Terming those who slaughter cows as the country's biggest enemies, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Friday said they had "no right to live in the country".
Three trains jumped off the tracks and another derailment was averted on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and Maharashtra within a span of nine hours.
The second and third positions in the category were grabbed by Surat and Navi Mumbai respectively.
On February 13, Dr Singh will address rallies at Rudrapur, Pithoragarh and Haridwar, Congress spokesman Surendra Kumar said.
A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alaknanda river system that washed away hydroelectric stations, leaving at least seven people dead and 125 missing who are feared dead.
Thousands of devotees thronged the temples of Lord Shiva across the country to offer prayers and seek blessings on the occasion of the first Monday of Hindu sacred month of 'Shravan'.
With relaxations in the COVID-19 lockdown, temples across the country are all set to reopen from Monday in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by Union home ministry to prevent coronavirus spread.
The accident occurred around 5.45 pm near Khatauli town, 40 km off Muzaffarnagar, leaving 23 people dead, the Uttar Pradesh police said.
All the five passengers were safe.
The work of manually extricating the bodies from heaps of rubble in Uttarakhand's worst flood-hit Kedarnath area was stopped on Sunday as no more body was visible to the teams engaged in the operation.
Opposing the name change, Bharatiya Janata Party members Bachhi Singh Rawat and B C Khanduri blamed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance for bringing the legislation to gain political mileage just before the assembly polls.
Ashish Pandey was arrested from Aslali locality by Crime Branch sleuths.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Wednesday showed his wrestling prowess as he defeated 2008 Beijing Olympic silver medalist Andrey Stadnik in a promotional bout of the 2017 Pro Wrestling League in New Delhi.
From carrying portraits of their sons and husbands who have committed suicide due to agrarian distress to picketing to doing sewa 24x7 at langars, women have shown a rare determination not to capitulate before the government.
The company claimed that the AYUSH ministry has "categorically agreed" that Patanjali had "appropriately worked on COVID-19 management".
In a twist to people's understanding of Uttarakhand's monsoon mayhem, Dwarka peeth Shankaracharya Swami Shree Swaroopananda Saraswati has blamed the sex-food-fun oriented consumerism propagated by tour operators in the land otherwise known as "dev bhoomi" for the plight of thousands of pilgrims.
After 'NaMo Chai', Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party has launched 'NaMo Gulal' campaign ahead of Holi festival just before Lok Sabha polls.
Singh asserted that Kashmir was always with India and will remain a part of it.
After several years of travelling, Guru Nanak settled down at Kartarpur as a farmer. His followers were the first Sikhs of an order that was to prevail for many years to come. A fascinating excerpt from Sikh Heritage: A History of Valour and Devotion.
The SIT questioned the student on Friday and collected evidence from Chinmayanand's bedroom in Shahjahanpur, sources said on Saturday.
A report prepared by DIG, Haridwar, Ashok Kumar says Rana was involved in the Punjab National Bank dacoity at Ashley Hall in 1997.
'Two have already sacrificed their lives.' 'How many more shall need to sacrifice before the government listens?' 'Four, five or six? They are ready, waiting.' After Ganga campaigner G D Agrawal's death, a Haridwar ashram's sadhus are on a relay fast unto death.
The temple doors were opened at 8.50 am and the prime minister arrived just about half an hour later to offer prayers and perform a 'rudrabhishek'.
A Rediff.com correspondent spells out the trail of destruction in Uttarakhand as it tries to come to terms with the catastrophic monsoons.
Suneel pandey, who lives on the banks of the River Ganga in Kankhal, near Haridwar, says that the disaster unfolding in Uttrakhand is shocking, but hardly surprising.
Suneel pandey, who lives on the banks of the River Ganga in Kankhal, near Haridwar, says that the disaster unfolding in Uttrakhand is shocking, but hardly surprising.
The bus was returning from the Gangotri shrine.
The ward boy was so irritated by the incessant crying of the child that in the early hours of January 28 he broke one of the baby's legs when he was alone in the ward to keep guard.
ED failed to obtain evidence with regard to financial links about the purchase of an island in Scotland.
Senior Gujarati journalist Kinner Acharya explains Chief Minister Narendra Modi's 10-year rule through his own experiences.
In fresh trouble for Ramdev, the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board has issued a show cause notice to the herbal food park run by the yoga guru at Padartha in Haridwar district for allegedly releasing untreated waste into the water bodies of the area.
India's water future remains very bleak. The monsoon season, which once extended to 4 months, is now down to less than 30 days of heavy rain.
The government has slapped a notice of Rs 5 crore demand on trusts run by Ramdev in connection with alleged service tax evasion while organising their yoga camps.
Action will be taken as per the rules if any serious defect is detected in Patanjali's products.
The farmers entered the national capital riding their tractors and trolleys and proceeded towards Kisan Ghat where heavy police deployment has been made.
The Purna Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, considered to be the world's largest religious gathering, is nearing its end. The four-month long affair will end with the Vaisakh Aadhimaas Purnima Snan on April 28.
Other strong men have stopped Modi and his hordes in states before, but none of them with a footprint or battle cry to shake up New Delhi, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
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Pakistani Hindus, who are currently on a pilgrimage to India, are unclear about their stay here following the incertitude regarding their fate in Pakistan. In the wake of the recent acts of violence against the Hindu community in Pakistan, the pilgrims have planned to visit India and then take the final decision about their stay.
Virat Kohli found himself embroiled in a controversy over his "I don't think you should live in India" response to an enthusiast who called the India captain overrated while expressing his admiration for English and Australian batsmen.
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