President Mukherjee gives IIT Mandi convocation a miss, prays at Bagla Mukhi Temple
byDharamshala: President Pranab Mukherjee, who was scheduled to be the chief guest for the second convocation held at Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi was…
Religion
Badrinath shrine to open on April 25
byDehra Dun : The portals of the Badrinath shrine, one of the most revered temples of the country, located in Garhwal division of Uttarakhand…
Kullu temple robbery – Himachal police recover Lord Raghunath’s idols
byKullu: A crack team of the state police have successfully recovered the antique Lord Raghunath and other revered idols that was stolen from the…
Ropeway to have last mile connect to Kedarnath Temple
byDehradun: To facilitate pilgrimage to Kedarnath Templee, work on constructing a ropeway between Lincholi and Kedarnath would soon start, chief minister Harish Rawat stated…
360 years-old history vanishes as thieves decamp with Raghunath’s idol
byManali: The cultural and traditional history of Kullu which revolves around the thousands of years old idol of Lord Raghunath which was brought to…
A clean Ganga by 2016 — will Uttarakhand do its bit?
byDehra Dun : Cleaning of the Ganga will be done before the Ardh Kumbh that falls in Haridwar in 2016. Though incredible as it may…
Uttarakhand Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra piles garbage on alpine pastures
byReports appearing in a vernacular daily painted a grim picture of the sad state in which the Bedini ‘bugyal’ has been left after the yatra. “The fresh grass that appears after the snow melts in the region has been trampled to oblivion and one can see nothing but mud, dirt and garbage where earlier there was a carpet of green. Trenches had been dug round the tents to prevent rain water from seeping into them, and they have neither been filled up nor leveled leaving the entire alpine pasture in a sad shape”, the report reads.
Court gets in way of animal sacrifices in Himachal temples
byShimla: To curb the practice of animal sacrifice in temples, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today issued orders directing the district administrations to ensure…
Nanda Devi Raj Jat pilgrimage in Uttarakhand gets underway
byDehra Dun: The 280 kms Nanda Devi Raj Jat yatra, which will take three weeks to reach its destination in the Kailash mountains, started…
Nanda Raj Jaat pilgrimage from Aug 18 to trek on risky routes
byThe 280-km Nand Raj Yatra, including an arduous trek, is keenly looked forward to by not only the participants, but also a number of reputed photographers from all over the world keen to capture the uniqueness of the procession, including the four horned ‘khadu’ (ram) that leads it, and the picturesque locale through which it passes in their cameras.