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'Can't evade rules': HC halts outsourced hirings in HP

Shimla, June 18 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court (HC) on Wednesday ordered a halt to outsourced recruitment in the state while hearing petitions challenging the government's outsourcing policy and a... Read More


HP seeks royalty hike in hydropower projects

Shimla, June 18 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has urged the Union minister for power, housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar to increase the state's free power royalty share beyond 1... Read More


Seafarer's body reaches Hamirpur, cremation today

Dharamshala, June 18 -- The mortal remains of 23-year-old deck cadet Aditya Sharma, who was killed in a US strike on a vessel off the coast of Oman last week, reached Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh on W... Read More


NIA attaches terror case accused's land in Baramulla

Srinagar, June 18 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said that it had attached two plots in Baramulla district in connection with a Pakistan-backed terror conspiracy case under th... Read More


No role in murder of shimla school administrator, says brother

Rohtak, June 18 -- The brother of Manisha Mittal (41), administrator of a Sanjauli-based private school who was shot dead by two Haryana men on June 13, has said that he has no role in the crime. In a... Read More


HC allows de-silting aroundAggampur bridge on Sutlej

Chandigarh, June 18 -- The high court on Wednesday allowed the Punjab government to carry out de-silting work at strategic Aggampur bridge on Sutlej river in Rupnagar. The high court bench of justice ... Read More


Road mishap leaves two dead in Chamba

Dharamshala, June 18 -- Two persons were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and plunged onto another stretch downhill near Chhatri Mod in Himachal's Chamba district o... Read More


Two 'cattle smugglers' arrested during raids

Haldwani, June 18 -- Cattle smugglers allegedly opened fire on a team of the Bovine Protection Squad during a raid conducted on information about the processing of suspected banned meat in the Gandhi ... Read More


CBI arrests ex-CREST CEO over Rs.75-cr fraud

Chandigarh, June 18 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested senior Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officerNavneet Srivastava, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Chandigarh ... Read More


Doc booked for sexually assaulting minor in Zirakpur

Mohali, June 18 -- A local doctor has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old schoolgirl inside his clinic under the pretext of a medical examination. The accused has been identifi... Read More