Three arrested for online threats to Kashmir girl band
Srinagar: Three people accused of posting threats on social networking sites against the Kashmir girl rock band Pragaash have been arrested, an official said here…
For Valentine’s Day it’s got to be a rose
Orchids and lilies, hydrangeas and heliconias, anthuriums and birds of paradise – exotic flowers all and easy to buy from the neighbourhood florist. But…
In Punjab 34,000 cancer deaths in 5 years
Chandigarh: Concerned over a survey finding that shows Punjab witnessed 34,430 deaths – nearly 19 deaths per day – due to cancer in the last…
Sikh university caught in controversies galore
Chandigarh: From bitter feuds between its vice chancellor and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to its website being hacked, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib…
Assam for CBI probe into Rhino poaching
Guwahati: Assam has asked the central government to hand over to the CBI the cases of rhino poaching in the state, an official said. The…
Meghalaya Polls – 357 file nominations
Shillong: Over 350 candidates filed their nomination papers for the Feb 23 elections to the Meghalaya assembly, an election official here said. The filing of…
Sikkim’s shows the country a path out for health tracking systems
Gangtok: Sikkim is the second-smallest state in India in terms of area after Goa It is also the least populated in the country with just…
Zeenat Aman finds love again, contemplates marriage
Mumbai,: So beautiful and so ahead of her times, Zeenat Aman, who redefined the liberated unfettered modern woman of Hindi cinema of the 1970s through…
Pesticides in food linked to increase in type-2 diabetes
Madrid: Pesticides in food, air and water may be directly linked with the development of type 2 diabetes, regardless of a person’s age, gender or…
Atomic plant to be set up in Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana’s first atomic power plant will be set up in an area of 1,503 acres in Fatehabad district. The work for erecting a barbed…