When terrorists fought terrorists in Pakistan
byIslamabad: Faction and sub-factions within militant forces are battling each other and opening up “new threats and new risks of even greater violence”, said a…
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‘India can learn from Bangladesh on women’s empowerment’
byNew Delhi: India could learn from Bangladesh in the way it is tackling crimes against women, including acid attacks, as well as making strides in…
8 die 20 wounded in Himachal road accidents
byShimla: As many as Eight persons were killed while 20 others wounded in separate accidents occured in Himachal Pradesh today, police said. Three persons…
Himachal bags award for industrial investment
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh has won the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s award for promoting industrial investments, a statement said here Sunday, adding that…
How Malala got a Mumbai award
byMumbai: A Mumbai NGO which had conferred an honour on Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai managed to recently deliver this to her in Britian, outsmarting…
‘Polar bears could be extinct in 25 years’
byNew Delhi: For a millennium, the majestic, lily-white polar bear has lorded over the frozen wastes of the Arctic. But if two Russian experts…
Tehri dam sitting on an active fault: Indian seismologists
byHyderabad: There is an active fault beneath the Tehri dam that enhances the earthquake risk, scientists of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) here…
IAF to have midair refuelling capability on all combat aircraft
byNew Delhi: In a major step to increase its operational reach, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided that all its aircraft and helicopters…
Dipika Pallikal aims for top-5 spot in world squash
byNew Delhi: When she is not sweating it out on court, Dipika Pallikal, the first Indian to break into the top-10 of the world…
Policing the Uttarakhand way
byDehradun : ‘Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest; yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum/Drink for the devil or drink for the rest; yo-ho-ho…