Dalai Lama, Karmapa to attend Tibet peace prayers
Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will participate in prayers here to express solidarity with the people of Tibet and for peace there,…
Financial protests spread across the globe
Moscow:Â At least 70 people, including police, were injured in Rome as protests turned violent during demonstrations against global financial policies, the Italian media…
Quake hits Fiji Islands
Hong Kong: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted south of the Fiji Islands Sunday, said the US Geological Survey. The temblor…
For tapping solar power, Himalayas score over deserts
Bangalore: Researchers in Japan claim the Himalayas have a large potential of photovoltaic (PV) electric power generation from sunlight that can supply energy to…
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Yeddyurappa arrested for corruption, sent to jail
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was jailed Saturday for corruption. Yeddyurappa, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first chief minister in south India,…
Over 200 pilots to take wings in Himachal
Shimla: Over 200 pilots will take wings in the skies of Himachal Pradesh with a weeklong paragliding championship beginning Sunday, an official said Saturday….
Smart cane guiding blind in Himachal
Shimla: “It’s the cane that meets more than the eye,” said 18-year-old blind student Bhupesh. He has been using the battery-operated IIT-Delhi developed smart…
Himachal cricket body officials get jail for match disruption
Dharamsala:Over five and a half years after a domestic cricket match scheduled here was put off, a court here Friday held six people, including…
India’s longest rail tunnel opened in Kashmir
Jammu:An engineering marvel was unveiled Friday when the Indian Railways opened a 10.96-km long railway tunnel, the longest in the country, that will help…