Create development model for entire Himalayan region: Murli Manohar Joshi
byNew Delhi: Terming the devastation in Uttarakhand as a “partly man-made disaster”, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi has called for setting up a central authority…
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Modi’s Godhra taint does not justify minorities appeasement
byAs elections draw around, bogey of secularism debates surface all around. Right from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, PM designate Rahul…
Why I shall support Modi in 2014?
byI have been getting more and more worried over the last year or so at the direction( or lack of it) in which our…
Mouth watering street food of Shimla
byWith temperatures in the hill state soaring high to touch the 30 degree mark, it’s time for the locals to beat the heat with…
Gas Price Rise: gains without merit
byDoubling of natural gas price to $8.4/MMBtu from $4.2/MMBtu, the UPA II government has brought cheers in the camps of oil producers, but a glum…
Hopefully, both people and government will take heed of Uttarakhand tragedy
byDehra Dun : Public memory is short, but is it short enough that the people, politicians and babudom of Uttarakhand, will not take heed…
Ghanchakkar: A Painful Watch (Movie Review)
byWhen a purposeless screenplay conjoins a series of poorly fashioned dialogues and the final dish is garnished with toppings of boredom and misdirection, something…
Pitfalls and Perils of Politicized Food Insecurity
byWith food and hunger being basic human issues, there is an urgent need to extensively work at grass-root levels like neighborhood and community-based support…
India’s interest, not Beijing’s sensitivities, should dictate China policy
byOne of the major drawbacks in India’s foreign policy is that the dominant voices in the strategic community are of hawkish elements, bereft of…
Use the tragedy as a wake-up call Mr chief minister
byDehradun: The destruction of the fragile Himalayan ecology, particularly in the Garhwal division of Uttarkhand had started much before this small mountain state was…