Over 5,000 died in Uttarakhand floods: ActionAid
Dehradun: More than 5,000 people perished in last month’s landslides and flash floods in Uttarakhand, NGO ActionAid said. The NGO, which is carrying out relief…
Two policemen injured in grenade attack in Srinagar
Srinagar: Two policemen were injured yesterday in a grenade explosion on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway here, police said. A senior police officer told two policemen sustained…
Food security ordinance copy of 2007 Punjab scheme: Badal
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal termed the food security ordinance brought by the UPA government as a “copy” of the “Atta-Dal” scheme introduced…
Haryana to map red light colonies
Chandigarh: All the red light colonies in Haryana will be mapped in order to reach out to the children in the age group of 0-18…
Quake rocks Himachal
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh was rocked by a moderate intensity earthquake yesterday evening, an official said. There was no loss of life. Tremors of the magnitude-5…
Food-bowl Punjab opposes food security ordinance
Chandigarh: With Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal terming the food security ordinance “anti-farmer” and “half-cooked”, the measure faces opposition from the country’s food granary. Punjab…
Bollywood friends visit Hrithik post-surgery
Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan and filmmakers Ashutosh Gowariker and Madhur Bhandarkar paid a visit to actor Hrithik Roshan at the Hinduja Hospital here. The…
Rescuers in Kedarnath run out of supplies, hit by diseases
Dehradun/Lucknow: A team of 74 members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has run out of food and medicines in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath after repeated…
Shimla to have ropeway to tackle heavy traffic
Shimla: To overcome Shimla’s chronic problem of traffic congestion, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to go for a multi-million ropeway project, an official said…
Bhakra, Pong dams get higher water inflow
Chandigarh: The Bhakra and Pong dams are receiving much higher water inflow this year compared to last year, irrigation officials in Punjab said yesterday. The…