
New Delhi: Villagers on Saturday along with the forest authorities killed a leopard in the Nankhari region nearly 140 kilometers from state capital, Shimla. A team of forest officials along with the villagers launched an operation to kill the leopard. The villagers are living in a state of shock local residents believe that for last one year the leopard have made their life miserable. Locals are demanding to kill another...

10:36 PM, Apr 22, 2012

New Delhi: Army has denied having issued any statement saying Himachal Pradesh government and its Chief Minister are working with land mafia to take away the Annandale Military grounds in Shimla. On Sunday, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal threatened to file a defamation suit if the Army does not tender an unconditional apology for its statement that questioned the campaign demanding handing over of Annandale ground. Dhumal termed...

03:05 PM, Apr 16, 2012

New Delhi: Noted Bollywood actor Joy Mukherjee died at the age of 73 in Mumbai. Mukherjee was admitted to the hospital on Monday. He had high fever and was unconscious. His overall condition was critical. "He passed away today morning at 9.30 am. He died due to prolonged illness and old age. His lungs were not functioning and he could not breathe, hence he was on ventilator. His condition was...

02:19 PM, Mar 09, 2012

Mumbai: Bollywood veteran Joy Mukherjee, who has been admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here, has shown no signs of improvement and the next 72 hours till Friday will be crucial, his wife said. "He is stable at the moment because of the ventilator. But he is not conscious as of now. Doctors have said the next 48 to 72 hours will be crucial," Neelam Mukherjee told IANS Tuesday. The actor-filmmaker...

05:57 PM, Mar 06, 2012

Shimla: A familiar figure strolling along Shimla's Mall, greeting friends and chatting animatedly in the coffee house is being missed with the death of actor Anupam Kher's father Pushkar Nath Kher, 84. Nath's friends and local theatre artistes, who once shared stage with Kher, mourned his demise. Nath, a Kashmiri Pandit by origin, died in Mumbai after a brief illness Friday. "Nath will always be remembered for the excitement he...

02:18 PM, Feb 12, 2012

New Delhi: Mercury plunged five degrees below normal on Thursday morning bringing back cold conditions in the city which was experiencing a spell of relatively pleasant weather over the last few days. The low was recorded at 4 degree Celsius, down by 4.5 degrees from Wednesday's minimum temperature of 8.5 degrees, the MeT office said. Cold winds added to the chill in the air early in the morning but a...

05:21 PM, Feb 09, 2012

New Delhi: Friday proved to be the coldest day of the year in many parts of North India. In Delhi, the maximum temperature plummeted to the season's lowest of 16.9 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature, however, was 12.4 degrees. The city also experienced rain and a hailstorm. The Met department has predicted more showers on Saturday. Jaipur, Lucknow and Patna were a couple of degrees warmer at 14 degrees. The...

07:57 AM, Jan 07, 2012

Chandigarh: It is a famous address in a famous city and among the must visit spots for tourists. But exactly why Shimla's 'Scandal Point' has been named so is still a tantalizing mystery. The only thing agreed upon is that the place, situated in the queen of hills where the Ridge and the Mall (road) converge, got its name in the 19th century. The story goes that the then Maharaja...

01:08 PM, Jan 03, 2012

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh government proposes to make sending of an unwanted message on mobile phone a cognizable offence, Director General of Police DS Manhas said in Shimla on Monday. "There is a proposal to amend the police rule under the State Police Act to declare the sending of unwanted messages on the mobile phone a cognizable offence", he told reporters. Manhas pointed out that unless the affected persons lodge the...

09:10 AM, Jan 03, 2012

Shimla: A breast cancer survivor has penned a book narrating her innate struggle and eventual triumph. The book, 'Sunshine: My Encounter with Cancer', by Shimla-based writer Minakshi Chaudhry was released by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Monday. This is the author's 10th book. "I had breast cancer and my treatment is now over. I may have it again, who knows? The future is not ours to see. Yet now...

01:30 PM, Oct 25, 2011

Actress Kangana Ranaut had a blast at her sister's wedding and danced on her hit number Kadi sadi gali bhul ke vi aaya karo at one of the wedding functions Kangana's elder sister got married Wednesday at their family home in Bhambla village in Mandi district, some 200 km from here. The actress danced throughout the night with her childhood friends on the songs of "Tanu Weds Manu" a day...

03:00 PM, May 12, 2011