Remove liquor vends from religious towns: Haryana khaps
byRohtak (Haryana): Having strongly raised their voices for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra and same village, Haryana’s khap…
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Himachal court holds up phasing out of unqualified primary teachers
byShimla: A division bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court partly stayed a judgment of a single judge which had directed the state to…
Himachal court stays own order on termination of teachers
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has partly stayed its own judgment which asked the state to phase out the teachers appointed under the HP…
Virbhadra writes to PM to restart Himachal flights
byShimla: With flights to and from Himachal Pradesh suspended for over three months, former union minister Virbhadra Singh today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…
Punjab, Haryana procure 184 lakh tonnes paddy
byChandigarh: Paddy procurement in Punjab and Haryana has hit a new high this year. Both states have procured over 184 lakh tonnes of paddy this…
Kashmir militancy due to infiltration, says police chief
byJammu: Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir is due to infiltration from Pakistan across the Line of Control (LoC), Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police…
Mercury plunges in Kashmir Valley, Srinagar
bySrinagar: The mercury plunged to a new low in Jammu and Kashmir, with Srinagar witnessing its coldest day of the season Tuesday at minus 2.9…
Slip, slidin’ away: it’s skating season in Shimla
byShimla: A red balloon was today tethered to the roof of the British-era municipal corporation building for the first time this season, signalling as it…
Another monk kills himself in Tibet
byDharamsala: Another monk has committed self-immolation in Tibet, the Tibetan government-in-exile said here Tuesday. Total 92 such cases have taken place since 2009 and over…
Pistol shooter Vijay Kumar World No.2
byNew Delhi: London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar climbed up a place to be ranked World No.2 in the men’s 25-metre rapid fire pistol category…