No more Taliban fears, Afghan girls dare to play football
New Delhi: Afghan girls have left behind years of strife and torment under the Taliban rule. They feel liberated to even play football out…
Touring country in a mobile cafe telling stories
Chandigarh: Six young people with a passion for stories have set out to travel to seven cities with the unique mission of reviving the…
Shiva’s mace procession begins in Himachal
Chamba: The traditional ‘Chhari Yatra’ or the procession with the mace of Lord Shiva has started from this town, 450 km from the state…
Bhakra, Pong dams still short of water
Shimla: The water levels in Bhakra and Pong dams of Himachal Pradesh have not reached the maximum limit this year owing to the deficit…
Roll back hike in diesel price: Virbhadra Singh
Shimla: Congress leader and former union minister Virbhadra Singh Monday urged party president Sonia Gandhi to review the central government’s recent decisions to hike…
Ravi Subramanian, Indian banking’s John Grisham, goes digital with new book
New Delhi: With four incisive books, Ravi Subramanian has firmly established himself as the John Grisham of the Indian banking industry and is going…
Shimla’s heritage hotel reopens
Shimla: British-era Clarke’s Hotel, a prominent landmark on Shimla’s Mall Road, was reopened Sunday after remaining closed for two months due to cave-in threats,…
Indian NGO to push sanitation goals in developing nations
Paris: India’s low-cost sanitation NGO Sulabh Sauchalaya is all set to go global by expanding its footprint in 50 developing countries to push the…
Tibetans in exile to discuss self-immolations in Tibet
Dharamsala: Tibetans in exile will go into a special session this month to discuss the burning issue of self-immolations by a growing number of…
Shimla court refuses to cancel Virbhadra’s bail
Shimla: In a boost to the opposition Congress campaign before the assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh, a trial court here Saturday refused to cancel…