Congress government in Himachal goes slow in acting on Chargesheets
byShimla: Being in the governing seat for eight months now, the Congress government here has rather been slow in picking out acts of omission…
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`Single women bureaucrats should be posted near hometown’
byNew Delhi: Single women who are government servants should be given postings closest to their hometown or to places of their choice, a parliamentary committee…
Dinosaur fossils unearthed in China
byBeijing: Chinese archaeologists have found more than 130 dinosaur fossils at a site in China’s Shandong province. The fossils, including bone and egg remains, were…
Money and might rule Punjab University polls
byChandigarh: Swanky cars, leaders dressed in smart kurta-pyjamas and a touch of glamour thrown in – the scene on the Panjab University (PU) campus here…
India’s first ‘military’ satellite (GSAT-7) launched successfully
byBangalore: India’s first ‘military’ satellite (GSAT-7) was successfully put into the geosynchronous transfer orbit early today by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) heavy rocket, authorities…
Make history with food security bill, says Sonia!
byNew Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday said it was time to take a “historic step” by legislating the food security bill that pledges to…
Cpt. Amarinder says sorry, Dhumal drops defamation suit
byShimla: Shoot the messenger, say sorry and erase a decade old political rivalry was the fiat accompli of the drama enacted in a Himachal…
Tunda, “Lashkar-e-Taiba” operative does not regret his actions!
byNew Delhi: Abdul Karim Tunda, the alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and expert bombmaker, has surprised police interrogators with his deep knowledge of religion and literature and…
Haryana Congress MP floats new party
byGurgaon: Congress leader and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjeet Singh’s supporters have applied for registration of their front as a political party, party sources said. The…
Kiss for diploma leads to Chinese teacher’s suspension
byBeijing: A Chinese high school teacher has been suspended after he forced all the girls in his class to kiss him on his cheek before…