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'Can't bypass rules': HP HC halts outsourced hirings

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


316 arrests, 6-kg heroin seizure: Jammu district emerges as leading drug hotspot

Jammu, June 18 -- Amid the ongoing 100-day Nasha Mukt Abhiyaan, Jammu district has emerged as the leading drug hotspot across the Jammu region, with 316 drug peddlers arrested in the past two months, ... 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


Won't allow discontinuation of OPS: cong

Shimla, June 18 -- State Congress president Vinay Kumar has said the Congress government in the state will not allow the old pension scheme (OPS) to be discontinued. He referred to Union health minist... Read More


Seafarer's body reaches Hamirpur

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


Security shield ready for Amarnath trek of faith

Jammu, June 18 -- With barely a fortnight left for the commencement of the 57-day annual Amarnath pilgrimage to the South Kashmir Himalayas, the decks have been cleared for the trek of faith. Followin... Read More


Tiger spotted in Sirmaur may be missing big cat from Rajaji

Shimla, June 18 -- The unexpected appearance of a Royal Bengal tiger in the forests of Paonta Sahib has put forest officials from Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on high alert, initiating close monit... Read More


With Jantar Mantar protest, NC wants to hide failures: BJP

Srinagar, June 18 -- J&K leader of opposition Sunil Sharma on Wednesday termed the National Conference's proposed protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar over restoration of statehood as an "eyewash". He sai... Read More


No role in murder of school administrator, says victim's 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