Nepalese Laborers Leave A Murder Trail In Himachal Apple Heartland
byShimla: Nepalese nationals, who mostly work in orchards in apple heartland have left a bloody trail in Jubbal valley of Shimla hills as on…
Crime
Alpine Meadows In Uttarakhand Become Tented Colonies
byDehra Dun : The ‘bugyals’ (alpine meadows) in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand are vibrating with life. Tents dot the landscape and generators provide…
Himachal Explores Options To Rein In Mining Mafia
byDespite there being a huge demand, the environment ministry has only cleared 17 mining leases for Himachal Pradesh. Even of the 166 ongoing leases, wherever the lease period has ended, it was not being renewed for want of the mandatory environmental clearance that was not easy to get by.
Rape is Hate Crime, Not Silly Mistakes
byA few months ago Mulayam Singh Yadav shocked everyone with his “Ladke to ladke hai, galti ho jaati hai” (boys will be boys, they…
Congress In Catch-22 Situation Over FIR Against Uttarakhand Minister
byDehra Dun : It is not only chief minister Harish Rawat, but the Congress high command too finds itself in a catch-22 situation, following…
Robbers in Kullu decamp with Lord Raghunath’s crown, ornaments
byKullu: Robbers broke into historic Raghunath Temple, the presiding deity of Kullu valley, two days ago and stole an antique crown and several kilograms…
Himachal court orders filing chargesheets in 1993-1998 recruitment scam
byShimla: An old recruitment scam pertaining to the 1993 – 1998 period drew the attention of the Himachal Pradesh court today with a division…
Supari being given to hunters to poach tigers
byDehradun – With 39 tigers having been poached from Jan 1 this year to-date and habitual poachers being given ‘supari’ to kill felines in…
3 Nepalese get 20 years jail term for gang-raping US woman
byShimla: Three Nepalese, who had been residing in India for years, were handed a 20 year jail term by court in Kullu for raping…
Are employment potential and rape interlinked in Uttarakhand ?
byDehradun : Had the Uttarakhand governments, after this small hill state came into being on Nov 9, 2000, lived up to the expectations of…