Dhumal confers Journalism Awards on Jagdish Bhatt, Sanjeev Sharma
byShimla: Himachal chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal conferred the 2011 development journalism award on Jagdish Bhatt for the story “For Personal Hygiene’ published in…
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Mining dumps in Goa the next Congress-BJP battleground?
byPanaji: Till recently it was considered mining waste – all 700 million tonnes of it. With technology now available to extract low grade ore…
Sachin Pilot first serving minister to join Territorial Army
byNew Delhi: Congress MP Sachin Pilot Thursday became the first serving union minister to be commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army,…
Korn Concert 2012: Metal mayhem rocks Delhi
byNew Delhi: A crowd of over 5,000 people, most of them dressed in black, swayed to the tunes of Grammy award-winning metal band Korn as…
JK govt stalls DNA testing of dead in unmarked graves
bySrinagar: In a major blow to the families of missed persons, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday rejected wide-scale DNA testing of bodies in…
Unauthorized mobile towers scar hill landscpaes
byShimla: Crowding the hill townships skyline in larger numbers each year, the government has failed to regulate mushrooming of mobile towers across the urban…
Geelani strike call cripples life in Kashmir
bySrinagar: Normal life across the Kashmir valley was paralyzed on Monday due to a strike, called by Hurriyat Conference (G) against the annual Amarnath Yatra. He…
Himachal High Court doubles penalty for RTI delay
byShimla: Enhancing the penalty imposed for a 14 day delay in supplying information under RTI Act, the Himachal Pradesh High Court more than doubled…
Shanta Kumar’s ‘dream hospital project’ under judicial scanner
byShimla: A philanthropic ‘dream project’ of former chief minister Shanta Kumar, the Palampur based Vivekanand Medical Research Trust, has come under judicial scanner as…
Fixing poverty line, not judges mandate – Supreme Court of India
byNew Delhi: In a pronouncement of considerable significance that could check the judiciary’s overstepping into legislative and governmental functioning, the Supreme Court has said…