Author: Gopal Puri

SHIMLA: Will law finally catch up with powerful Himachal Pradesh official Tilak Raj Sharma? The fate will be known on May 24 when the Punjab and Haryana High Court will sit for the final hearing on the stay order against Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s investigation in the case. Sharma was arrested after the Central […]

SHIMLA: Soon there are possibilities that no cricket match will be washed out at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) in the picturesque Dharamshala. The Association is putting in place a state of the art technology that will ensure the ground dries up within 20 minutes after the rain. HPCA has decided to install a […]

  SHIMLA: Anurag Thakur, Union minister of sports, youth affairs and minister of information and broadcasting, on Saturday asserted that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a party of workers and not of a particular family. Thakur’s comments came while interacting with the media at BJYM national executive meet in Dharamshala. His comments came on the […]

  SHIMLA: Claiming a breakthrough in the case of hoisting of Khalistani flags at the entrance of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, police on Wednesday arrested a man from Punjab’s Ropar even as another suspect managed to escape. Five yellow flags with Khalistan written and ‘khanda’ symbol made on them were found hanging from the iron […]

  SHIMLA: Former Telecom Minister Pandit Sukhram, a veteran Congress leader from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, passed away at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi on Tuesday night. He was 94. After suffering a massive cardiac arrest, he had been on life support for the last two days. Confirming his death, Sukhram’s […]

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Police is seeking the help of Interpol to get a red corner notice (RCN) issued against US-based Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannu who claimed responsibility for hoisting the Khalistani flags outside the state Vidhan Sabha in Dharamsala. “A red corner notice is being issued by the police against […]

  SHIMLA: A day after secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) claimed responsibility for the act of putting up Khalistani flags and making graffiti at the entrance of the Vidhan Sabha complex in Dharamshala on Sunday, the Himachal Pradesh Police swung into action. The police have added stringent provisions under Section 13 of the Unlawful […]

SHIMLA: There is no security camera. Only five policemen manning the security. The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly building might reflect the peaceful surroundings of Dharamshala but it also raised questions about security. The building, which was built in 2006 and comes alive only for the winter session of the HP Legislative Assembly, was in the […]

SHIMLA: What was meant to be a lazy Sunday morning in the peaceful and serene atmosphere of the Tapovan was filled with buzz as Khalistani symbols were fixed on the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha building in Dharamshala. Yellow flags with the ‘khanda’ symbol and Khalistan written on them were put up at the entrance of […]

  SHIMLA: In a bid to enhance environmental awareness and responsibility, the Himachal Pradesh Central University has instructed its students to plant two saplings on the campus at the time of admission. In a unique attempt, the university will assess the student along with his/her responsibility in taking care of the plant, for which additional […]