Jagdish Bhatt

Jagdish Bhatt

A journalist with over 40 years of experience, Jagdish Bhatt was Editor, Hill Post (Uttarakhand). Jagdish had worked with India's leading English dailies, which include Times of India, Indian Express, Pioneer and several other reputed publications. A highly acclaimed journalist, he was a recipient of many awards Jagdish Bhatt, aged 72, breathed his last on 28th August 2021 at his Dehradun residence.

Environment, General, Magazine, More, News, Regional, Religion, Tourism, Travel, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra piles garbage on alpine pastures

Reports appearing in a vernacular daily painted a grim picture of the sad state in which the Bedini ‘bugyal’ has been left after the yatra. “The fresh grass that appears after the snow melts in the region has been trampled to oblivion and one can see nothing but mud, dirt and garbage where earlier there was a carpet of green. Trenches had been dug round the tents to prevent rain water from seeping into them, and they have neither been filled up nor leveled leaving the entire alpine pasture in a sad shape”, the report reads.

Education, General, More, News, Regional, Uttarakhand, Youth

Uttarakhand educationists smell a rat over large absentations in schools

In the 1208 schools that were looked into on that particular day, the authorities were more than taken aback when they found that over 25400 students were missing from their classes. It did not gel that such a large number of children decided to play truant on that one day, or were sick and did not attend school for valid reasons.

Culture, General, Himachal, India, Industry, Latest News, News, Regional, Religion, Tourism, Travel

Nanda Raj Jaat pilgrimage from Aug 18 to trek on risky routes

The 280-km Nand Raj Yatra, including an arduous trek, is keenly looked forward to by not only the participants, but also a number of reputed photographers from all over the world keen to capture the uniqueness of the procession, including the four horned ‘khadu’ (ram) that leads it, and the picturesque locale through which it passes in their cameras.