Shimla | 6 hours ago
Shops remain shut in Shimla to protest cow slaughter
Shimla, Feb 13 - Normal life was hit in this Himachal Pradesh capital Saturday as private business establishments adhered to the shutdown call by various Hindu organisations and remained closed till 2 p.m. to protest the slaughter of a cow near here.The shutdown call from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. was complete and passed off peacefully, barring a few skirmishes. Eyewitnesses said activists of the Bajrang ... read more

Shimla | 10 hours ago
Shops closed in Shimla to protest cow slaughter
Shimla, Feb 13 - Normal life was hit in this Himachal Pradesh capital Saturday as private business establishments adhered to the shutdown call by various Hindu organisations and remained closed to protest the slaughter of a cow near here.Eyewitnesses said activists of the Bajrang Dal and other organisations staged a demonstration in the city and forced the shopkeepers to close their shops. However ... read more

Shimla | 11 hours ago
Valentine's Day windfall for Himachal farmers
Shimla, Feb 13 - Valentine's Day again gladdens the hearts of thousands of flower growers of Himachal Pradesh as roses and carnations that bloom in the cool climes are much sought after by lovers.'The rose and carnation buds cultivated in the hill state are in great demand in most north Indian cities round the year,' state horticulture department assistant floriculturist B.S. Guleria told IANS. Bu ... read more

Shimla | 12 hours ago
Himachal villages calm after protests over cow slaughter
Shimla, Feb 13 - Normalcy returned to the villages of Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district Saturday after violent protests over the slaughter of a cow, police said.'The situation is under control today - in almost all the villages where violent protests erupted over the cow slaughter. Additional forces have been deployed there to monitor the situation,' Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma told IANS ... read more

Shimla | 1 day ago
Himachal governor inspects hostel where girls exploited
Shimla, Feb 12 - Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh Friday conducted a surprise inspection of a tribal girls' hostel at Solan town, where some girls were allegedly sexually exploited by the hostel in-charge.'Urmila Singh interacted with five girl students in the hostel. She expressed dissatisfaction over the facilities being provided in the hostel by the management and directed district author ... read more

Shimla | 1 day ago
Cow slaughter triggers violent protests in Himachal
Shimla, Feb 12 - Violent protests erupted Friday in villages of Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district over the slaughtering of a cow, police said. A mosque and a few shops that were open were attacked.'More than 4,000 people from various villages gathered at Nerwa - this - morning to lodge their protest over the cow slaughtered by a member of a minority community in a village Thursday,' Superintenden ... read more

Shimla | 1 day ago
Protests over cow slaughter in Himachal
Shimla, Feb 12 - Violent protests erupted Friday over the slaughtering of a cow in upper Shimla region of Himachal Pradesh, police said.'More than 2,000 people of a particular community staged a protest at nearby villages of Nerwa - this - morning over the cow slaughtered Thursday,' Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma told IANS. He said the protesters damaged two mosques to express their anger. ' ... read more

Dharamsala | 1 day ago
Obama-Dalai Lama meet shows US concern for Tibet, say exiles
Dharamsala, Feb 12 - The Tibetan government-in-exile, based in this Himachal Pradesh hill station, says the meeting scheduled between their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and US President Barack Obama indicates Americans' concern for Tibet.'We are seeing it - as the concern of the Americans towards the cause of Tibet,' Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at the Dalai Lama's office, told IANS. US autho ... read more

Shimla | 1 day ago
One arrested in Himachal for slaughtering cow
Shimla, Feb 11 - One person was arrested in Himachal Pradesh Thursday on charges of slaughtering a cow, police said.'Abdul was arrested for slaughtering his cow at Pujali village - today -,' Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma told IANS. He said the accused had killed the cow in a fit of rage. 'Abdul slaughtered the cow as it was dry for more than three years,' Sharma said. The village is located ... read more

Shimla | 1 day ago
Eleven killed in Himachal accident
Shimla, Feb 11 - Eleven people, including a child, were killed and five others critically injured in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district Thursday, police said.The accident occurred when a Trax, a utility vehicle, with 16 people on board, skidded into a 300-metre deep gorge near Jagothi stream, about 140 km from here, in Rohru subdivision around 4.30 p.m. Thursday, Deputy Superint ... read more