In the name of God: Why travellers’ spiritual quest is on an eternal journey after CovidWinds of change are further lifting the spiritual tourism industry that has been witnessing a surge since the pre-pandemic time. What can I...
10 Aug, 2024, 09.08 AM IST
Holy city Haridwar inundated with 30,000 metric tonne of trash after 12-day Kanwar yatraThe annual Kanwar Yatra in Haridwar has left the town drowning in waste. The gathering of over 4 crore kanwariyas has left the holy town su...
16 Jul, 2023, 03.07 PM IST
The day Bachendri conquered the Everest and a lot moreThirty-six years ago, on this very day, Uttarakhand’s Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to scale the highest peak in the world, s...
23 May, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Govt working more on paper, less on ground, says 11-year-old Indian climate activistWhile the world is going gaga over teenage environment activist Greta Thunberg's thought-provoking speech on rising emissions, few are awar...
27 Sep, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
Bachendri Pal to lead month-long rafting expedition to clean GangaThe expedition will start from Haridwar on October 5 and traverse through Bijnor, Farukhabad, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Buxar and end in...
28 Sep, 2018, 12.53 PM IST
Eggs may be escaping the veg/non-veg divide, emerging as a market ready to be cracked openKejriwal the politician might be in the doldrums at the moment, but Kejriwal the egg dish has, rather improbably, gone global.
22 Apr, 2017, 01.24 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi talks loot, Rahul Gandhi turncoatsCongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s road show covering all the 11 assembly seats in Haridwar district was an impressive one.
13 Feb, 2017, 01.35 AM IST
Railways to sell garbage at stationsRailways has created a separate Non-Fare Revenue Directorate to find ways for generating substantial revenue from sources other than passen...
07 Jul, 2016, 04.32 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Mission: Government plans to 'totally clean' 50 cities by March 2017The maximum cities—nine—are from Uttar Pradesh. Rae Bareilly town in Sonia Gandhi’s constituency is one of them.
04 May, 2016, 01.40 AM IST
2015: NGT orders on diesel cars, Ganga attract global attentionBarely five years into existence, the NGT's pro-active role was noticed by international media which praised its speedy redressal of pollut...
28 Dec, 2015, 11.46 AM IST
- River Ganga likely to be clean by 2020: Government
Cleaning of river Ganga is expected to be completed by 2020, by which time desired results of initiatives taken up for the purpose will be ...
30 Jul, 2015, 07.12 PM IST
Centre mulls herbal medicine units on banks of river Ganga in UttarakhandUttarakhand may soon open processing units of herbal medicines on the banks of the holy river, along with an 'Eco Task Force' of ex-service...
10 Jun, 2015, 03.12 PM IST
Cleaning the Ganga: How sewage is turning it into less of a river and more of a toxic waterwayThe holy river becomes a carrier of untreated industrial waste, garbage, agricultural run-off and municipal waste making it less of a river...
23 May, 2015, 05.47 AM IST
High alert in Haridwar following explosion in RoorkeeApart from it, vigil has been stepped up at railway station and bus stands, while check-post has been erected in the border areas of the di...
08 Dec, 2014, 02.16 AM IST
Uttarakhand's path to devastation a natural calamity or a result of industrialisation?The hill state lends itself to industries like tourism, food processing and hydropower. Is the last responsible for the trail of devastatio...
30 Jun, 2013, 12.19 PM IST
- The Beauty and grandeur of the Ganges, Kedarnath and Badrinath
Following the sacred route from Yamunotri to Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, its worth immersing oneself in the beauty and divine grande...
09 Jun, 2011, 08.12 AM IST
- After police action, protest venue gets a deserted look
Ramlila maidan, which has witnessed a series of historic protests, lay deserted with mattresses thrown around, unattended bags & sandals.
05 Jun, 2011, 09.35 AM IST