Friendly UPA helps J&K, says Omar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the UPA government at the centre was helpful and had it not been for…
Uttarakhand: Falling woefully short of disaster management standards
The jury is still out on how the blame is to be apportioned between human actions and nature’s fury for the Uttarakhand disaster. However,…
Haryana offers to re-construct 25 Uttarakhand villages
Chandigarh: Haryana has offered to reconstruct 25 villages in Uttarakhand that were devastated by the recent cloudbursts and flash-floods in the hill state. Haryana…
Delicious Kinnaur apples wiped out before bloom
Shimla: The apple of Himachal Pradesh’s eye may not hit the market in full bloom. The well known red and golden apples of Kinnaur district,…
PM, Sonia to visit a tense Srinagar
Srinagar: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi begin their two-day visit to the state today, official restrictions and a shutdown call…
Rain fury: Himachal seeks Rs.1,000 crore assistance
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has sought Rs.1,000 crore central assistance for the damage caused by last week’s heavy rain and snow that…
Delhi cops get Rs.100 a year as uniform allowance!
New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable can be punished for wearing a shabby uniform. But guess what a policeman’s annual uniform allowance is – all…
Nelson Mandela’s health is cause for concern in Kashmir
Srinagar: As South African anti-apartheid icon and former president Nelson Mandela, 94, battles a recurrent respiratory problem in a hospital in his country, and as…
DNA of unidentified Uttarakhand bodies being preserved
Dehradun: The DNA of those who died in calamity-hit Uttarakhand and now cannot be identified is being preserved, with officials saying that many of the…
14 Americans airlifted from Himachal valley
Shimla: Airlifting of stranded tourists and locals from high altitude areas of rain-ravaged Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh began today after some delay owing to…