Delhi votes BJP back to power in civic polls
byNew Delhi: A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi’s civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal…
April, 2012
Trial of Geelani’s aide begins
byNew Delhi: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court today began the trial of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, a suspected aide of Kashmiri separatist leader…
Staff strike paralyses Kashmir government
bySrinagar/Jammu: Work in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir was paralysed today as employees struck work Tuesday demanding an increase in the retirement age…
Rescuers strive to save buried workers in Punjab
byJalandhar: Rescuers today raced against time in Punjab’s Jalandhar city to save the lives of dozens of garment workers who were trapped under the…
Industrialist held after factory collapse leaves six dead
byJalandhar (Punjab): Prominent industrialist Sheetal Vij has been arrested after a factory building owned by him collapsed, leaving at least six workers dead and…
For bearing daughters, woman killed in Punjab
byChandigarh: A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district as he was upset that she had given…
BJP government protecting land mafia – Himachal congress
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh unit of the Congress Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of being “in league with the land mafia”…
India Inc welcomes rate cut
byNew Delhi: The Indian industry Tuesday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) move to cut some key lending rates by 50 basis points,…
Civilian slip puts army on a sticky ground in Himachal
byShimla: When a public relations officer of the Indian Army issued a routine official press note on the strategic significance of the Annandale ground…
Seven killed in Himachal road accident
byShimla: Seven people were killed and 23 others injured when an over-crowded multi-utility vehicle carrying a marriage party skidded off the road and rolled…