Scams from Nishank tenure haunt BJP in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : The ghost of the scams that riddled the BJP government in Uttarakhand during the tenure of Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ as chief…
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Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand High Court orders on buying land
byDehra Dun : The Supreme Court has stayed the orders of the Uttarakhand High Court which had cancelled the ceiling imposed by the state…
Punjab floats venture fund for IT sector
byChandigarh: To attract Information Technology (IT) entrepreneurs to Punjab the government floated a venture capital fund with a corpus of Rs 20 crore today….
12 dead after consuming wild boar meat in Uttarakhand
byDehradun: Twelve people (11 according to PTI) died within a few hours after eating wild boar meat leaving several others ill, some seriously due…
Himachal rural employment program MNREGA falters as targets lag
byShimla: Used to getting jobs done through contracts, government department assigned budgets under rural employment guarantee schemes have failed to use marked funds whereas…
Kashmir focuses on smaller hydroelectric projects
byJammu: Shifting its focus from mega ventures, the Jammu and Kashmir government will soon be constructing 10 small hydroelectric projects to generate and supply…
Women in Dehradun fear wearing gold as chain snatching on rise
byDehra Dun : The reason could be either growing rate of unemployment or increasing lawlessness, but the sudden spurt of chain snatching incident has…
Protesting nun sets herself on fire , dies in Tibet
byDharamsala : A Tibetan nun was killed in Tibet Monday after committing self-immolation at Ngaba in the north-east of the country . Tenzin Wangmo…
Hisar results send shivers down Congress spine in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : The results of the recent by-elections in general and that of the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency in particular, has given nightmares…
Dalai Lama, Karmapa to attend Tibet peace prayers
byDharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will participate in prayers here to express solidarity with the people of Tibet and for peace there,…