Gulmarg shivers at minus two degrees Celsius
bySrinagar: With the minimum temperature falling six degrees below normal, north Kashmir’s ski resort town of Gulmarg Saturday shivered at minus 2.3 degrees Celsius….
April, 2012
Vertical divide in Himachal Congress
byShow of strength at two places Shimla: The recent assembly of Congress MLAs at the private residence of Union Minister Virbhadra Singh and their…
Anger in Bengal over professor’s arrest
byKolkata: First a ban on certain newspapers and now the arrest of a professor for allegedly circulating a cartoon targeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee….
India, Pakistan agree to open more trade routes
byNew Delhi: Just a day after opening a new integrated check post at the Attari border, India and Pakistan Saturday said the countries were…
Akhilesh meets PM, seeks funds for central aided projects
byNew Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and discussed a range of issues, including funding for…
Pakistan fashion house Sefam to open 200 stores in India
byNew Delhi: Pakistan-based fashion house Sefam, which already has a store in the capital’s Greater Kailash market, is planning to expand its network in…
Height of cricket diplomacy: Indian, British MPs play ball
byDharamsala: It was cricket in the clouds with some diplomacy thrown in as well. A group of parliamentarians from India and Britain played a…
Shimla ground row: Dhumal demands apology from army
byShimla/New Delhi: The tussle between the Himachal Pradesh government and the army over the ownership of Annandale ground in Shimla escalated Sunday with Chief…
State level Rohru fair to start on April 20th
byRohru: State level Rohru fair will start from 20th of this month at Ramleela ground and closing ceremony will be held on 22nd. Various cultural…
NABARD disburses record Rs 321 Cr crops loans in Himachal in 2011-12
byShimla: NABARD, the apex rural banker, disbursed a record Rs 321 crore crop loans to farmers in Himachal in 2011-12 through the refinance facility…