Tough time for commuters on Manali road

Mandi: Commuters were left stranded for hours on the Manali-Pathankot highway this morning when the road was blocked due to a flash flood in the nearby rivulet. However, later it was opened.

7 killed in Shimla road accident

Shimla: Seven persons, including four women, were killed while five others sustained serious injuries when Balero (HR 71 A 3993) they were travelling in rolled 200 m deep into a gorge between Antrawlee and Guma, near Nerwa in Shimla district, 140 km from here, late last night.

SYL issue: INLD to stop all vehicles from Punjab on July 10

The principal opposition party in Haryana, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), has threatened to block all vehicles coming from Punjab on national highway 1 at Patiala-Ambala border, besides other points in the state, on July 10 to protest against what it termed the failure of the BJP governments in state and at Centre to get SutlejYamuna Link (SYL) canal constructed despite the Supreme Court’s verdict in Haryana’s favour

No fee hike for MBBS course

Shimla: There will be no hike in fee for MBBS course in the three existing government medical colleges and same fee structure will be applicable to two new colleges, functional from this year.

SC refuses interim order agst Centre's notification on Aadhaar

The Supreme Court today refused to pass any interim order against the Centre's notification making Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits of various social welfare schemes. A vacation bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha said that no interim order can be passed at this stage on the "mere apprehension" of petitioners that government may deprive people from availing benefits of various social welfare schemes due to lack of Aadhaar

Prez nominee to visit Srinagar tomorrow

Srinagar: The NDA’s candidate for the post of President, Ram Nath Kovind, will visit Srinagar on Wednesday to seek support of the electoral college comprising legislators and parliamentarians of the ruling PDP-BJP coalition.

Valley under turmoil

Srinagar: Clashes erupted in at least five districts of the Kashmir valley immediately after the Eid prayers today. In Srinagar, youths clashed with the police and CRPF personnel outside the idgah where 15,000 to 20,000 persons had assembled for prayers. Hundreds of youths, waving black flags, tried to hold a march but were intercepted by the police.

PM leaves for Netherlands after concluding US trip

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Netherlands, the final leg of his three-nation tour, after concluding his visit to the US. In the US, Modi held talks with President Donald Trump today during which the two leaders vowed to strengthen co- operation on terror. India and the US also urged Pakistan to ensure that its territory is not used to launch cross-border terror strikes

Not symbolic, Meira Kumar will give a tough fight: Left leader

A top Left leader today said that Meira Kumar would give a "tough fight" in the Presidential elections, and the Opposition parties would try to reach out to NDA allies to back their joint candidate

Amit Shah arrives in Puducherry, attends BJP sponsored programmes

BJP chief Amit Shah arrived for his two-day visit here today as part of his 110-day nationwide tour to strengthen the party. Shah, on his second visit to the union territory after assuming charge of the party, garlanded a statue of Tamil poet Subramania Bharathiyar near the Raj Nivas and later attended a meeting of office bearers of the party's Puducherry unit