Hamid Ansari sworn in as vice president
byNew Delhi: Hamid Ansari took oath as India’s vice president for a second consecutive term at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan here Saturday. Ansari…
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Don’t draw unwarranted conclusions, PM tells rating agencies
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday took international rating agencies to task for cutting India’s growth forecast and asserted that the fundamentals of the…
51 die in Himachal accident
byChamba: At least 51 people were killed (18 women) Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled down into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district,…
Probationers of Indian Forest Service call on the President
byProbationers of the Indian Forest Service (2011-13 batch) were granted an audience today (August 11, 2012) by the Hon’ble President of India. The President…
Sania and Paes move up, Bhupathi-Bopanna lose
byMontreal/Toronto: India’s Sania Mirza and Leander Paes have moved into the quarterfinals with their respective partners whereas their compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost…
Shimla DC Office sitting on Rs 80 lakh unpaid electricity bills
byShimla: Sitting on an unpaid electricity bill for several years, the deputy commissioner’s office complex in the city centre is perhaps one of the…
CPI-M activist donated body for medical research
byShimla: “Why burn a body when you can donate it for a cause”, was the reasoning, 21 year Anjana, a medical student in Tanda…
Thieves break into historic Christ Church Shimla, steal donations
byShimla: Thieves broke into historic Christ Church on The Ridge and have decamped with the collections made in the donation box. District police chief…
Watch Out for Perseids Meteor Showers on Sunday
byNew Delhi: Sky gazers can look forward to an exhibition of celestial fireworks as the night sky will be lit up by Perseids meteor showers…
Retired police official shot dead in Srinagar
bySrinagar: Suspected militants today shot dead a retired Deputy Superintendent (DySP) of Jammu and Kashmir Police outside a mosque in Batamaloo area of Srinagar….