Around 29 trains have been delayed by two to five hours due to foggy weather, a railway official said.
Celebrate Lohri with traditional Punjabi recipes.
While airlines are seeing improved demand and industry-wide seat occupancy has increased to over 60%, it is road trips which are generating higher traction. Booking trends show that customers are also choosing homestays or four- star and five-star accommodations, as hygiene and safety is a priority now.
'The problem is that all this reconstruction work is being monitored by the prime minister himself with inputs being provided directly by the PMO so nobody in the state government dare contradict them even if their suggestions are totally contrary to what the ecology of this region requires.'
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
In Maharashtra, Bhagat Singh Koshyari has done pretty much as he liked, observes Aditi Phadnis.
'This 100-minute film just doesn't entertain you for even 10 minutes,' complains Joginder Tuteja.
Adhiraj Parthasarathy, a professional from Telangana, tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar what he would like to see in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget.
According to the quality of service rules, not more than 2 per cent of total calls in a telecom circle on a network should automatically get disconnected.
L Murugan, 44, is the only newly-sworn minister who is not a member of Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha.
India's Amit Khatri won the silver medal in the 10km race walk at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi on Saturday.
'The entire public needs to be evacuated immediately. Any day, the entire town can collapse.'
Do you know the differences between the cheetah and the leopard?
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Rediff readers shared these beautiful pics of India from their travels.
The home minister held discussions with chief secretary and other state officials on the situation arising due to the forest fire and offered all assistance from the Centre.
The Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan sex scandal and the paternity suit a love child filed against Tiwari dogged him in his 80s.
A couple vacationing in Nainital was chilled to the bones when they found a leopard pacing about their room.
The MeT department forecast very heavy rains over the next 48 hours in the mountainous areas of the state especially the disaster-prone Pithoragarh, Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts where torrential rains may trigger flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides asking people as well as authorities to be alert.
Yashpal Arya and his son, along with their supporters, joined the Congress in the presence of senior party leaders Harish Rawat, K C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala in New Delhi.
With his name or without, Jim Corbett continues to live on in his home in Uttarakahand's Kaladunghi and in the jungles he loved.
Rediff readers tell us how they are helping sparrows in the city.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced the names of candidates for 59 out of 70 seats in Uttarakhand for the upcoming assembly polls.
A video had gone viral on Thursday showing Rawat extolling the curative powers of the cow at a function in Dehradun.
'For an introduction to his career-spanning genius, watch just five of his movies: Anand, Saudagar, Abhiman, Black and Pink,' notes Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University of Baltimore.
"Polling was held peacefully at the 11,697 polling booths across the state with 65.1 per cent of the electorate casting their votes till the close of polls," Chief Electoral Officer Saujanya who does not use a surname said.
Rediff readers share their best travel memories.
'I only pray that no other Indian should go through such harassment and distress. Am I not a citizen of India?'
Nestle India resumed the production from Pantnagar.
It's not easy replacing a popular character. But Sukriti Khandpal has not done too bad for herself. The actress, who replaced Shilpa Anand as Dr Riddhima in Dill Mill Gayee, is doing ver well for herself.
An Indian Air Force chopper flew several sorties in Nainital district sprinkling water lifted from a lake to douse the raging forest fires across Uttarakhand.
'Gullak feels like your story or the story of someone you know.' 'The stories are heart-warming, joyful. You laugh at them.' 'It's like a drug that gives you happiness.'
Here's a list of 10 offbeat places for the next time you plan a quick trip from Delhi.
A man was arrested from Haldwani in Nainital district for pulling up the reins of a police horse and precipitating its fall during a protest march by BJP in the city recently.
Among the 36 new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, besides several engineers, making it an eclectic mix of professionals.
Trailblazers Camp Duchy of Kalhatty-Ooty and Camp Kumaon-Nainital offer a special nine-day outdoor camp for children.
Pachauri was admitted to Escorts Heart Institute in the national capital where he underwent open heart surgery and was put on life support on Tuesday, sources said.
Readers shared these monsoon pics. You can share yours too!
From Congress to BJP and back to Congress, Yashpal Arya, who was Uttarakhand's transport and excise minister in the Dhami government till the other day, has resigned and returned to his womb. But he is not the only one in the Land of the Gods to do so, reports Shishir Prashant.
School life becomes a memory when we move on to bigger milestones in life, but they have a huge deal to do with who we become when we grow up.
