Bountiful snow brings life to standstill in Himachal hills
byShimla: Heavy snow has pounded much of the north western Himalayan belt, throwing normal life out of gears as traffic came to a standstill,…
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Polythene ban a breather for environment, Himachal
byShimla: In India’s first ban on using polythene for packaging non-essential eatables, especially potato chips and candies, the Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that this…
Life haywire in Kashmir after snowfall
bySrinagar: People in Kashmir woke up to blanket of white today morning with the season’s first major snowfall, which disrupted electricity supply and also hit…
Tourists head to Himachal for snow
byShimla/Manali: With a picturesque blanket of white covering much of the landscape and a weekend beckoning, tourists today poured into Himachal Pradesh towns such as…
New order in Jammu & Kashmir ruling camp
byEarly this week Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah carried out massive reshuffle in his council of ministers and also the ruling party…
Auckland House School, Shimla in India’s Top Rated Schools list
byShimla: Prestigious institution, Auckland House School has been rated among India’s Top Schools in the Day, International & Residency category in a survey carried…
Border villagers scared in Poonch
byJammu: With rising incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC), residents of villages on the border in Poonch district are…
Facebook post of a person has greater recall value than his face!
byLondon: People’s memory for Facebook posts have greater recall value than human faces or sentences from books, says a new study. The findings shed light…
Congress in Himachal suspends murder accused MLA Ram Kumar from party
byShimla: Taking a tough stance on criminalization of politics, the new state Congress working president Sukhvinder Singh Sukku, at the very outset suspended Ram…
Chautala, son convicted in graft case, in custody
byNew Delhi: Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay were taken into police custody Wednesday after a CBI court convicted them…