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Right to Service Commission office to shift from UT to Panchkula

Panchkula, Feb. 22 -- The office of the Right to Service Commission, Haryana, will soon shift to its new building in Sector 14, Panchkula, near the UHBVN head office. At present, the commission is fun... Read More


Man killed as car rams into scooter in Faridabad

Faridabad, Feb. 22 -- A regional manager of a private bank was killed after a speeding car hit his scooter on the Surajkund road here, police said on Saturday. Four students of a private university we... Read More


8 more drug traffickers in Himachal police net

Dharamshala, Feb. 22 -- Five drug-traffickers were held from Himachal in a coordinated operation across the state by the police under the PIT-NDPS Act, said police on Saturday. A spokesperson of the p... Read More


Rs.1,938 cr disbursed for land acquired so far, say officials

Dharamshala, Feb. 22 -- As the land acquisition process for the expansion of Kangra airport in Himachal is underway, Rs.1,938 crore has been disbursed so far among approximately 5,900 beneficiaries, o... Read More


Shimla's ice-skating rink to get makeover, govt to spend Rs.20 cr

Dharamshala, Feb. 22 -- Himachal Pradesh government has decided to revitalise the historic Ice-Skating Rink at Lakkar Bazar at the cost of Rs.20.22 crore. Established in 1920 during the British era, t... Read More


Valley sees 34% surge in fruit production in six years

Srinagar, Feb. 22 -- The produce by backbone of Valley's economy-the horticulture sector-is expanding. With the increase in area of cultivation under horticulture sector and introduction of high-densi... Read More


At 21degC, Srinagar records hottest Feb day in 10 yrs

Srinagar, Feb. 22 -- At 21 degree Celsius, Srinagar on Saturday recorded all time high day (maximum) temperature since February 2016, said officials from meteorological department. Temperature in the ... Read More


LG administers oath to Shantmanu as state election commissioner

Jammu, Feb. 22 -- Former bureaucrat Shantmanu, on Saturday, was sworn in as the state election commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir for a term of five years. LG Manoj Sinha administered the oath of offic... Read More


Punjab-based gang involved in trafficking of infants busted

Dharamshala, Feb. 22 -- Dehra police have busted an interstate racket involved in the illegal trafficking and sale of newborn babies under the guise of facilitating adoption with the arrest of three p... Read More


Academic excellence top priority, says new MDU VC

Karnal, Feb. 22 -- Somnath Sachdeva, the vice chancellor (VC) of Kurukshetra University, on Saturday formally assumed the additional charge of VC at the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak. The... Read More