A unique funding initiative by IIT Roorkee alumnus
byAn alumnus of IIT Roorkee has launched a unique funding initiative for the students of its alma mater. The initiative, known as Student Alumni…
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Kolkata orthopaedic surgeons turn photographers
byKolkata: For Kolkata’s orthopaedic surgeons, trading in their scalpels and knives for cameras and pointing, clicking and shooting a myriad variety of subjects is…
Dera Sacha Sauda volunteers to ‘save’ Ganga in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : The recent publicity given to the pollution, garbage, dirt and filth in the river Ganga, has brought the desired results for…
A goat and Garhwal Rifles
byDehradun : Ther 125th raising day celebrations of Garhwal Rifles, founded by Lord Lansdowne, began yesterday in the quaint hill station, which bears his…
Palle Srujana Sangham: The best of traditional practices of rural India
bySri Mallesham hails from a poor weaver family. Having discontinued his studies after 6th class he joined his elders in handloom weaving. Seeing his…
Barber – Ra
byNo. It is not her I am going to write about. Much as I might want to. This here is a more pressing hirsute…
Nerves of steel: Mountain biking in Himachal
byShimla: Cycling through the rugged mountain tracks of Himachal Pradesh is on a roll. And this time, the adventurous mountain bikers are not just…
Dialogue in the Dark: Taste of Darkness
byWhen was the last time you licked your fingers in a hotel? When was the last time you never cared the manner in which…
Woman attacks taxi driver for declining sex
byLondon: A woman allegedly stabbed a Romanian taxi driver after he refused to have sex with her for the third time. Nicolae Stan, the…
Chinese mom fire-bombs water firm for denying son job
byShanghai: Three people were killed and four injured when a woman who was angry with her former water company for not giving her son…