Nepal rejects India demand for second consulate
Kathmandu : Despite the apparent bonhomie during Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s maiden official visit to New Delhi this month and his assertion that…
Third Tibet film fest starts Saturday
Dharamsala : The third Tibet Film Festival will start Saturday and it will screen films made by Tibetans, an organiser said here Thursday. “Five…
Shutdown in Kashmir valley
Srinagar : The Kashmir Valley Thursday shut down called by separatist groups to protest the landing of Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir on…
Food inflation rises to 11.43 per cent
New Delhi : A week after it breached double digits, India’s food inflation continued with its upward climb and was recorded at 11.43 percent…
Diwali to be celebrated on Nov 25 in some Himachal pockets
Shimla : The country celebrated Diwali Wednesday, but there are some pockets in Himachal Pradesh where the festival of lights is celebrated almost a…
Black Diwali for these Punjab villagers
Chandigarh: Many farmers in Punjab’s Gobindpura village Wednesday put up black flags on their homes on Diwali as a sign of protest against land…
Big search for MiG-29 wreckage , pilot on
Shimla : Massive combing operations continued Wednesday, with trekkers managing to climb snow-bound peaks in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul Valley to locate a missing IAF…
Bollywood tweets Happy Diwali
New Delhi : From Abhishek Bachchan to Karan Johar, Javed Akhtar to Shilpa Shetty — Bollywood took to Twitter to give their Diwali wishes…
Less fireworks at Golden Temple this Diwali
Amritsar : The Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, will see fewer fireworks this Diwali — out of concern for the environment. Environment activists…
Five hurt in Kashmir grenade attack
Srinagar : At least five civilians were injured Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bijbehara town when separatist guerrillas hurled a grenade on security forces,…