Ragging was a tradition at Tanda medical college

Wednesday 1 April '09

The report of the magisterial inquiry into the death of Aman Kachru, a first-year MBBS student at Dr Rajindra Prasad Medical College, Tanda, reveals that ragging was an unofficial tradition in the college.

Cong Hamirpur split out in open

Sunday 29 March '09

The infighting in the Congress over allotment of the Hamirpur ticket to former cricketer Madan Lal took an ugly turn on Saturday after supporters of Narinder Thakur.....

College also responsible for ragging death: probe

Sunday 29 March '09

The magisterial probe into the death of Aman Satya Kachroo has concluded that the MBBS student at Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College died....

With pride, father fights grief over death of commando son in Kupwara

Saturday 28 March '09

Commando Anil Kumar Chauhan, of the 1 Para, was a 29-year-old man of very few words.

Madan Lal already on a sticky wicket

Saturday 28 March '09

Former cricketer Madan Lal’s political innings has not started out on an auspicious note. The Congress, which gave him the ticket from Hamirpur...

Kachru’s father seeks Dhumal’s support against ragging

Friday 27 March '09

Rajender Kachru, father of Aman Kachru, has written to Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, appreciating ordering of a magisterial inquiry and initiation of legal action to bring the guilty to book.

Dry spell set to upset Himachal’s apple cart

Friday 27 March '09

With Himachal Pradesh’s apple belt witnessing one of the driest and warmest winters in recent years, the state’s fruit economy is fearing a major blow.

Will win by a large margin, claims Anurag Thakur

Thursday 26 March '09

Confident of victory on the back of his nine-month tenure in the present Lok Sabha, Anurag Thakur, BJP candidate from Hamirpur...

Himachal gets ordinance banning ragging

Thursday 26 March '09

Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday got an anti-ragging law in place, nearly three weeks after the death of Aman Kachroo.....

Dissent in Himachal Congress at its peak

Tuesday 24 March '09

Dissidence in the Himachal Congress is at the highest level, literally.

Cong divided over Madan Lal’s candidature

Monday 23 March '09

With the Congress high command finally deciding to field former cricketer Madan Lal against Anurag Thakur despite the PCC’s opposition to any “outsider”, fissures have come to light in the party ahead of the polls.

HP Cabinet nod to anti-ragging ordinance

Saturday 21 March '09

Seventeen years after the state’s pioneering anti-ragging law expired, the Cabinet today approved a new ordinance, Himachal Pradesh Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Ragging) Ordinance, 2009...

Himachal’s anti-ragging ordinance gets Cabinet nod

Saturday 21 March '09

Seventeen years after the state’s anti-ragging law expired, the Himachal Cabinet on Friday approved a new ordinance.....

Ragging again in Himachal; seniors suspended, fined

Saturday 21 March '09

Less than a fortnight after teenager Aman Kachroo was allegedly beaten to death by his seniors at Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Tanda....

Hydro-projects in Himachal on terrorist hit-list, security upgraded

Friday 20 March '09

Hydro-electric projects in Himachal Pradesh are no longer safe and are soft targets for terrorists.

If not Preity, then Madan Lal will do

Thursday 19 March '09

With Anurag Thakur — who is also the son of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal - winning the Hamirpur seat by a huge margin in 2008...

New law to put onus on heads of institutions

Tuesday 17 March '09

An upcoming ordinance in Himachal Pradesh proposes to make ragging in any form a non-bailable offence while also bringing heads of institutions within its purview......

Ragging to be non-bailable offence, new ordinance expected this week

Tuesday 17 March '09

The ordinance to check ragging in education institutions in Himachal Pradesh proposes to make ragging a non-bailable offence, also bringing the heads of the institution in its purview.

Himachal anti-ragging law soon, says Dhumal

Saturday 14 March '09

Finally, Himachal Pradesh is going to have a law to deal with ragging in educational institutions.

CM writes to family, assures justice

Friday 13 March '09

Assuring the bereaved family of Aman Satya Kachru, the ragging victim at Dr Rajindra Prasad Medical College, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said he will spare no effort to see that the guilty are brought to book.

Ragging death: accused booked under lapsed Ordinance

Friday 13 March '09

The police may have applied Section 3 of the Himachal Pradesh Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Ragging) Ordinance....

Congress dithers on Hamirpur seat

Thursday 5 March '09

The Congress screening committee, headed by AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi, which met in Delhi today...

HP Cong scrambles to finalise candidates

Wednesday 4 March '09

Catching up with the ruling BJP in its poll preparedness, the Congress screening committee is meeting in Delhi tomorrow to decide candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.

Railway sanctions Rs 350 cr for railway line in Himachal

Friday 27 February '09

The Railway Ministry has sanctioned Rs 350.33 crores as first instalment towards initiation of ground work for the 20-km patch of Bhanupalli-Bilaspur railway line.

Himachal farmers set to cash in on polyhouse cultivation

Friday 27 February '09

The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to fund farmers, especially those in the hills, to build polyhouses— modern greenhouses, in other words...