Dehra Dun : In what is being seen as a major step taken by the community of sadhus and sants for the cleanliness of the Ganga and keep it free from pollution, Mahamandleshwar Vishwavedanand of the Haridwar-based Mahanirvani akhara was given a ‘bhu-samadhi’ instead of ‘jal smadahi’ in the Ganga [...]

Dehra Dun : This capital city of Uttarakhand boasts of some of the best schools of not only the country but the world, and institutions like The Doon School, Welham Boys and Welham Girls have put it on the world map of education. But quality education is perhaps limited to [...]

Dehradun : The Congressmen here in Uttarakhand distributed sweets at the victory of the party at the hustings in Karnataka, particularly because of the rout of the BJP and its poster boy, Narendra Modi’s image taking a beating. But apparently they have been very myopic and not looked into their [...]

Dehradun : Policemen in Uttarakhand have in the past been caught assisting anti-social elements in making a get away, in helping force possession in controversial properties and even in allowing robbers to make a get away after taking the stolen material from them. But beat this. An ASP rank officer [...]

Shimla: A moderate intensity earthquake that hit the northern regions on May 1 only exposed the lukewarm response towards disaster management here corroborating what a baseline survey on awareness and preventive practices had brought out only recently. The 5.7 Magnitude tremor that shook up the mountains, early on the May [...]