Leh freezes at minus 12.4 degrees Celsius
bySrinagar, The temperature dipped to a bone-chilling minus 12.4 degrees Celsius in Leh town Tuesday as the mercury dipped below freezing point across the…
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Mercury dips in Chandigarh, neighbouring towns
byChandigarh: Overcast conditions prevailed in most parts of Chandigarh and in various towns of neighbouring Punjab and Haryana Tuesday morning, causing a sudden dip in…
Ghulam Shah Urs: Beauty and communal harmony in Kashmir entwined
byKashmir: Kashmir is famous for its breathtaking natural beauty. It is also known for good relations among people of different faiths. This is visible…
J&K to get cooking gas pipeline by 2014
byJammu: If all goes according to the state government’s plan, thousands of homes in Jammu and Kashmir will be connected to cooking gas pipelines by…
Sangay blames China for self-immolations in Tibet
byDharamsala: Blaming China for self-immolations in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today said “if Beijing ends repression, the self-immolations will abate”. The CTA clarified…
Tibetan student kills herself in China
byBeijing: A Tibetan student died yesterday after she set herself on fire in northwest China’s Qinghai province, authorities said Monday. The 16-year old girl who…
8 die 20 wounded in Himachal road accidents
byShimla: As many as Eight persons were killed while 20 others wounded in separate accidents occured in Himachal Pradesh today, police said. Three persons…
Himachal bags award for industrial investment
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh has won the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s award for promoting industrial investments, a statement said here Sunday, adding that…
Tehri dam sitting on an active fault: Indian seismologists
byHyderabad: There is an active fault beneath the Tehri dam that enhances the earthquake risk, scientists of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) here…
Efforts to reintroduce LSD in Uttarakhand thwarted
byDehradun : An effort to re-introduce LSD, what was popularly known as ‘acid’ in the 1960s in Uttarakhand was thwarted when a special team…