Rescuers yet to reach calamity-hit Himachal village
byShimla: Rescue teams are yet to reach a village in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district that was severely hit by flash-floods and landslides 12 days…
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Floods expose Himachal’s lack of preparedness
byShimla: Delays and bureaucratic rigmaroles have again exposed Himachal Pradesh’s lack of preparedness to a natural disaster, say experts. Even 10 days after unprecedented…
EC allows protesting Himachal villagers to vote
byShimla: The Election Commission (EC) today allowed angry villagers in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh to cast their vote in a Lok Sabha by-election. Miffed…
Bajwa in Akalis’ firing line as Amarinder sidesteps
byChandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Pratap Singh Bajwa is learning the hard way what it means to be in the hot seat, being in the…
Uttarakhand dead may total 5,000: ActionAid
byNew Delhi: As the search and rescue operations come to a close in most parts of flood-hit Uttarakhand, ActionAid said today that the fatalities…
Ace racers Rana, Rangnrekar, Gopalkrishnan to compete at 4th Mughal Rally
bySrinagar: Among the very best Indian rallyists in cross country motor racing, 49 year old Sampada Rangnrekar from Mumbai, Suresh Rana from Manali and…
Three held in Gurgaon for robbing lift seekers
byGurgaon: Three people were arrested for robbing passengers on the pretext of giving them lift in their vehicle from IFFCO Chowk here on Delhi-Gurgaon…
14 houses in Shimla develop cracks after rains
byShimla: At least 14 houses here developed cracks and some of them were partly damaged after heavy rains today, police said. More than 50…
Haryana minister wants ‘non-performer’ students to be detained
byChandigarh: Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal today suggested a centralised testing system, and contended that the policy of not detaining students up to Class…
Himachal’s oldest voter, 96, casts vote
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh’s oldest voter, Shyam Saran Negi, 96, today exercised his franchise in a picturesque hamlet in Kinnaur district. “I am not quite physically…