Chandigarh civic poll records high turnout
byChandigarh: Dropping all cynicism about the electoral process, the highly urbane population in the union territory recorded one of the highest turnouts for a…
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Uttarakhand forest reserves continue to be a graveyard of felines
byDehradun: Even as there is global concern over the dwindling number of tigers the world over, Uttarakhand will have the dubious distinction of being…
Dharamshala winter session, a drain on Himachal exchequer
byDharamsala: The previous Congress government started the practice of annually holding the winter session of the state assembly at Dharamsala with the idea of…
Uttarakhand schools sans water, toilets
byDehradun : Eleven years down the line of achieving statehood, the authorities that be have not been able to provide drinking water facilities in…
Punjab farmers dump crop, cause potato traffic jams
byJalandhar: Motorists and commuters here in the city and elsewhere were a harassed lot, yesterday, as farmers dumped tons of potatoes onto roads in…
Srinagar freezes at minus four, Leh at minus 13
bySrinagar :The night temperatures fell to minus four degrees Celsius, today making it the coldest day of the season so far in Srinagar the…
Sukhbir Badal owns up share holdings in PTC channel, media firms
byChandigarh: Largesse of advertisements handed out to a electronic channel has turned out to be one owned by deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal, something…
Ice skating starts in Shimla
byShimla : Ice skating began here yesterday over two weeks late at India’s oldest natural ice skating rink here . Organisers told the Hill…
Loyalty, winning ability, key factors for selection of election candidates – Punjab CM
byAmritsar: With the going getting tough for the ruling BJP-SAD coalition, chief minister Prakash Singh Badal has let it be known that winning prospects…
Over 100 leopards killed in Uttarakhand in 2011
byDehradun : This north Indian mountain state that abounds with wildlife is sadly also taking a great toll on their lives. In the last…