Sorry state of affairs: SC slams Uttarakhand for forest fires

Slamming the Uttarakhand government for its "lackadaisical" approach to controlling forest fires, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the state's chief secretary to personally present himself......

8 fresh forest fires in 24 hours in U'khand; Army joins IAF to douse fire

The firefighting operation in Uttarakhand's forests with the help of an Indian Air Force helicopter continued for the second day on Sunday with the blaze being brought under control in several......

Aided by rain, forest fires doused in Uttarakhand

  Aided by widespread rainfall since Tuesday, forest fires which ravaged thousands of hectares of green cover in Uttarakhand were doused completely on Thursday with no reports of fresh blaze......

Uttarakhand forest fires: IAF chopper sprinkles water to douse blaze

An Indian Air Force Mi 17 chopper flew several sorties in Nainital district sprinkling water lifted from a lake to douse the raging forest fires that have destroyed vast swathes of forested land......

Panel of CMs to push cashless economy

Modi government plans to set up a committee of five or six chief ministers to suggest ways to promote digitisation, reports Indivjal Dhasmana/Business Standard The Narendra Modi government plans to......

How to build a business in the Himalayas

The Alams saw the magical spot while on a drive to the hills.A few years later they set up home and a small hand woven shawl business, hiring local weavers, using local wool and natural colours......

Piyush Goyal bats for team India

'When all the states compete among themselves to try and achieve aspirational goals and bold targets, that's when truly the potential of India will be unleashed,' asserts Union Minister Piyush......

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga Review

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga is a boring, overlong, tale of an eccentric with delusions of leadership, sighs Deepa Gahlot. In India, if there is a government scheme for the poor, there has to be a......