Himachal rail line reopens after seven months
byShimla: Rail traffic on the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge line in Himachal Pradesh was restored Saturday after seven months of closure, a railway official said….
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Tibetan youth who immolated himself cremated
byDharamsala : Thousands of Tibetan exiles gathered in this Himachal town Friday for the funeral of a man who immolated himself earlier this week…
Himachal food subsidy bill to exceed budget by 35 percent
byShimla: Rising food prices and a state scheme of doling out subsidized food items to all ration card holders in the state is expected…
A life lost, tense days as leaders play politics
byChandigarh : An 18-year-old loses his life, people are injured, public property gets damaged, tension and tempers rise between two communities and the common…
China thanks India for curbing Tibetan protests
byNew Delhi : China Thursday blamed the Dalai Lama for stoking extremist views and thanked India for taking “effective and concrete” steps to curb…
Amid Srinagar’s tulips, Omar confident of peaceful summer
bySrinagar : Hoping for a peaceful summer like last year, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said unless militants abjured violence, incidents…
Bahuguna proves majority amidst walkout
byDehradun : The Vijay Bahuguna-led Congress government Wednesday proved its majority in the assembly amidst a walkout by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The…
Rajoana’s hanging stayed
byNew Delhi : The central government Wednesday stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana for the Aug 31, 1995 assassination…
Police near homes leave Tibetans sore
byNew Delhi : On a day when a Tibetan self-immolator died here after battling for life for two days, his compatriots Wednesday prayed for…
Shutdown hits Punjab, Rajoana appeals for calm
byChandigarh : A shutdown called by Sikh groups to protest the scheduled hanging of terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana affected life in most parts of…