New Delhi: As part of an initiative to promote traditional Indian systems of medicine abroad, the health ministry has signed agreements and set up research facilities to collaborate with international universities, an official said. The department of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) has been making efforts [...]

Shimla: The Himachal government is still to give its formal consent for undertaking an audit of Hotel Wildflower Hotel, Satish Loomba, principal accountant general Himachal stated before media persons here today. When questioned about CAG doing a special audit of Mashobra Resorts Pvt Ltd, the joint venture company between Oberoi [...]

Shimla: HRTC Taxis in Shimla city are primarily limited to the use of senior citizens above the age of 60 and for kids below 10 years of age, a new High Court direction confirms. According to a fresh direction issued by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in judgment of [...]

Shimla: Crowded and unorganised public transport system of Shimla city is a frustrating experience for any commuter and whats more, registering complaints against errant bus operators proves futile for most do not display the phone numbers of Road Transport Office (RTO), something the authorities had mandated so as to enable [...]

Shimla: Registering for Aadhar cards has become a rocket science for the people of Shimla due to the inefficiency and mismanagement of the staff deployed here, causing inconvenience to the people, especially to the illiterates, as this card has been made compulsory for everyone. As the formalities required to make [...]

Lucknow: An inflamatory post on social networking site Facebook resulted in communal tension in Meerut Friday as angry members of a community stoned a mini-truck and a bus carrying a marriage party, police said. Soon after the post lampooning a specific religion was noticed, mobs took to the streets raising [...]

Shimla: In a rare admission the Himachal government on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha admitted that the mining mafia operating were defiant of the law and were recklessly plundering the natural resources of the state. “They are so powerful that a stricter law is needed to contain the menace,” [...]

Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan has been flooded with at least 60 representations either seeking or opposing clemency for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, an official said here Friday. These representations have come from various individuals and organisations including politicians and celebrities across the country after the Supreme [...]

Washington: Even as it acknowledged that a US congressional delegation’s visit to Gujarat had official sanction, the US said there was no immediate change in its stand on a visa to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but he is “welcome to apply”. “Visits like this do help support a deepening of [...]

London: English rock band The Rolling Stones has announced a show in the Hyde Park here after 44 years. They will perform July 6. Their Hyde’s Park performance is scheduled a week after their gig in Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival. The performance is a part of July’s Barclaycard [...]