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Gaggal airport adjudged best in customer satisfaction survey, receives AAI award

Dharamshala, April 2 -- The Gaggal airport in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district has bagged the top position in the 'Customer Satisfaction Survey (2024) Awards', for domestic airports, officials said.... Read More


Himachal 33% rain-deficit in March, says IMD

Dharamshala, April 2 -- At 75.5 mm rainfall against a normal of 113.4 mm, Himachal received 33% less precipitation in March, according to a report released on Tuesday by the India Meteorological Depar... Read More


MeT: valley reeling under above-normal day temps

Srinagar, April 2 -- Kashmir has been reeling under above-normal day temperatures for the past three days as spring is on its full bloom, the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Srinagar centre sa... Read More


Political slugfest erupts over renaming of places

Dehradun, April 2 -- A political slugfest has erupted over the renaming of 15 places in Uttarakhand, with the Congress accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of attempting to "polarise" ... Read More


21 killed, 6 injured in boiler blast at illegal factory in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, April 2 -- Twenty-one people lost their lives, and six others sustained injuries after a fire, triggered by a boiler explosion, engulfed an illegal firecracker factory godown on Dhunva Road... Read More


Eight of family killed in WB firecracker unit

Kolkata, April 2 -- Eight members of a family, including four children, were killed in an explosion in a household firecracker manufacturing unit in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal late on M... Read More


Excise revenue saw 16% jump: Cheema

Chandigarh, April 2 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said that the state excise and taxation department has achieved an annual growth rate of 16.36% over the previous financial year ... Read More


Three illegal structures of drug smugglers demolished

Kapurthala, April 2 -- In a joint drive, the Kapurthala civil and police administration demolished three illegal structures owned by drug smugglers in Boot village of the district on Tuesday. Senior s... Read More


man 'with ISI links' held in Amritsar, Grenade recovered

AMRITSAR, April 2 -- The Counter-Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, has averted a possible terror attack in the state with the arrest of an operative linked to the Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (IS... Read More


'Harvest on, anti-drug drive to now begin in villages from May 1'

Ludhiana, April 2 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the anti-drug drive in villages has been postponed by a month, citing the ongoing harv... Read More