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GST brings 5,000 trucks to halt
Faridkot: With the implementation of GST, the transport sector appears to be at the receiving end. More than 5,000 trucks have come to a halt, it has been learnt. Blaming it on GST, truckers have complained of a major drop in supply orders, resulting in business taking a big hit.
Bajrang Dal district convenor arrested for assaulting Muslim man
Hisar: Police arrested a Bajrang Dal activist in Panchkula on Saturday on suspicion of having beaten a Muslim trader last week. The right-wing organisation’s district convener Kapil Vats was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on Sunday.
Moderate to heavy rains in parts of Himachal Pradesh
Moderate to heavy rains occurred in parts of Himachal Pradesh where the monsoon remained normal, with the exception of the lower hills which witnessed a hot and humid day
Man arrested for using forged letters of Swaraj for heli- tickets
Jammu: A man has been arrested for allegedly using forged letters of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to get heli-tickets to the Mata Vaishnodevi cave shrine, police said here today.
Shimla girl bags production design award at IIFA
Shimla: Shimla girl Aparna Sud has bagged IIFA production designer award for a Bollywood film “Neerja”. She will receive the award tomorrow during the 18th IIFA ceremony in New York. She won Filmfare Award in February this year for designing the replica of Pan-American Airways’ Boeing aircraft for the movie.
Anger spills on to roads over ‘inept’ handling
Shimla: Even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the heinous rape and murder of a 16-year-old Kotkhai girl that shook the state claimed that the case had been solved with the arrest of six accused, the public refused to accept the police theory.
Amarnath terror attack: Police arrest PDP MLA's driver
A policeman serving as a PDP MLA's driver has been arrested in connection with investigations into the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims this week, police sources said today. Touseef Ahmad, a policeman from the security wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police and Wachhi legislator Aijaz Ahmad Mir's driver, was detained for questioning two days ago. Wachhi is in Shopian district of south Kashmir
16th batch of 3,398 pilgrims leave for Amarnath from Jammu
Amid tight security, the sixteenth batch of 3,398 pilgrims today left Jammu for the 3,888-metre Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the south Kashmir Himalayas. Escorted by the CRPF and police, the batch consisting of 2,535 males, 758 females, 100 sadhus and sadhvis, and five transgenders left in a convoy of 191 vehicles for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps this morning, officials said
Goa desecration cases: 50-year-old man arrested
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Goa Police has arrested a 50-year-old man in connection a series of cases of alleged desecration of holy crosses in South Goa district, a senior officer said today
Shimla Rape-Murder Case: HP Govt to hand over probe to CBI
The Himachal Pradesh government on Friday decided to hand over the investigation into the Shimla schoolgirl’s rape and murder to the CBI. The announcement came amid a five-hour protest when a mob threw stones and ringed Shimla SP D W Negi at Theog, about 30 km from the scene of crime in Kotkhai, Shimla district