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AIBOC delegation meets MoS Finance Thakur submitted memorandum of demands  THE WEEKBy Arvind Sharma Dharamshala, Jun 26 (PTI) A delegation of the All India Bank Officers' Association (AIBOC) Wednesday met Minister of State for Finance ......Read More[]

Ranveer Singh and Kabir Khan's latest post will remind you of India's iconic 1983 cricket world cup victo  Times of IndiaAs India's win at the 1983 World Cup clocks 36 years today, Ranveer Singh, who is all set to play the role of cricketer Kapil Dev and recreate the ico....Read More[]

UAE keen to invest in food processing, tourism and infra in HP  Daily PioneerHimachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday held a meeting with Secretary General of Ministry of Economy, United Arab Emirate (UAE) Jamal Al Jarwan ......Read More[]

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Ranveer Singhs latest post will remind you of Indias iconic 1983 world cup victory!  Business StandardAs India's win at the 1983 World Cup clocks 36 years today, Ranveer Singh, who is all set to play the role of cricketer Kapil Dev and recreate the iconic win on ......Read More[]

Penpa Tsering responds after newspaper in Nepal reports his “deportation”  Tibet SunNepal immigration has confused a Tibetan man travelling to the country named Penpa Tsering, for Penpa Tsering, former Representative of the Dalai Lama to......Read More[]

Ranveer Singh's latest post will remind you of India's iconic 1983 world cup victory!  Free Press JournalNew Delhi: As India's win at the 1983 World Cup clocks 36 years today, Ranveer Singh, who is all set to play the role of cricketer Kapil Dev and recreate the ......Read More[]

RSS supremo Deoras 'supported' Emergency, but Indira, Sanjay Gandhi 'didn't respond'  COUNTERVIEWSanjay Gandhi's concerted drive to enforce family planning, particularly among Muslims, had earned Deoras's approbation....Read More[]

CM Thakur invites Indian diaspora of UAE to invest in HP  United News of IndiaShimla, Jun 25 (UNI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday invited the Indian diaspora of United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in the ......Read More[]

Planned effort to 'wind down' Mumbai's BEST bus service step by step: Report  COUNTERVIEWCounterview Desk The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST), a civic transport and electricity provider public body based in Mumbai, was ......Read More[]

Protest over ‘inaction’ in student suicide case  The Tribune IndiaTheTribune: ABOHAR: On a call given by the Aggarwal Samaj, traders shut their shops till Monday afternoon in Sadulshehar, 31 km from here....Read More[]

Thakur invites Dubai-based group to invest  Times of IndiaShimla: Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur has invited Dubai-based Lulu group to invest in shopping malls and hypermarkets in tourist destinations of Himac....Read More[]

Minor raped by teacher, villagers allege HP school hushed up matter  Times of IndiaDharamshala: On Monday, hundreds of villagers, belonging to Amb area of Una district, gathered in front of a school where a 15-year-old was sexually a....Read More[]

88-room dharamshala to be built for Khajrana devotees  Times of IndiaIndore: A main gate costing Rs 4 crore and a dharamshala of 88 rooms for devotees will be constructed on Khajrana Ganesh temple premises....Read More[]

Minor raped by teacher, villagers allege HP school hushed up matter  Times of IndiaOn Monday, hundreds of villagers, belonging to Amb area of Una district, gathered in front of a school where a 15-year-old was sexually assaulted by....Read More[]

BIZ SCAN  The Navhind TimesJio adds most subscribers in April; Airtel, VIL lose. NEW DELHI: Continuing its growth trend, Reliance Jio added around 80.82 lakh subscribers in April, showed ......Read More[]

Global Investors' Meet: Jai Ram Thakur to address 80 foreign ambassadors  United News of IndiaUniindia: Shimla, Jun 24 (UNI) Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will address Head of Missions of about 80 countries about the Global Investors'' Meet, ......Read More[]

Jharkhand mob lynching: Adivasis protest police 'inaction', FIR against victims  COUNTERVIEWIn all 18 lynching deaths have taken place in Jharkhand in the past three years....Read More[]

OPINION | As Politics Heats up Over Encephalitis Deaths, Will the Disease Prove Fatal for JDU-BJP’s All...  News18Patna: Nitish Kumar seems to have been caught in a bind over the deaths of over 160 children allegedly due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in ......Read More[]

Sabarmati cleaned up 'swimming pool' style, as untreated effluents dumped into river  COUNTERVIEWCounterview Desk In a *fresh* letter to the secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, senior Gujarat ......Read More[]

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One hundred eight feet tall statue of Vyas to be constructed  IndiaPost.comA detailed plan for the construction of the 108-feet tall statue of Maharshi Ved Vyas, who is credited for classifying holy Hindu scripture Veda into four categories, ......Read More[]

How Gujarat govt imposed curbs on livestock export for 'fear' of losing BJP vote share  COUNTERVIEWA Dubai-based company, which had invested heavily in exports, wrote to the external affairs ministry, that such undue interruption in export sullied the name of ......Read More[]

Gujarat Confidential: All Eyes On SC  The Indian ExpressSources said that when a top politician from Gujarat government inquired with a top law officer about possibility of the petition being allowed by the apex court, ......Read More[]

The quest  Daily PioneerA group of 200 monks and nuns is on a month-long padayatra with the aim of establishing world peace. By Team Viva The distance is long, a little over 700 km....Read More[]

One hundred eight feet tall statue of Vyas to be constructed  Outlook IndiaKathmandu, Jun 23 A detailed plan for the construction of 108-feet tall statue of Maharshi Ved Vyas, who is credited for classifying holy Hindu scripture Veda into ......Read More[]

One hundred eight feet tall statue of Vyas to be constructed  Business StandardA detailed plan for the construction of 108-feet tall statue of Maharshi Ved Vyas, who is credited for classifying holy Hindu scripture Veda into four categories, has ......Read More[]

ITBP Recovered 7 Bodies From Western Ridge of Nanda Devi Peak  The QuintThe Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Sunday, 23 June, recovered seven bodies believed to be that of foreign mountaineers who had gone missing on way ......Read More[]

US research: 40% of India's casteist Facebook posts are anti-reservation, anti-Dalit  COUNTERVIEWBy Rajiv Shah A recent American civil society research has found that 40% of India's casteist posts on Facebook (FB) have anti-reservation slant. Asserting that ......Read More[]

One hundred eight feet tall statue of Vyas to be constructed  THE WEEKBy Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, Jun 23 (PTI) A detailed plan for the construction of 108-feet tall statue of Maharshi Ved Vyas, who is credited for classifying ......Read More[]

Consultants to look for solutions for Dharamshala garbage dump  Times of IndiaDharamshala: The state government is planning to hire consultants to find a resolution for the garbage hill in Dharamshala....Read More[]

Pankaj Tripathi continues shooting for Ranveer Singh’s 83 even after having broken ribs  India TV NewsPankaj Tripathi, who is all set to play the role of former team India manager PR Man Singh in Ranveer Singh starrer 83, has got 3 injured ribs but the actor is still ......Read More[]

Tibetan Activists hold protest in Solidarity with Hong Kong  Business StandardDharamshala(Himachal Pradesh), June 22 (ANI): Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) held a solidarity protest in support people of people of Hong Kong in ......Read More[]

Despite NDA gaining 5%, geography of its votes only 'marginally' changed in five yrs  COUNTERVIEWBy Christophe Z Guilmoto* Much ink has already been spilled on the 2019 general elections in India. The sheer scale of the triumph of the National Democratic ......Read More[]