British royal couple begins India visit with Ganga aarti

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 08:09

British royal couple, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, began their nine-day trip of India by participating in the evening aarti ritual on the banks of the Ganges at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.

Rishikesh – The land of tranquillity

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 18:16

Rishikesh or the land of tranquillity, as I often refer it to as, never ceases to amaze me.

Landslide damages NH connecting Rishikesh and Kedarnath

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 23:53

A stretch of the National Highway connecting Rishikesh and Kedarnath was damaged due to a landslide at Phata village in Rudraprayag.

Can`t ignore Gujarat, says British High Commissioner

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 15:24

Narendra Modi heads the elected government of Gujarat, which is an important state and can play a key role in fostering better Indo-British ties, British High Commissioner to India James Bevan said.

Alignment plan finalised for Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway line

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 08:32

Paving the way for the development of the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway line, the alignment for the project has been finalised, according to an official release.

Uttarakhand: Relief operations come to a standstill

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 10:12

Eighty days after the Uttarakhand floods, DNA finds that the relief operations have come to a standstill in the region. The toll stands at 4,890 - far less than the estimated 10,000+ declared by the state.

My role in `SSTG` reminded me of dad`s `Satyakam`: Sunny Deol

Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 11:16

Sunny Deol says his character in upcoming film ‘Singh Saab The Great’ (SSTG) reminded him of his father Dharmendra`s role in Hrishikesh Mukherjee`s ‘Satyakam’.

Uttarakhand floods: 8,000 pilgrims from Punjab return home

Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 23:32

With the arrival of 500 more pilgrims from Rishikesh to Punjab, 8,000 people were so far evacuated from different parts of Uttarakhand, officials said here on Thursday.

Railways move 7,945 passengers from Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 19:46

With on-going relief efforts in flood-hit Uttarakhand, the railway have moved around 7,945 stranded passengers to destinations like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Secunderabad since June 20, northern railway officials said on Tuesday.

Uttarakhand floods: Dhari Devi’s wrath – myth or reality

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:07

However, much less than shaking people`s faith, the massive tragedy in Uttarakhand has reinforced their belief in the divine.

Pune pilgrims recount horror of rain rampage in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 10:11

About 35 tourists from the city stranded in the aftermath of the Uttarakhand disaster returned safely recalling the terrible cloudburst that turned their pilgrimage to Kedarnath into a nightmare.