Gold haul seized from chartered aircraft in Punjab
byChandigarh: Nearly 170 kg of gold and diamond jewellery was seized from a chartered aircraft at Sahnewal airport near Ludhiana by officials of the Punjab…
Regional
Manali reports 12 cases of scrub typhus
byManali: Tweleve patients suffering from scrub typhus, a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite found in areas with heavy scrub vegetation,…
Mayor, Deputy Mayor pass on Shimla property tax buck
byShimla: After being a party to the switch over to a new property tax imposition method, Mayor Sanjay Chauhan and Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar…
Himachal launches food security scheme
byShimla: Holding employment, housing and food as the basic needs of man, chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday by launching the food security scheme…
Himachal Pradesh University hold mega cultural event
byShimla: Student Central Association of Himachal Pradesh University are to hold a mega cultural event on 27th and 28th September, 2013, in the University Auditorium. Piyush…
Apple of discord has Himachal orchard owners count losses
byShimla: Apple, from being a crop of boom, has turned into one of doom that hapless orchard owners in Himachal have had to live…
Gunshots fired at Uttarakhand ministers dinner party, two injured, accused still at large
byDehradun : Intriguing! Gunshots fired at a dinner party of Uttarakhand agriculture minister Harak Singh Rawat on 17th September night. Two persons were injured,…
Court throws out Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association petition
byShimla: The High Court threw out a HP Cricket Association (HPCA) petition that had challenged a show cause notice served on it by Registrar…
Himachal Roadways draws plans to replace 1000 buses
byShimla: To replace run down buses with new ones, the transport ministry has drawn up plans to buy 1000 new buses and has sought…
A Home in Tibet (Book Review)
byTibet conjures up images of a mystic land. Snow-capped mountain peaks pierce the blue sky and fierce chilly winds sweep the rolling grasslands. Maroon-robed…