Mountain top Shrikhand Mahadev pilgrimage in Himachal gets underway
byRampur: The Shrikhand Mahadev pilgrimage, considered tougher than the journey to the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir, has started in Himachal Pradesh, an official…
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Eight pilgrims killed in Himachal
byShimla: Eight pilgrims, mostly from Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh, were killed and 35 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling…
Temple gold in Himachal to be turned into mementos
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh is set to allow gold-rich temple trusts to melt tonnes of the precious metal in their coffers to turn them into…
BJP seeks PM’s intervention to save Uttarakhand temple
byNew Delhi: A BJP delegation led by its president Nitin Gadkari met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today to raise the issue of Uttarakhand’s Dhari…
Dalai Lama 77th birthday celebrated with Tibetan traditions and gaiety
byDharamsala: As a tradition Tibetan Buddhists are not known for marking birthdays but thousands had converged here today to celebrate the 77th birthday of…
Crash course for Himachal temple priests
byShimla: Priests not well versed with correct performing of prayer rituals at prominent temples could undergo ‘Punascharya’, a crash course for ‘Pujaris’ by Himachal…
Stoic Kashmir survives shrine blaze tragedy without blood being shed
bySrinagar: As normal life resumed in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley Saturday, Kashmir survived yet another tragedy – this time without any…
In 5 days, over 1 lakh pilgrims visit Amarnath in Kashmir
byJammu: Over 110,000 pilgrims from across the country have paid their obeisance at the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir, since the pilgrimage began June…
Himachal cabinet nod for Anandpur Sahib – Naina Devi ropeway project
byShimla: The Himachal cabinet today approved setting up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for a rope way project to link Anandpur Sahib in Punjab…
Shrine burndown has Srinagar tense – Normal life hit
bySrinagar: Undeclared curfew-like restrictions were imposed in the old city areas of Srinagar Tuesday following tension in the city over the gutting of the…