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'Can't deny promotion if criminal case is pending & challan is yet to be filed'

Shimla, Sept. 10 -- Himachal Pradesh high court has ruled that pendency of criminal case, wherein charge sheet is yet to be filed, cannot be a ground to deny promotion to the employee exonerated of al... Read More


PDP chief accuses NC of ignoring projects in south Kashmir

Srinagar, Sept. 10 -- A day after J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah alleged that the AIIMS location in Awantipora was a politically motivated decision by the then government, the Peoples Democratic Par... Read More


Flood-hit HP, Punjab to get Rs.3,100 cr: PM

dharamshala/Amritsar, Sept. 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a special relief package of Rs 3,100 crore for disaster-hit Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Modi announced the immediat... Read More


PM Modi: Centre stands shoulderto shoulder with flood-hit people

Dharamshala, Sept. 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an immediate relief of Rs.1,500 crore for disaster-hit Himachal Pradesh. PM Modi, who reviewed the flood situation and damage... Read More


Doda MLA Malik detained under stringent PSA

JAMMU, Sept. 9 -- The lone Aam Aadmi Party MLA in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehraj Malik, was on Monday detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for allegedly disturbing public order in Doda dist... Read More


'Must accept Aadhaar as valid proof for SIR'

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that Aadhaar must be accepted as the 12th valid document for inclusion in Bihar's electoral rolls as part of the special intensive revision (S... Read More


SC awards Rs.25L compensation to man to jail term beyond sentence

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the state of Madhya Pradesh to pay Rs.25 lakh as compensation to a man, who languished in jail for more than four years and seven months beyon... Read More


SC to hear all petitions before HCs challenging the new gaming law

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday transferred to itself all petitions pending before high courts challenging the constitutional validity of a new law banning real-money online games. A... Read More


HP becomes 4th fully literate state

Shimla, Sept. 9 -- Declaring Himachal a 'fully literate state,' chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday announced that the state has reached a 99.3% literacy rate, higher than the national ben... Read More


Central teams visit Chamba, Kullu to assess rain damage

Dharamshala, Sept. 9 -- : An inter-ministerial central team visited Chamba district to assess the damage caused by recent heavy rains, officials said on Monday. The team inspected disaster-affected ar... Read More