Indo-China trade at Shipki La post touches Rs 1.4 cr
byShimla: Trade on the Indo-China border post through Shipki La pass in Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) for the first time in 18 years touched a…
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Media should raise voice against AFSPA
byNew Delhi: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, has been in force in India’s northeast for…
Haryana to buy 2,000 MW power from Bhutan
byChandigarh: In its bid to resolve the power crunch in the state, Haryana has approached Bhutan to provide hydel-power, an official said Saturday. The state…
Kerala’s e-toilets, treatment plants to help sanitise Kashmir
byThiruvananthapuram: An e-toilet manufacturer from Kerala will install four sewage treatment plants in Jammu and Kashmir and two customised toilets – one at 4,000 feeet…
Prayers, peaceful marches Monday for Tibet
byDharamsala: From prayers to peaceful marches to appeals to the United Nations (UN), a number of events have been lined up by the Central Tibetan…
Omar Abdullah’s ‘grand alliance’ is vindicated in council poll (Kashmir Newsletter)
bySrinagar: The clean sweep by the ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance, which won the polls for all the four legislative council seats Wednesday, has dispelled…
Himachal police guards turn thieves: 28 Kg Charas, 4 Kg opium goes missing
byShimla: On a day when the Washington state in USA legalized the use of marijuana, a strange case of high quality marijuana (Malana Cream Charas)…
Yasin Malik arrested during JKLF march in Srinagar
bySrinagar: Police arrested Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) following post-prayer protests in uptown Maisuma locality of summer capital…
After two boycotts, Himachal villagers ready for polls
byKinnaur: They twice kept their panchayats unrepresented. This time around, the attempt is not to vote but to get their members unanimously elected. They are…
Uttarakhand IAS officers in Ponty Chadha murder: CM turns down probe
byDehradun : With two senior Congress leaders of Uttarakhand, including union minister for water resources, Harsh Rawat, having openly said that fingers are being…