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…
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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…
Four kids buried alive in Haryana wall collapse
byChandigar: Four children, aged seven to nine years, were buried alive under a wall that collapsed near where they were playing in Haryana, local…
Court hauls up Himachal state for misuse of Una temple funds
byShimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court took the state to task for misuse of Chintpurni Temple funds used for purchasing of vehicles for officers…
First territory, now Punjab, Haryana spar over names
byChandigarh,: What’s in a name? Plenty, when it comes to Punjab and Haryana. For the last 47 years, the two states have been engaged…
Use the tragedy as a wake-up call Mr chief minister
byDehradun: The destruction of the fragile Himalayan ecology, particularly in the Garhwal division of Uttarkhand had started much before this small mountain state was…
Mass cremation of bodies at Uttarkhand being undertaken
byDehradun: Amongst conflicting statements, the mass cremation of 18 bodies was conducted at Kedarnath on Wednesday, when the weather cleared for some time. Officials…
A look at how Kedarnath temple appeared in 1882
byA look at how Kedarnath temple appeared at the end of 19th century: [Source]
Polling begins in Himachal parliamentary bypoll
byShimla: Polling for the second phase of Mandi parliamentary constituency began today in Himachal Pradesh’s rain-ravaged Kinnaur district. Electors could be seen reaching polling stations…
Case registered in mass phone tapping in Himachal
byShimla: The vigilance and anti-corruption bureau of Himachal Pradesh today evening lodged a first information report (FIR) in the infamous “phone tapping” case pertaining to…