Uttarakhand : A dream gone sour
byDehradun : Myopic vision, zero governance, faulty planning and rampant corruption are perhaps the reasons why even in the 12 years that Uttarakhand got…
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Communists elect Xi Jingping to head China
byBeijing: Xi Jinping, who was today elected the powerful general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), introduced here the…
Three armymen, two guerrillas killed in Kashmir
bySrinagar: Three army soldiers and two guerrillas were killed in Kashmir’s Kupwara district today where the army foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line…
Probe Vadra affairs – BJP
byNew Delhi: The BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the government to spell out why the alleged land scam involving Congress president Sonia…
Should cultivation of high end marijuana from Himachal be legalized ?
byShimla: As politics of marijuana advocacy sobers up America, residents of Kullu valley meekly look for a way out from the draconian Narcotic Drugs…
Police haul up a dozen gamblers at Lavi Fair in Himachal
byRampur: Notorious for its gambling haunts, the annual traditional Lavi Fari set on the banks of River Satluj was rudely shaken up at nearby…
Minor earthquake tremor shakes Kangra valley in Himachal
byDharamshala: A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale jolted Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh early today morning at 1.53 a.m. Dr….
Raining shells shatter peace in Kashmir border village
byChurunda (Jammu & Kashmir): Churunda village near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district is home to about 160 people. The villagers…
Himachal’s lean apple harvest ends with 2 crore boxes
byShimla: The apple season in Himachal Pradesh has almost come to an end with the total production around 20 percent less than the normal…
Corruption in Uttarakhand: electric poles lose weight in transit
byDehradun : It has been 12 years that Uttarakhand achieved statehood, a period where the state coffers have been literally ‘looted’ by the babudom….