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Jammu-Srinagar route to get third Vande Bharat train

Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- The Union ministry of railways has announced to start another Vande Bharat train between Jammu and Srinagar, the third train to ply between the twin cities of Jammu and Kashmir si... Read More


Srinagar's new waste-to-wonder garden blooms on Polo View Road

Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- An old Ambassador car, a broken scooter, unused tyres, cycles, jeeps and even pairs of long boots and discarded bottles-all once lying forgotten-have now been reborn as planters i... Read More


Minister seeks guv's approval for pending 'nautor' land cases in HP

Shimla, Aug. 22 -- With 20,000 cases of nautor pending, the revenue, horticulture and tribal development minister Jagat Singh Negi on Friday urged governor Kavinder Gupta to take an early decision on ... Read More


Reduce cadre of your 'friends' not bureaucrats: BJP to Sukhu

Shimla, Aug. 21 -- Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and Member of Parliament (MP) Suresh Kashyap, lashed out at Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led state government and said that the governm... Read More


Himachal set to bring back Diwali lottery after 27 yrs

Shimla, Aug. 21 -- Cash-strapped Himachal Pradesh is set to reintroduce lotteries after a gap of 27 years with a Diwali bumper, with an aim to generate at least Rs.50 crore in annual revenue. The dire... Read More


BJP to target Cong on 'vendetta politics'; CM demands fact-based debate

Shimla, Aug. 21 -- The upcoming monsoon session is expected to be a stormy affair as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will corner the state government on registration of cases against opposition leade... Read More


Govt fighting for rights of HP: Sukhu

Shimla, Aug. 21 -- The Himachal Pradesh chief minister, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Thursday reiterated that the present Congress government is fighting for the rights of Himachal Pradesh. "I would tra... Read More


4 killed, six injured as trucks collide in tunnel near Mandi

Shimla, Aug. 21 -- Four labourers were killed and six others were injured after two trucks collided head-on inside the Dawada Tunnel on the Kiratpur-Manali highway on Thursday morning, police said. Th... Read More


Ladakh LG quashes FIRs against 25 accused in last yr's Leh violence

JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Aug. 21 -- Close on the heels of a meeting on Wednesday between representatives of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) with officials from the Union home m... Read More


'Matter between 2 countries': Omar on Pak summoning US diplomat

Srinagar, Aug. 21 -- After US ambassador Sergio Gor described Kashmir as an "important part of India" and Pakistan lodged a protest, chief minister Omar Abdullah said that it was a matter between the ... Read More