J & K has third-lowest sex ratio in under six age group
bySrinagar: Haryana has the lowest sex ratio in the zero to six age group in the country followed by Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir,…
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Shimla chosen for international project to lower greenhouse gases
byShimla: The Queen of the Hills, as Shimla was fondly called by the British, has been shortlisted for a global project to lower greenhouse…
Srinagar’s hot spell to continue
bySrinagar: This Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, which recorded the hottest day of the season at 34.1 degrees Celsius a day ago, is likely…
Modi elevation a ‘master-stroke’: Badal
byChandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today hailed the elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the chairman of the BJP election campaign…
Punjab minister seeks rural doctors’ help during strike
byChandigarh: With government doctors across Punjab planning to observe a two-day strike beginning tomorrow, Punjab Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal today sought the help…
Woman, 79, strangled to death in Gurgaon heist
byGurgaon: A 79-year-old woman was strangled to death by four people working as painters in her house in Gurgaon, Delhi’s well-known suburb in Haryana, police…
Himachal widow asked to pay for World War Medal
byShimla: The controversy over the rightful ownership of the George Cross awarded to a pre-independence Indian soldier has ended, with a court in the UK,…
Lawrence School students set Mount Everest record
byChandigarh: A team of teenage boys from Lawrence School Sanawar has set a new record as six of its members summitted the world’s highest peak Mount…
Pleasant weather in Himachal, more rain in store
byShimla: The weather in Himachal Pradesh remained pleasant today following the recent rains and the Met forecast more rains ahead. “Temperatures plummeted by one…
Discontent simmering in Uttarakhand Congress
byDehradun : It is almost eighteen months that the Congress government in Uttarakhand has been in office. But the tussle within the party in…