Chipping through 100 feet of snow to open a mountain pass
Manali: Ahead of them stands a 100-foot-tall wall of snow and they are slowly cutting their way through the mass to connect this Himachal Pradesh…
Raja Bhaiya booked for murder, quits as UP minister
Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya quit Monday, a day after he was booked for the murder of a senior…
11 schoolchildren killed in Punjab
Jalandhar: At least 11 children were killed Monday when their school bus collided with a truck near Nakodar town in Punjab, police said. The driver…
Omar regime’s policies worsened Kashmir situation: Mehbooba
Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Sunday blamed the deteriorating situation in Kashmir in the aftermath of Afzal Guru’s hanging on the Omar…
Vigilance to probe phone tapping, says Virbhadra
Shimla: Less than a day after the completion of a probe into the alleged phone tapping during the previous BJP regime in Himachal Pradesh, Chief…
Over 1,000 phones tapped during BJP rule in Himachal
Shimla: Another report into illegal phone tapping, allegedly by the previous BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, Friday said 350 telephone calls, mostly of politicians and…
Shimla in grip of jaundice
Shimla: The “Queen of Hills”, as this state capital was fondly called by the British, is in the grip of jaundice. More than 100 cases…
Comet could hit, radically change Mars in 2014
Moscow: New observations confirm that a comet heading toward Mars could collide with it in October 2014, possibly ushering in radical environmental changes on the…
Uproar in Jammu and Kashmir assembly over Afzal Guru’s hanging
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was adjourned Friday after uproarious scenes over the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demand to discuss parliament attack convict…
UP allows sale of premium liquor in shopping malls
Lucknow: Premium foreign liquor would now be available in Uttar Pradesh’s shopping malls. For this, the state government has decided to levy a license fee…