2 more detained in rape case

Shimla: The police today detained two more suspects in the rape and murder case of a 16-year-old Kotkhai girl even as the state government sent a formal request to the CBI to take over the case.

Landslide sets big boulders on Mandi-Kullu highway, threat persists

Mandi: A major landslide reported damaged shops and a temple in Hanogi on the Mandi-Kullu National Highway on Sunday morning, eyewitnesses and officials said.

51 kids reunited with parents

Rewari: As many as 51 children have been reunited with their families as part of Operation Muskan launched by the district police on July 1.

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