Amarinder Singh is back, starts his political journey ‘again’
Chandigarh: Strange as it may sound, the return of Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh to the state and his proposed political tour makes news in…
Sri Lanka virtually eliminates malaria
Colombo: Despite being ravaged by decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track…
Blow to Sahara Group: SC asks Sahara to return Rs.17,000 crore to investors
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed Sahara group’s real estate company to return with a 15-percent interest the Rs.17,000 crore ($3.5 billion) it…
Over a million homes without power in storm-hit US states
Washington: Over a million homes and businesses in Louisiana, the home state of Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal, and neighbouring Mississippi were still without power as…
SC asks Sahara to return Rs.17,000 crore to investors
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed the Sahara group’s real estate companies to return with 15 percent interest the over Rs.17,000 crore ($3.5…
Himachal CM doles out grade pay sop to employees
Shimla: Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister announced Grade Pay to the employees of the State Government on the analogy as given by the Punjab…
Congress again walks out on the last day of Himachal Monsoon session
Shimla: Agitated over the lathi charge on party workers on Tuesday, opposition Congress staged a walkout on the last day of the current assembly…
NIT K students blame Administration for Tejasvi’s death, 800 students suspended after protests
Kurukshetra: Tejasvi Arora, a third-year engineering student of NIT Kurukshetra, died after he drowned in a canal near Jyotisar on the Kurukshetra-Pehowa road on Tuesday morning….
Global Warming: Shrinking ice sheets may free methane reserves
London: Billons of tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas methane locked beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could be released into the atmosphere if enough…
Shackleton Crater on lunar South Pole holds ice
London: Small patches of ice make up five to 10 percent of material in walls of the permanently shadowed Shackleton crater, located near the lunar…