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Sundays, not Fridays, to be weekly holiday for U'khand madrasas

DEHRADUN, Oct. 22 -- Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday said there should be a uniform system for all educational institutions in the state, following directions to the madras... Read More


Iltija expresses solidarity with protesting forestry students

Srinagar, Oct. 22 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday visited Benhama in Ganderbal to express solidarity with protesting students of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agr... Read More


Sinha vows to eliminate terrorism from J&K

Srinagar, Oct. 22 -- Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha paid tributes to police martyrs on Wednesday and resolved not to rest until the region is free from separatist and terrorist elem... Read More


Two dead, 17 injured in Udhampur bus accident

Jammu, Oct. 22 -- A five-year-old girl and a woman were killed, and 17 others injured, after a passenger bus veered off the road and rolled down a 50 feet deep gorge at Gulli Gala in the Latti area of... Read More


Sukhu, Vikramaditya reject BJP's factionalism charges

Dharamshala, Oct. 22 -- Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday rejected the BJP's allegations of factionalism within the Congress after skipping the recent unveiling of a ... Read More


Panchayat polls to be held in Ladakh on November 21

India, Oct. 22 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) of Ladakh, on Wednesday, announced the schedule for the impending panchayat elections in the strategic Union territory, with polling scheduled for... Read More


No invitation yet from MHA for fresh talks: Ladakh bodies

Srinagar, Oct. 22 -- The proposed meeting between the Ladakh leadership and Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) officials, scheduled for Thursday in Delhi, is not taking place for the time being. The... Read More


cops rescue 103 protected birds, turtles from pet store in capital

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- At least 103 protected birds and reptiles were rescued and confiscated on Tuesday from a pet shop in west Delhi's Moti Nagar, where they were illegally put up for sale, police sa... Read More


Forest dept to place radio collars on six elephants in Haridwar

Haridwar, Oct. 22 -- The state forest department has decided to place radio collars on six elephants in Haridwar district as part of the first phase of a plan that envisions round-the-clock monitoring... Read More


2kg narcotics seized near Pak border

Jammu, Oct. 22 -- Police on Wednesday recovered 804 grams of heroin and 1.1 kg of opium from Talhar, a border village along the Indo-Pak international border in the Arnia sector of Jammu district, dur... Read More