Medical Council refuses more MBBS seats in Himachal government colleges
Shimla: In a setback for Himachal Pradesh, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has turned down its request to increase 50 undergraduate seats each…
Two senior bureaucrats booked for Dharamshala cricket hotel land case
Shimla: Two senior Indian Administrative Service officers have been charge-sheeted in a case involving land allotment to the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) during the…
Faridkot royal daughters win $ 4.4 billion property suit
Chandigarh: It is a royal bonanza for two daughters of a former maharaja, one they had to wait for over two decades. A court here…
India’s 30 percent lawmakers don criminal records
New Delhi: About 30 percent of Lok Sabha MPs and 17 percent of Rajya Sabha MPs have criminal cases against them, with Shiv Sena members…
Thief walks away with $ 53 million diamond bonanza from Cannes
London: A gunman pulled off one of the biggest daylight jewelry thefts in French history as he walked out of the Carlton Hotel in Cannes…
Shyam Benegal, Jai Bachchan, Govind Nihalani, Mani Ratnam to attend Ladhak Film Fest
New Delhi: The second edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF), rescheduled due to the Uttarakhand tragedy, will now be held Sep 13-15 in…
Poaching forces e-surveillance to save Indian Tigers
New Delhi: Worried over increasing tiger deaths each year and many due to poaching and poisoning, India plans to start round-the-clock electronic surveillance of some…
Visa fraud – Punjab demands action
Chandigarh: Punjab’s NRI commission has asked the police to act on a girl student’s complaint against a Britain-based couple of Indian-origin for allegedly cheating her…
Sectarian strife in Kashmir valley needs firm handling
Srinagar: Deployment of the Indian Army and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is helping restore calm in Jammu and Kashmir’s central Badgam district…
Shunted from railway ministry, Bansal struggles to remain politically relevant
Chandigarh: His fall from grace was much faster than his political ascendancy. Having reached a high of being the country’s railway minister, Chandigarh MP Pawan…