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Rs.600 cr paid for acquiring land for 63.5-km rail line in HP

Shimla, March 25 -- The state government has paid Rs.600.46 crore as compensation for land acquisition for the rail line project - Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Beri (63.5 km) while Rs.112.24 crore is yet to be... Read More


'Environmental risk posed by Medog Dam'

Dharamshala, March 25 -- The office of Tibet in Geneva has flagged the significant risks posed by the planned construction of the China's Medog (Metok) Dam on Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River-Brahmaputra... Read More


No fresh exchange of fire with terrorists

Jammu, March 25 -- Security forces, on Monday, recovered three magazines of US made M4 carbine, four packets of explosives and food items from Dolka forest near Sanyal village in Hiranagar sector of K... Read More


Daily-wagers cane-charged in Jammu, march thwarted

Jammu, March 25 -- Police cane-charged protesting daily-wagers of the public health engineering (PHE) department and foiled their march to the civil secretariat in Jammu on Monday. The daily-wagers a... Read More


Arms, ammo recovered in Poonch

Jammu, March 25 -- Security forces, on Sunday, busted a hideout near Sangla Top area of Surankote in Poonch district, said officials. "A joint operation was launched by Romeo Force of the army, along... Read More


Plane carrying Himachal dy CM, DGP makes emergency landing

Shimla, March 25 -- Himachal Pradesh deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri and state police chief Atul Verma were among the 44 passengers aboard the Delhi-Shimla Alliance Air flight that reported a t... Read More


Rs.144 Crore disbursed as border fencing compensation

Jammu, March 25 -- Chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Monday admitted that border residents faced numerous challenges and assured to convene a meeting of MLAs from border areas in April to address t... Read More


CAT slams J&K official for threatening court

Srinagar, March 25 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Srinagar has charged additional resident commissioner (ARC) J&K of threatening litigant employees as well as the tribunal court they ... Read More


Cong dubs waqf bill assault on constitution as it is set for house

New Delhi, March 24 -- As the government prepares to bring the bill to make sweeping changes to the Waqf laws, the Congress has dubbed the legislation as "an assault on the Constitution of India itsel... Read More


Rafting meet to conclude today

Chandigarh, March 24 -- The four-day 17th National Rafting Championship, inaugurated on the Pandoya- Tatapani axis on the river Sutlej in Himachal Pradesh on March 21, is set to conclude on Monday. T... Read More