs.1 lakh. Jagdish Ram of 1st Battalion of Haryana Armed Police, Ambala, has been dismissed under article 311(2)(b) of the constitution, a [...]

Rohtak: Scores of followers of controversial godman Rampal were today moved out of the Satlok Ashram at Karontha village near this Haryana town by the district administration to maintain law and order in the area. The Rohtak district administration had yesterday ordered the ashram management to vacate the premises. Rohtak Deputy [...]

Dharamsala: Ahead of the IPL match to be held tomorrow, Air India today started flights to Gaggal airport with the successful landing of a 48 seater aircraft for the Delhi-Dharamsala route. The ground staff and the airport that were idle for the past nine months, after the collapse of Kingfisher [...]

New Delhi: Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper will be seen in a new global campaign by American ice cream brand Hagen-Dazs. The 38-year-old has become the first Hollywood celebrity to appear in a campaign by the brand, titled House of Häagen-Dazs. “Bradley Cooper is the first celebrity to appear in [...]

Dharamsala: The Himachal Pradesh hospitality industry is gearing up to welcome IPL fans at Kings XI Punjab’s last two home matches at a stadium in Dharamsala, the abode of Dalai Lama, plus a galaxy of stars in the extended cricket season. The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium, one of the [...]

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s mountainous Doda and Kishtwar districts are getting aftershocks even a fortnight after the May 1 earthquake of 5.8 magnitude that led to one person being killed about 100 injured. Yesterday night, people of the region once again panicked when tremors shook the area. “Four shocks, with magnitudes [...]

Dehradun : Faith and devotion to the Gods keeps the pilgrims coming to the four famous shrines of Uttarakhand – Yamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. But it is an irony, that the annual pilgrimage to these four known religious shrines in this small mountain state, considered important by Hindus the [...]

Dehra Dun : In the holy city of Rishikesh, which is drawing thousands of pilgrims from all over the country at this time of the year, a number of foreigners can be seen along the streets of the city  begging, with the Indian beggars. While some of them have taken [...]

New Delhi: MNREGS, the UPA government’s flagship rural employment guarantee scheme, has benefited women and unskilled labourers the most, an official said today. The MNREGS has also had a positive impact on agricultural wages and wages in general in rural areas, which had been stagnant for a long time, the official [...]