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Omar blasts Azad for accusing him of 'holding secret meets with PM'

Srinagar, Feb. 20 -- National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah blasted former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad for saying that the A... Read More


Party stands firm with INDIA bloc, says PDP

Srinagar, Feb. 20 -- Akin to the National Conference (NC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also on Monday reiterated that the party was part of the Opposition INDIA bloc two days after hosting a me... Read More


Displaced to make room for Pong Dam, families dread second search for new home

Dharamshala, Feb. 20 -- For 71-year-old Fakir Chand, the proposed displacement by the airport expansion feels like a haunting echo of the past, reminiscent of the time when his parents were uprooted i... Read More


Lt Gen Suchindra Kumar assumes charge of Northern Command

Jammu, Feb. 20 -- Lieutenant general MV Suchindra Kumar assumed charge as the general officer commanding-in-chief of the strategic Northern Command of the Army at Udhampur on Monday. He succeeded Lt ... Read More


Govt earned Rs.90 cr from milk cess on liquor bottles

Shimla, Feb. 20 -- Industries minister Harshwardhan Chauhan during the Question Hour of the state assembly's budget session on Monday said the government earned Rs.90.7 crore from milk cess levied on ... Read More


Gulmarg readies for skiing, mountaineering action

Srinagar, Feb. 20 -- The Kashmir leg of Khelo India Winter Games will on Wednesday kick off at the ski resort town of Gulmarg, which is covered under a fresh blanket of snowfall. The dry winter had r... Read More


Srinagar-Jammu highway shut as rain, snow intensify

Srinagar, Feb. 20 -- Showers and snowfall battered Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, leaving many thoroughfares including the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway blocked after the precipitation triggered shoot... Read More


MA Stadium put under multi-layer security grid

Jammu, Feb. 20 -- A multi-layered security grid has been put up around Maulana Azad stadium, which has also been brought under an anti-drone system ahead of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi's public ... Read More


Jai Ram trains gun at Himachal govt over unemployment, unkept promises

Shimla, Feb. 20 -- Initiating a discussion on the general budget presented by chief minister (CM) Sukhwinder Singh, leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Monday launched a scathing attack on the gove... Read More


Traffic stopped beyond Manali as snow, thunderstorms batter HP

Shimla, Feb. 20 -- Parts of Himachal Pradesh witnessed heavyrain, snow and thunderstorm accompanied with hail and gusty winds on Monday. The higher reaches of the Kullu district, including the south ... Read More