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Poonch DC visits shelling-hit areas to take stock of damage

Jammu, May 14 -- Poonch deputy commissioner (DC) Vikas Kundal on Tuesday visited the shelling-hit areas of Mandi and Haveli tehsils to assess the ground situation and review relief and rehabilitation ... Read More


Poonch residents' nightmare:Living with unexploded shells

Poonch, May 14 -- The cross-border hostilities between India and Pakistan may have died down, but it brings scarce respite for Poonch residents, who now have to live with the fear of unexploded shells... Read More


Flights land at Srinagar, Jammu airports; schools reopen in non-border districts

Srinagar, May 14 -- Commercial flight operations resumed at Srinagar and Jammu airports on Tuesday, six days after being suspended amid hostilities between India and Pakistan, said officials. They sai... Read More


Summerhill temple to open on May 18

Shimla, May 14 -- Almost 21 months after it was destroyed in a landslide, the Shiv Bawdi Temple at Shimla's Summerhill will be opened for devotees on May 18, say temple officials, adding that the cons... Read More


Schools to remain shut in 4 dists in Jammu region

Jammu, May 14 -- The directorate of school education, Jammu, on Tuesday, announced that all government and private schools in Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch and Samba districts will remain closed on Wednesday... Read More


Mulling to hike wool MSP: Sukhu

Shimla, May 14 -- The Himachal government is considering hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of wool, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Tuesday during a meeting with a delegation of Ga... Read More


Video of dead rat in PDS pulse packet surfaces, probe started

Shimla, May 14 -- A day after a purported video showing a "dead rat" in a packet of pulses purchased from a fair price shop in Jhulan village in Hamirpur district surfaced on social media, officials o... Read More


Case against Cong leader, trader in row over building possession

Dehradun, May 14 -- A row has erupted between the Congress and a trader over possession claims of a building located on Ranikhet Road in Ramnagar town, police officers aware of the matter said on Tues... Read More


man accused of cow slaughter arrested after encounter

Haridwar, May 14 -- A man accused of being involved in cow slaughter was apprehended following an encounter with police in the forest area of Kaliyar in Haridwar district on Tuesday morning, officers ... Read More


Kumaon land fraud coordination panel orders registration of FIRs in 29 cases

Haldwani, May 14 -- The Land Fraud Coordination Committee of Kumaon division has directed that FIRs be filed in 29 cases of land fraud following a high-level review meeting held at the Circuit House i... Read More