Tulipmania: India’s love affair with the flower is now out in the openTulips have spilled over from Rashtrapati Bhavan's gardens to public green spaces such as Shanti Path relatively recently. The first big pu...
15 Feb, 2025, 12.46 AM IST
Forced to make emergency landing, CEC spends night at far-flung Uttarakhand villageChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar encountered bad weather during a helicopter journey and made an emergency landing in Ralam village,...
17 Oct, 2024, 11.40 AM IST
Forest fires in Uttarakhand threaten rare Himalayan fauna, say expertsAnnual forest fires in Uttarakhand cause extensive damage to precious forest resources, threatening rare Himalayan fauna like birds and but...
13 May, 2024, 06.17 PM IST
Flight operations from Dehradun to Ayodhya, Varanasi, Amritsar start todayDehradun Airport is a medium-sized airport in India with domestic flights only. On the other hand, Ayodhya recently got its first airport, ...
06 Mar, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
Strategic Munsiyari-Milam road to be complete by 2023-end: BRO officialThe strategically important high-altitude road was to be completed this year but making way through hard rocks is posing a big challenge, B...
02 Dec, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
5 covid-safe domestic holiday options for less than Rs 50,000To ease travellers’ plans, ET Wealth has shortlisted five domestic destinations in varying categories—beach, hills, wildlife, historical an...
20 Oct, 2021, 01.37 PM IST
Yak ride in Munsiyari or fam-jam in Auli: Enjoy winters in IndiaAvail flexible holiday offers by leading agencies to explore snowy adventure.
19 Nov, 2020, 08.01 AM IST
Helicopters land heavy equipment to expedite work of strategic road near India-China borderAfter several failed attempts in 2019, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) recently succeeded in carrying heavy road building equipment by ...
11 Jun, 2020, 03.28 PM IST
This winter, enjoy family vacation in the snow and try kid-friendly adventuresTake your family to Gangtok, Auli, Shimla, Srinagar and some other Indian destinations for snow and adventure activities.
16 Nov, 2017, 08.45 AM IST
In Pithoragarh schools open in poll time onlyOver 50 schools in Pithoragarh dist have remained closed for the past few years because the families of children studying here have migrate...
06 Feb, 2017, 02.45 PM IST
From Lucknow to Leh, it’s ‘springtime’ before winterPear trees have started flowering in Mallika Virdi's farm in Sarmoli village near Munsiyari town, deep inside Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.
14 Jan, 2016, 12.09 PM IST
Smoke at Panchachuli peak, poachers on the hunt for musk deerFor two days now, the foothills of the Panchachuli peak in eastern Kumaon has been enveloped in black smoke.
23 Nov, 2015, 07.04 AM IST
Mild tremors felt in UttarakhandAn earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale today hit Pithoragarh district and adjoining areas of Uttarakhand, bordering India-Nepal b...
29 Sep, 2015, 08.10 PM IST
Army's crashed helicopter was on China border sortieThe chopper had taken off on surveillance after top brass at the Army headquarters in Bareilly received an alert about the build-up of Chin...
03 Oct, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
Elections 2014: Cases against Congress, BJP activists for 'discouraging' votersThe turnout in Badni and Jaidunga villages of Pithoragarh was unusually low, and the administration believes these four men were responsibl...
20 May, 2014, 12.02 PM IST
BRO efforts help in evacuation of 2000 from Gaurikund by landBRO has facilitated evacuation of about 2000 pilgrims from Gaurikund by land route, as it stepped up efforts to restore infrastructure in t...
26 Jun, 2013, 07.58 PM IST
Quick getaway for travel loversA trip to Munsiyari cannot be completed in a jiffy and it would make sense to extend your weekend by a couple of days to truly enjoy this p...
13 Jun, 2013, 05.11 AM IST