Indian plant extracts may help treat diabetes
bySydney: Scientists have isolated some Indian and Australian medicinal plant extracts that could potentially help manage diabetes. Researchers from Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology…
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Separatists ask Pakistan to resolve Kashmir issue
byNew Delhi: A day before the foreign secretary-level talks, separatists Tuesday met Pakistan Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani and pitched for putting the Kashmir…
Uttarakhand – 12 years to nowhere
byDehradun : Twelve years may be a very small period in the life of a state, but apparently enough to bring some breathing space…
2 dead, 5 injured in accident in Himachal
byShimla: Two persons were killed and another five injured when the vehicle they were travelling in lost control and went off the hill road…
UNEP-GEF Rs 46 Cr biodiversity project to develop benefit sharing methods
byShimla: To preserve biodiversity, payment for environment services, green bonus and other norms were being devised under a sharing of benefits concept to enable…
Warming Himachal hills portend rains?
byShimla: The hills of Himachal Pradesh Tuesday were warm due to the continuing dry spell, with the state’s Una town recording a high of…
Campaigning for Sitarganj by-election in Uttarakhand yet to peak
byDehradun : Campaigning has yet to hit a high note at Sitarganj, from where Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahunguna is a candidate in the…
Shanta, Dhumal agree to hold joint rallies in Himachal
byShimla: Two warring factions – of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and former union minister Shanta Kumar – of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
BJP to play Virbhadra CD in Himachal election campaign
byShimla: With Virbhadra Singh being made election campaign in charge for Himachal, BJP spokesman Randhir Sharma held out that the party intended to play the…
The Simla accord — 40 years later
byNew Delhi: A midnight summit between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Bhutto pleading with Gandhi to free 93,000 Pakistani prisoners of war, a…