'Why Can't Mr Modi Reopen The Passes To Tibet?'

On August 5, 1953, Jawaharlal Nehru sent a strange note to the foreign secretary. It is worth mentioning because it was symptomatic of the lack of knowledge about Western Tibet in India and in......

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to resume on June 30 after 5 yrs

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will begin on June 30, after a gap of five years, an official statement said on Monday. IMAGE: File image of SDRF personnel helping the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra devotees......

Don serving life-term offered 'diksha' in U'khand jail, adopts new name

An underworld don serving a life sentence in the Almora district jail was offered diksha by seers in the prison premises recently to initiate him into monkhood, claimed a man who mediated between......

17 killed as Delhi-bound bus falls into gorge in Almora

Seventeen persons were killed and 22 injured when a Delhi-bound public bus from Pithoragarh fell into a deep gorge in Almora district on Saturday afternoon. The Uttarakhand Roadways bus, carrying......

Buniyaad, Hum Log writer dead

Renowned writer Manohar Shyam Joshi, who revolutionised India's televisionindustrywith the immensely popular soaps Buniyaad and Hum Log, died in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest.The......

'Women have no way to express their pain and sorrows'

'When a woman gets married, she leaves her village, her friends and family.''In her new home, she will make friends, but they can never replace those she left behind.' IMAGE: Vinamrata Rai as......

Prasoon Joshi: If you aim to be authentic, you have to borrow from your life

'My parents weren’t very ambitious for my career. All they wanted for me was a secure future. So they figured if someone is paying me for my work and I’m not asking them for......

Dhoni's Lwali Chronicles Go Viral!

Photograph and video: Kind courtesy Sakshi Dhoni/Instagram   Sakshi Singh Dhoni shared glimpses of their family in serene Lwali, nestled in Almora district, which is also Mahendra Singh......

Rishabh Pant keen to help in COVID crisis

  Rishabh Pant, on Saturday, May 8, committed to make a monetary donation to provide oxygen cylinders with beds, COVID relief kits. 'I am especially keen to work with organisations providing......

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 6

IMAGE: Swapnil Kusale earned India its first-ever Olympic medal in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions shooting at the Paris Games on Thursday. Photograph: ANI Little-known shooter Swapnil Kusale did well......

IN PICS: Sushant and his special connection with cricket

IMAGE: Sushant Singh Rajput with Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta during the IPL last year. Photograph: BCCI   Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who committed suicide in Mumbai on......

Why Dhoni's bro doesn't find mention in the biopic

'I may be non-existent in the movie because I don't have much contribution in Mahi's life.' IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his elder brother Narendra (right). Photograph: Twitter MSDhoni: The......