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Locals protest in Joshimath against slow pace to save sinking town

Hundreds of affected people descended on the streets of subsidence-hit Joshimath on Friday to take part in a protest rally against alleged slow pace of efforts to save the sinking town. IMAGE:......

Demolition resumes in Joshimath, more buildings develop cracks

The demolition of 'unsafe' buildings in subsidence-hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand resumed on Saturday as the weather improved, even as the number of buildings with cracks rose to 863, officials said.......

Joshimath: No further cracks in 3 days; govt to probe nod for multi-storeys

Crack meters installed in the damaged houses of Joshimath have registered no further widening of cracks in the last three days, but water discharge from an underground channel near JP Colony has......

2 unsafe houses, PWD bungalow to be razed in Joshimath

Authorities in Uttarakhand on Wednesday extended the demolition exercise in Joshimath to unsafe private buildings and issued orders to pull down two houses besides a public work department guest......

Land subsidence old issue, no link with tunnel: NTPC

Noting that it is wrong to relate the land subsidence in Joshimath with the Tapovan Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project, a senior NTPC official has said that tunnel is being built under "a competent......

Bihar Aquaponics Farm Blazes A Trail

'Aquaponics can effectively cushion the impact of a calamity like COVID.'Sudhir Kumar reports. All photographs: Kind courtesy Krishak Farms Every day the father-son duo would look rather wistfully......

Two pence for Cabinet notes but information worth a million

Companies use journalists as conduits and journalists use companies as conduits to get information out of the govt. 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' is what the indomitable Mani Shankar Aiyar said......

Fight against corruption: How ordinary people made a difference

The roots of the cancellation of 2G telecom spectrum licences and coal blocks lie in two non-profit organisations - Common Cause and CPIL. In the late 1970s, phrases such as consumer protection......

A year of tough legal battles for India Inc

The year 2014 hit the energy sector most when the top court cancelled "fatally flawed" coal block allocations since 1993 and did not mince words in condemning the screening committee......

Centre cancels selection of 6 govt bank chiefs by UPA

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government on Monday scrapped the selection of six chiefs of public sector banks, recommended under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime, following a......

When are the BIG movies releasing?

The floodgates seem to have opened for Bollywood at the theatres. After Yash Raj Films announced its slate of films for 2021, many other film-makers went ahead and confirmed the release dates for......

Mahipal, the Unsung Superstar of Indian cinema

Mahipal, who worked with actresses like Madhubala and Meena Kumari, established himself as a hero in the mythological genre.Prakash Bhandari salutes the superstar on his birth centenary. IMAGE:......

Basu Chatterjee was the Master of Hope

'I always felt that Basu Chatterjee was a kind, gentle, man who truly believed that in directing films like Chhoti Si Baat, he was impacting our lives,' remembers Aseem Chhabra.'He seemed to be on......

Vat 69 to Coke: What Bollywood drinks in the movies

'In the early years of this century, barely 10 years after liberalisation, drinking Coke was still cool,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta. Contemplating a future in crime -- to be more specific, smuggling......

'No one walked the way Vinod Khanna did'

'No one had the presence he had in a crowded room. No one could lighten up the surroundings he was in, like him. No one...' Amitabh Bachchan remembers his old friend Vinod Khanna. IMAGE: Amitabh......

Ranji round-up: Mumbai edge TN in just over two days

A round-up of Ranji matches played across India on Saturday Defending champions Mumbai edged out Tamil Nadu by two wickets, on Saturday, in a low-scoring thriller as the opening round Ranji Trophy......

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