Mermaid child born in Himachal hospital
byMandi: A mother in a government hospital here, earlier in the month, delivered a abnormal child that had mermaid features. However, the child could…
Human Interest
Himachal court asks government to give Nepalese labourers ration cards
byShimla: Nepalese, mainly working as laborers in Himachal, got a reprieve from the High Court, with judges directed Kullu district controller of food civil…
Woman’s solo mission helps Ladakh schools bloom
byLeh, Fascinated by the accounts of trekking undertaken by her husband in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, its vast open spaces, sub-zero temperatures…
Revisiting a historic Ayodhya – secular and diverse
byNew Delhi: A 16th century historical work tells of an Afghan army which went out of Ayodhya – which was controlled by local chiefs –…
No lessons learnt from Bhopal disaster: Environmentalists
byAgra: Despite a “Himalayan disaster” like the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, government agencies and voluntary groups have learnt no lessons, speakers at a seminar…
Now, website opened to save George Orwell’s house
byPatna: Fed up with assurances that have made little difference, residents of Motihari town in Bihar, birthplace of legendary British author George Orwell, have gone…
India’s first disabled skydiver now heads to Antarctica
byNew Delhi: Sai Prasad Vishwanathan, India’s first disabled skydiver who has since childhood suffered a loss of sensation in the lower half of his…
See India through Kulwant Roy’s lens at NGMA
byNew Delhi: An old black-and-white photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, signing an autograph for a young man in…
Parvatiya Gandhi’s wife does not share Uttarakhand’s hour of glory
byDehradun : As the state capital lights up to celebrate its 12th Statehood Day, in the courtyard of a house in Uttarakhand Colony in…
Dalai Lama urges Aung Suu Kyi to intervene for peace in Burma
byDharamsala: During the conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil peoples in Sri Lanka, the Dalai Lama appealed to the Sri Lankan authorities to find…