Heat in plains sets Himachal's cash register ringing

Shimla/Manali (IANS) To escape the scorching heat in the plains, tens of thousands of people are heading to the cool environs of Himachal Pradesh.

Hospitality industry representatives say the snowy landscape overlooking Narkanda,…

Two AGH militants killed in gunfight in J&K Shopian

Srinagar (IANS) Two local militants belonging to Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGH) outfit were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.

Police sources said bodies of two slain militants…

Child trapped in Punjab borewell for over 110 hours retrieved

Sangrur (IANS) Rescuers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Tuesday morning retrieved a two-year-old boy who had been trapped in a 150-foot-deep abandoned borewell in a village in Punjab's Sangrur district since June 6.

There…

Kathua rape-murder case: Six of 7 convicted

Pathankot (IANS) A Special Court in Pathankot in Punjab on Monday convicted six out of the seven in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.

The trial began in a court here a year back. Arguments on quantum…

BJP-called shutdown in Bengal's Basirhat, normal life affected

Kolkata (IANS) Train services were disrupted and normal life in West Bengal's Basirhat sub-division was affected on Monday due to a 12-hour general strike called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in protest against the killing of their party…

Law and order under control in Bengal: Mamata govt

Kolkata (IANS) Iterating that the law and order situation was "under control", West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government has told the centre that "firm and appropriate actions" were initiated in case of a few "stray post-poll…

Top Delhi surgeons under police scanner in international kidney racket

New Delhi (IANS) Over a dozen leading private surgeons, including top urologists of Delhi are under the scanner of Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with a sensational international kidney transplant racket, spread across Turkey and the Middle East…

Sri Lanka can't be cowed down by terror, says Modi

Colombo (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his tribute to the victims of the horrific Easter Sunday suicide bombings, saying "cowardly acts of terror cannot defeat the spirit of Sri Lanka".

"I am confident…

The new Modi NITI, how to take on China with 'AIM'

New Delhi (IANS) Eyeing the global revolution in tech-innovations, the Modi government, in its second avatar, is all set to redefine the scope of 'Knowledge and Innovation' at NITI Aayog. Before leaving for his foreign visit to the Maldives,…

Govt to move full steam ahead on labour reforms with new Bill

New Delhi (IANS) In what could be a significant improvement over existing wage rules, the government is likely to extend the applicability of the Minimum Wages Act to all forms of employment and workers in both the organised and the unorganised sectors.