Two days after hanging, speed post reaches Guru’s family
bySrinagar: The speed post sent by Tihar Jail superintendent to Afzal Guru’s family in Kashmir Valley’s Sopore town was delivered Monday, two days after he…
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World Bank for bringing Himachal tourism into green growth funding ambit
byShimla: Beyond hydro power development, agriculture, industry and environment, World Bank was open to including tourism under the Green Growth and Sustainable Development program…
Himachal government seeks defense budget pie for raising Eco-battalions
byShimla: Supporting a trained and disciplined work force in the over 1 lakh ex-servicemen in the state, the Himachal government intends to raise two…
Stokes moots law to streamline apple trade in Himachal
byShimla: To streamline trade in apples, a fruit that sustains a large agri-economy in Himachal, the government is contemplating a legislation to ensure a…
Shinde scores with hangings, signals firmness
byNew Delhi: Sushilkumar Shinde’s nearly six months in office as the union home minister have seen hangings of two major terror convicts – Ajmal Amir…
Timeline of events after Dec 13 parliament attack
byAfzal Guru, convicted for masterminding the attack on India’s parliament in 2001, was hanged in Tihar Jail in New Delhi Saturday morning after his…
Brutalised with iron rod, woman undergoes throat surgery
byNew Delhi (IANS) A 19-year-old woman, who was critically injured after a man inserted an iron rod into her mouth during a rape attempt in…
Allahabad braces for biggest ‘shahi snan’ on Sunday
byAllahabad (IANS) A rare planetary configuration after 147 years, unprecedented security and a multitude of faithfuls has set the stage for the biggest of all…
Sikh group asks US to declare 1984 violence as genocide
byWashington (IANS) A US Sikh rights group has met State Department officials in support of its petition to the Obama administration to recognise the violence…
Kashmir’s rock band storm
byDisbanded after curious controversies, Pragaash was not the only rock band in Kashmir. It was one of 42 such groups that mushroomed in Srinagar…