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2 pilots killed in training aircraft crash in Kanpur

New Delhi/Kanpur, Aug. 28 -- A training aircraft crashed in Kanpur on Thursday killing both the instructor Sachin Bhatia and the trainee pilot Abhishek Pujari, officials said. The Aircraft Accident In... Read More


No new ethanol plants to come up: Industries minister

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- Himachal's industries minister Harshwardhan Chauhan on Thursday announced in the assembly that no new ethanol plants would be set up in the state. Replying to a query of Congress' N... Read More


Lotteries worse than drug menace, says Oppn as Cong defends move

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- The The decision of the ruling Congress to reintroduce lotteries is more dangerous than drugs, leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur said on Thursday, as the BJP and the ruling Congre... Read More


SC/ST Act invoked, Kishtwar observes shutdown

Jammu, Aug. 28 -- Following intervention by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), the Jammu and Kashmir Police have invoked the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of ... Read More


SC grants bail to UAE bizman in terror funding case

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Supreme Court has granted bail to UAE-based businessman Naval Kishore Kapoor, an accused in the Kashmir terror funding case involving Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Haf... Read More


Cong won't accept cabinet berth until statehood restored: Karra

Jammu, Aug. 28 -- The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Thursday spurned the offer of the National Conference (NC) to join the council of ministers. Addressing mediapersons during a workers' c... Read More


Will enact legislation if BBMB fails to return surplus land: CM Sukhu

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- If the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) does not return Himachal's surplus land in its possession, the state government will enact legislation to vest this land in the state, chi... Read More


'Law unconstitutional': High court quashes VC appointment rules

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has struck down provisions that gave the state government a decisive role in appointing vice-chancellors (VCs) of the state's agricultural universiti... Read More


Four test positive for swine flu in Kangra

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- Four cases of H1N1 (swine flu) have been detected at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, Kangra. The patients include two babies, aged seven months and one year, f... Read More


Need for scientific research into cloudbursts, glaciers: Sukhu

Shimla, Aug. 28 -- Expressing concern over the loss of lives in the Nepal flash floods, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu stressed the need for scientific research into cloudbursts, glacier behavi... Read More