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…
Ministers back Himachal CM on transfers
Shimla: A day after former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal alleged that large-scale transfers of government employees in the past six months has demoralised…
Heavy rains continue in Himachal, rivers in spate
Shimla: The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rains today and all the rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials…
Over 140,000 pilgrims perform Amarnath Yatra
Srinagar: Over 140,000 pilgrims have so far performed this year’s Amarnath Yatra, which started here June 28, an official said today. “The Yatra has been…