Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh tendered his resignation to Governor Acharya Devvrat today, a day after his Congress party suffered a drubbing in the assembly polls. The governor accepted the resignation and asked Singh and his cabinet to continue in office till a new government was formed. Faced with a strong anti-incumbency wave, […]
Ahmedabad: The BJP is set to win a fifth consecutive term in Gujarat, but by a lower margin of victory than last time, with the Congress giving it a scare earlier today. The BJP will also form government in Himachal Pradesh with a big win, snatching another state from the Congress. As Prime Minister Narendra […]
Mangaluru : M Chandrashekhar took charge as the Mangaluru City Police Commissioner on Sunday. The State government had ordered the transfer of S Murugan, who was serving as the city police commissioner, on Friday. Chandrashekhar is an aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur and a native of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. He was serving as […]
Bangalore: Self-styled godman Swami Nityananda, who is facing criminal charges, including rape, has been brought to the Victoria hospital on Monday for a medical test to determine his potency levels as directed by the Supreme Court last week. Nityananda is facing charges of rape, cheating, unnatural offences and criminal intimidation by some of his former […]
New Delhi : Rain fury on Tuesday claimed 11 more lives in the north India, taking the toll to 73, even as 71,440 pilgrims bound for the Himalayan shrines remained stranded in monsoon-ravaged Uttarakhand apart from 1700 people stuck in Himachal Pradesh. Though rescue efforts picked up momentum in flash flood and landslide hit areas […]
Mangalore: District Congress Committee has celebrated the party’s win in Himachal Pradesh. On December 20, Thursday several party men and leaders gathered near the party office in Mangalore and celebrated the victory by bursting crackers and distributing sweets.Party men also raised slogans. Addressing the meeting leaders including present mayor Gulzar Banu, former mayors K […]
Shimla: At least 40 people were killed and 17 injured on Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled down into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district, police said. The private bus was going to Chamba town when it skidded off the road and fell into the 300-feet deep gorge near Rajera, some 10 km […]
Shimla: Eight Chinese nationals have been arrested on charges of visa violation after police raided a fortified house-cum-monastery in Chauntra village of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh. During the raids, the police also recovered currency worth Rs. 30 lakh, US $3,000 and some other foreign currencies in cash and mobile phones suspected to have Chinese […]
