ONGC dedicates its Foundation Day to the house sparrow
byDehra Dun : Concerned at the large scale decline in the number of house sparrows, which were once a common sight in almost every…
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Maruti worker sent to police custody for 5 days
byGurgaon: Maruti worker Jiyalal, the main accused in the violence at the car maker’s Manesar plant July 18, was Thursday sent to police custody for…
Student hangs herself over obscene Facebook comments
byJalandhar: A young woman from Jammu committed suicide in her college’s hostel room here after two boys allegedly posted obscene comments on her Facebook page,…
Palanquin bearers to ferry patients in Himachal
byShimla: Once the mode of transport for royalty and women in purdah nearly a century ago, the palanquin will be resurrected to ferry patients from…
Tibetan Monk-Musician Makes Music Across Cultures
byNew Delhi: Nawang Khechog, a nomadic tribal of Tibetan origin, has clung to his wooden flute for the last five decades since his family fled…
Chandigarh to be developed as solar city, says Patil
byChandigarh: Chandigarh will be developed as a solar city in near future, Punjab Governor and Union Territory Administrator Shivraj Patil said at the 66th…
Musafir to be Congress working president in Himachal
byShimla: Under intense lobbying by former union minister Virbhadra Singh, changes have been made in the Pradesh congress committees in the run up to…
Whistleblowers with a difference – on ‘clean Shimla’ mission
byShimla: Their mission is to clean and they too are whistleblowers – literally. Shimla’s new cleanliness wardens have been given the job of blowing the…
Nuke scientist is Kashmir varsity chancellor
byMumbai: Eminent nuclear scientist Srikumar Banerjee has been named the first chancellor of the Central University of Kashmir, it was announced Monday. Banerjee was among…
Srinagar footbridge collapses, 18 injured
bySrinagar: As many as 18 people, including four policemen, were injured as a wooden footbridge over a stream collapsed here today, police said. Police…