Confessions Of A Bookworm
byHazaribagh in the early 1960s. I was ten when I first got to know Dr. Binoy Chatterjee: I don’t know how old he was,…
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Cutting Through Snowfields, Rohtang Pass Finally Opens After Six Months
byManali: Daredevil high altitude road engineers of the army with the Border Roads Organization (BRO) after working for over two months have finally opened…
Fun Paraglider Ride For Tourist Turns Fatal At Solang In Manali
byManali: Twenty-four year Amardeel Singh, a resident of Mohali, who went paragliding at Solang Valley, 20 kms from here, died in a crash landing…
Army Engineers Target To Open Snowbound Rohtang Pass By 3rd Week Of May
byManali: The Rohtang pass likely to open by third week of May for vehicular traffic. According to the sources after that it would take…
Tourists Asked To Stay Away From Beas River As Snow Melt Increases Pandoh Reservoir Level
byDharamshala: The water level of the Pandoh dam on river Beas is increasing due to melting snow on the peaks in the catchment area…
The SC Molestation Case: Changing The Narrative ?
byThere is a tendency in India for all powerful public figures to allege a “conspiracy” whenever they are charged with any wrong doing. The Chidambarams do so when they are enquired into in the Aircel-Maxis case, the PM when he is accused of irregularities in the Rafael deal, MJ Akbar when he is called out for giving interviews in his underwear, Kamal Nath when his aides are caught with crores of unaccounted lucre. The CJI has just added himself to the list.
No Rehabilitation Plan For NGT Ban Affected Villagers Of Kullu Manali Valley
byManali: With the National Green Tribunal (NGT) having refused to relax the ban on commercial activities at the Rohtang Pass and its surrounding areas,…
David Kumar Wins Third Successive King Of Shivaliks Mountain Biking Title
byShimla: For the 3rd successive year David Kumar came out on top of the 8th Hero MTB race here on Sunday. Ashish Sherpa from…
Don’t Mix Up The Model Code With A Moral Code
byWhat can be more ironical and hypocritical in these farcical times than the fact that a lady candidate’s allegedly khaki underwear has become the…
A View of Pakistan from a Golf Course and Elsewhere
by“Pakistan,” he said “Is a country without heroes. There are only two real ‘home-grown’ ones, Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Imran Khan. For others, we have either to borrow them from India and deny our shared heritage or turn to the wealthier and not necessarily desirable images from other nations.”