SAYC 2012: Youth to script a new Indo-Pak Chapter
byShimla: The South Asian Youth Conference 2012, which featured 120 delegates from eight countries belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),…
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Badrinath shrine today closes for winters
byDehradun : The Badrinath shrine, one of the most important Hindu temples, located at a height of over 3500 metres in Uttarakhand, will close…
Uttarakhand hospital apathy – body decays in toilet
byDehradun : In an incident that should make the Uttarakhand government in general and the health department in particular hang down its head in…
Bal Thackeray: The tiger roars no more
byMumbai: You loved him, you hated him, but you never could ignore him. That was Bal Keshav Thackeray, a fierce proponent of Hindu supremacism in…
Mulayam readies to pull rug under UPA government: Declares 55 Lok Sabha candidates
byLucknow: Known for his wrestling moves during his days in home village Saifai, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav pulled a similar one, albeit…
It is time for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet, says exiled Tibetan PM
byDharamshala: “Tibetans in Tibet are doing all they can and by giving up their lives with the hope and belief that exiled Tibetans and…
Wild meat trade continues unabated despite ban
byNew Delhi: The poaching of wild animals, birds and reptiles for meat continues unabated in the country, say wildlife experts, and one way to stop…
Eco friendly Diwali in Uttarakhand, School kids lead the way
byDehra Dun: The drive launched by the school going children and various NGOs for an eco-friendly Diwali had its impact in the state capital…
Savita Halappanavar’s death a wake-up call says Irish senator
byLondon: It’s time for us to “stop talking and legislate”, said an opinion piece by an Irish senator who described the agonising death of…
World callous to Tibetan self-immolations
byIt says something about the world that we live in that six people set themselves on fire in just about as many days to…