Amway India for stringent law to protect consumers from direct selling companies
byShimla: Weak laws had left consumers at the mercy of dubious direct selling companies, which was hurting the business and reputation of those adhering…
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Cash-for-question scam tainted former MP is BJP candidate in Himachal
byShimla: The BJP today fielded Suresh Chandel, who was caught in a sting operation in the 2005 cash-for-query scam when he was an MP…
Probe Prashant Bhushan’s tea garden land purchase: Himachal Congress
byShimla: The opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday demanded an inquiry into the allotment of land meant for tea plantation in the state to…
CPI-M questions BJP governments role in DLF’s elite Shimla housing project
byShimla: An ultra-luxury housing project being constructed by DLF in Himachal Pradesh yesterday came under attack of the CPI-M, which demanded a CBI probe into…
No mountain too high for this paraclimber
byNew Delhi: Kumar Manikandan thinks the term physically-challenged means challenging life itself. The 26-year-old paraclimber from Bangalore has never felt the handicap to be…
Musk deer facing food threat in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun: The severely endangered musk deer, hunted by poachers for its musk gland, found only in adult males which lie in a sac…
Now, a black market for sperm in China
byBeijing: There is a thriving black market in China — for sperm. With the country’s only 11 sperm banks unable to meet the needs of…
Raid De Himalaya 2012: Rana, Santosh maintain lead on Day three
byKaza: Suresh Rana holds the lead, although by a very small margin, on the third day of the highest motor sporting event of India,…
CPI(M) to contest 16 seats in Himachal elections
byShimla: Making a serious bid to break into the polarity politics of BJP and Congress in Himachal, the Communist Part of India (Marxists) have…
Raid de Himalaya 2012: Doctor team has close shave
byShimla: It was literally a cliffhanger for a doctor team of Dr Amit Gupta from Rishikesh and his navigator Dr Tarun Sharma when their…