Tipple swadeshi, say Himachali women
byRekong Peo (HP): It may hit you like a hard drink, but women brigades in the interiors of Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district are busy propagating…
Law & Policy
‘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…
Media should raise voice against AFSPA
byNew Delhi: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, has been in force in India’s northeast for…
Fertiliser firms call for urgent reforms in urea policy, raising prices
byNew Delhi: Industry body Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Friday called for urgently increasing urea prices as well as for reforms to the government’s urea…
Omar Abdullah’s ‘grand alliance’ is vindicated in council poll (Kashmir Newsletter)
bySrinagar: The clean sweep by the ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance, which won the polls for all the four legislative council seats Wednesday, has dispelled…
Himachal police guards turn thieves: 28 Kg Charas, 4 Kg opium goes missing
byShimla: On a day when the Washington state in USA legalized the use of marijuana, a strange case of high quality marijuana (Malana Cream Charas)…
Yasin Malik arrested during JKLF march in Srinagar
bySrinagar: Police arrested Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) following post-prayer protests in uptown Maisuma locality of summer capital…
SP and BSP to rescue, government wins FDI vote in Rajya Sabha
byNew Delhi: The government today won the vote in the Rajya Sabha on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, two days after it sailed through…
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya – secular and diverse
byNew Delhi: A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya – which was controlled by local chiefs –…
Now, Indian boxing federation suspended
byNew Delhi: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) Friday provisionally suspended Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) for possible manipulation of its elections, a move that comes…