Firm headed by 'bribe arranger' was eyeing key railway project

Friday 10 May '13

G G Tronics is a familiar name in the railways' research and development circles, particularly when it comes to signals and telecommunication.

Rly unions split on Bansal, AIRF says he must resign

Thursday 9 May '13

The railway unions have different opinions over the issue of Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal continuing in office in the wake of the alleged bribery case against his nephew.

Rail bribery row: CBI finds links that could lead up to Bansal

Tuesday 7 May '13

Investigators are likely to question Bansal in the days to come, several senior officers said.

Rail bribery row: CBI finds links that could lead up to minister Bansal

Tuesday 7 May '13

Investigators are likely to question Bansal in the days to come, several senior officers said.

The blasts and Manjit Singh

Friday 3 May '13

Some 85 kilometres and an international border separate Bhikhiwind in Punjab's Tarn Taran district and Lahore Central Jail, also known as Kot Lakhpat jail. Sarabjit Singh, 49, couldn''t cover that dis...

Kazakh Prez says nothing critical likely to happen after NATO exit

Wednesday 1 May '13

Amid concerns in central Asia following the proposed withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014

Uphill Goldmine

Sunday 21 April '13

Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti are replete with many lesser-known sights and sounds. Here''s a guide that maps out places waiting to be explored by the adventurous.

Vijender Singh case: In heroin haul, plot revolves around Punjab

Thursday 14 March '13

That a lot of drug trafficking, of heroin in particular, is happening through Punjab has been an acknowledged fact for some time now.

More cash in hand, more for amenities

Wednesday 27 February '13

Having gone through its worst possible financial crunch for almost four years, Indian Railways find its financial health finally on the path to some recovery

Voters'' silence stumps kitchen politics players

Friday 21 December '12

In the wave-less Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, if there was one issue that appeared to touch a raw nerve with the masses in the run-up to November 4, it was the Centre''s move to put a cap on su...

Cong garners majority, loses edge

Friday 21 December '12

Incumbent governments getting second consecutive shots at power may have emerged as a trend in several states across the country Punjab being the most recent example.

Railway Budget to be low on populism

Monday 3 December '12

No new projects, focus on completing prioritised works

211 paid news complaints, 104 confirmed

Friday 30 November '12

Of 211 complaints alleging that candidates had paid to get news published or broadcast during the days leading to the November 4 elections in Himachal Pradesh

Punjab police, with all, for all

Thursday 22 November '12

But for a dozen-odd private individuals, mostly industrialists, who pay for their Punjab Police security cover, others are essentially freeloaders

Punjab police, with all, for all

Thursday 22 November '12

What it lays bare, though, is the ease with which affluent Punjabis can get armed guards from the state police.

Surrogate, 'below the belt'' ads in HP under EC scanner

Tuesday 6 November '12

"Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja, Himachal kharidney koi bhi aaja", reads the advertisement issued in a vernacular daily by a little-known Himachal Bachao Morcha.

After 19 years, tribals vote with state

Monday 5 November '12

It was after a gap of 19 years that they got a chance to vote alongwith the rest of the state to elect their next government.

EC experiment to secure real-time info works big time

Monday 5 November '12

As large numbers of voters lined up across Himachal Pradesh to cast their votes to elect the state''s 12th legislative Assembly on Sunday, a new technological experiment carried out by the Election Co...

EC experiment to secure real-time info successful

Monday 5 November '12

As large numbers of voters lined up across Himachal Pradesh to cast their votes to elect the state''s 12th Legislative Assembly

On a high

Sunday 4 November '12

After 19 years, voters in remote districts of Himachal Pradesh will vote in Assembly polls with the rest of the state

One of the Elect

Sunday 4 November '12

He leads a quiet life in an old wooden house in Kalpa, a famous apple-growing village in Himachal Pradesh''s Kinnaur district.

Praising rival, bashing Centre, Dhumal eyes third term as CM

Saturday 3 November '12

He may be locked in a bitter political battle with five-time Himachal Pradesh chief minister and state Congress chief Virbhadra Singh in a bid form the next government in the hill state, but incumbent...

For first time, political parties can only set up counters 200 m away from polling booths

Saturday 3 November '12

The November 4 Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh will witnesses a first-of-its-kind thing in the country''s electoral process.

The kisan ploughs on, from village to village

Friday 2 November '12

Dhumal seeks to connect with voters by contrasting himself against the Raja, and his govt''s induction cooker against LPG

In Himachal silence, hearing Punjab echoes

Thursday 1 November '12

Bur far more significant than this difference is a similarity that is playing out even more visibly: the silence of the voters.