NEWS AND VIEWS

PUNJAB

HARYANA

JAMMU & KASHMIR

HIMACHAL

REGIONAL BRIEFS

NATION

OPINIONS

LETTERS

BUSINESS

SPORTS

WORLD

Advt

Designing & Printing Business Stationary Brochure / Posters / Flyers. Booking of Newspaper Ads Website Designing

HOROSCOPE

WEEKLY

Latest news, updated at 6:00 pm Centre asks Maharashtra to act against Togadia for ' hate speech'...more  Child sex victims 'mistreated, humiliated' in India by authorities: Report...more  GDP to grow at 5 pc in 2012-13: Govt...more  Diesel under-recovery to end by mid-2015: Plan panel...more  Akhilesh Yadav expands Cabinet, includes party loyalists...more  RSS chief backs VHP’s resolution for building Ram temple...more  3 held for online threats to all-girl rock band...more

Avalanches, snow batter Himachal tribal belt
Shimla, February 6
Heavy snow continued to pound the tribal belt and other higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day today with Kinnaur district witnessing a series of avalanches.

WHITE CLOAK: A man walks past snow covered vehicles in Shimla on Wednesday. PTI

J&K page: NH reopens for one-way traffic after two days

Online petition wants Grand Mufti to quit
Srinagar, February 6
An online petition has been launched demanding that the Grand Mufti should step down as Kashmiri singers voiced support to the three teenage girls who were forced to disband their rock band amidst a controversy which pitched conservatives and the clergy against supporters of music. The petition has been launched by a UK-based Kashmiri student, Omar Bashir, who has asked Mohammad Bashiruddin to step down from the chair of Grand Mufti.

J&K page:
Jammu backs all-girl rock band, invites it to perform in city
Rock band issue generates debate in Kashmir
Two youths arrested for online abuse
Editorial: Food for fatwa

Chinese presence at Pak port a matter of concern: Antony
Bangalore, February 6
Pakistan’s decision to hand over the strategic Gwadar port to China is a matter of “serious concern” for India, Defence Minister AK Antony said today. “Chinese are now constructing that port on Pakistan’s request. In one sentence, I can say that it is a matter of concern to us.

PUNJAB
Swine flu spreads tentacles in state
Chandigarh, February 6
Worried over the rising number of deaths due to swine flu this year, Punjab has put a formal query to the National Centre for Disease Control on the possibility of a change in the causative virus. (Details on Punjab page)

RBI panel proposes to set up gold bank
Mumbai, February 6
An RBI panel has revived the proposal of setting up a gold bank, or Bullion Corporation of India, to reduce imports of the metal - an idea mooted over two decades ago by the then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh.
(Details on Business page)

3 officers, 16 others in dock for fracas in armoured unit
Chandigarh, February 6
Over two-and-a-half years after an altercation between officers and jawans of an armoured regiment resulted in four young officers being assaulted, disciplinary proceedings in the matter continue to hang fire with the Army ordering recording of a fresh summary of evidence.