PM launches Rs.21,500 crore Bathinda refinery
Bathinda (Punjab): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday inaugurated the Rs.21,500 crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Punjab’s Bathinda district. Considered one the biggest investments…
Shimla’s green belts in peril
Shimla: Shimla’s last few sprawling green belts are in peril. A political decision to allow construction in the green zones — the only surviving…
Himachal Congress tries to put house in order
Shimla: As Himachal Pradesh goes to the polls for its 68 assembly seats later this year, the faction-ridden opposition Congress has begun an exercise…
General Cable India plant inaugurated in Himachal
Baddi: General Cable Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and one of the most globally diversified industrial companies, has completed construction on its state-of-the-art manufacturing…
Himachal Pradesh goes for universal apple cartons
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh, among India’s major apple producers, Friday decided to introduce universal cartons to improve apple shelf life and compete with imported apples,…
Ang Lee praises Suraj Sharma’s work in ‘Life of Pi’
Los Angeles: Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, who zeroed in on Indian child actor Suraj Sharma as the lead for his forthcoming movie “Life of…
Former BJP chief Bangaru convicted for bribery, sentencing Saturday
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman was convicted by a Delhi court and taken into custody for accepting a bribe…
Through mountain of snow, they open road to Lahaul
Manali: In a rigorous four-month effort, they chipped away a mountain of snow to once again link this Himachal Pradesh tourist resort with the…
Six die as car falls into gorge in Himachal
Shimla: Four members of a family were among six people killed Friday when a car they were travelling in rolled down into a gorge…
President approves nomination of Sachin, Rekha to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil Thursday approved the nominations of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, yesteryears Bollywood actress Rekha and businesswoman and social worker Anu…