Devotees throng Himachal temples with onset of Shravan
byShimla: Large numbers of devotees Friday assembled at prominent Hindu temples in Himachal Pradesh with the onset of the 10-day Shravan Ashtami Navratras, considered…
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Supreme Court sets up panel to study Amarnath deaths
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday set up a high-powered committee, headed by the Jammu and Kashmir governor, to study reasons for the growing…
Jammu bus accident -15 pilgrims killed
byJammu: At least 15 people were killed and more than 18 injured when a bus carrying pilgrims returning from the Amarnath shrine fell into…
Nepal bus accident – 36 Indian pilgrims dead
byKathmandu/New Delhi: At least 36 Indians were among 40 people killed today when an overcrowded bus carrying Hindu pilgrims from India to a temple…
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…
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…