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State turns to colleges to plug anganwadi gaps

BIKANER, Oct. 28 -- Rajasthan has asked colleges to adopt anganwadi centres as part of a state effort to strengthen early childhood care, against the backdrop of gaps in basic facilities across the ne... Read More


Second phase of panchayat polls today with 8,404 candidates in fray

Jaipur, Oct. 28 -- Voting for the second phase of the Rajasthan panchayat elections will be held on October 28 for Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti member posts. Political parties and the State Elec... Read More


Rs.37K-cr spent on development of roads, says PWD

Jaipur, Oct. 28 -- The Rajasthan government has spent more than Rs.37,527 crore on road development, covering 51,790 km of roads during its tenure, according to figures released by the public works de... Read More


Nurpur police secure nod to freeze Rs.1-cr properties of peddlers

Dharamshala, Oct. 28 -- The move of the Nurpur police, Kangra, to freeze three properties worth Rs.1.01 crore belonging to a family in connection with a drug trafficking case have been approved by the... Read More


CM announces 5% hike in deities' honorarium

Shimla, Oct. 28 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday announced a 5% increase in the honorarium paid to the deities and a 10% increase in the honorarium for bajantris. Presiding over the... Read More


Cong wants Bangladesh-like situation in country: BJP

Shimla, Oct. 28 -- BJP's Himachal president Rajiv Bindal on Tuesday said the Congress is attempting to create an unstable and Bangladesh-like situation in the country by spreading confusion among the ... Read More


HC quashes 6-mth extension to PWD engineer-in-chief

Shimla, Oct. 28 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday quashed the six-month service extension granted to public works department (PWD) engineer-in-chief Narinder Pal Singh, directing him to re... Read More


Omar expands J&K cabinet with 4 Kashmir MLAs; Cong opts out

Srinagar, Oct. 28 -- Four new ministers were sworn in on Tuesday as Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah expanded his council of ministers to its maximum permissible strength of nine. Lieute... Read More


IPS officer Sanjeev Gandhi transferred, 7th time this yr

Shimla, Oct. 28 -- In his seventh transfer of the year, deputy inspector general (DIG) Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi was appointed managing director of the Himachal Pradesh General Industries Corporation Ltd. ... Read More


Bir-Billing: Solo paragliding resumes with strict safety conditions

Dharamshala, Oct. 28 -- Solo paragliding flights at Bir-Billing in Kangra district resumed on Tuesday. However, it will remain subject to stringent safety conditions, the local administration in Baijn... Read More