A polluted river. Plastic bottles floating in the water. Algae covering parts of the river. Garbage accumulating along its banks and ghats. For many people, the sight might have been something to…
Becoming an IAS officer is a dream for millions of young Indians. Every year, lakhs of candidates appear for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, competing for a limited number of positions in the…
Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code has changed how several personal-law matters are handled in the state. Here is a simple guide to the UCC rules on marriage, divorce, live-in relationships…
The Haldwani purification controversy has grown from a local incident into a political fight involving Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Pushkar Singh Dhami and the BJP. Here is what happened, what…
Kanwal Ziai: The Poet Who Carried Sialkot in His Heart and Found a Home in Dehradun Some poets are remembered for a particular couplet. Some for a book. And some for the cultural world they created…
Kanwal Ziai, born H. S. Datta in Sialkot in 1927, was an Urdu and Hindi poet whose ghazals explored identity, society, hope and human relationships. From Sialkot to Dehradun, his remarkable literary journey crossed borders, languages and generations.
उत्तराखंड के चमोली जिले में THDC की टनल में हुए हादसे ने हर किसी को झकझोर कर रख दिया है। अब तक इस हादसे में सात लोगों की मौत हो गई है। इसी बीच हादसे की गंभीरता को देखते हुए मुख्यमंत्री पुष्कर सिंह…
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Introduction: A State Organized Around Four Shrines There are relatively few places in the world where a modern state's tourism ministry, road-building budget, environmental litigation docket, and…
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Ask anyone in Dehradun or Haldwani whether Garhwali and Kumaoni are dying, and you'll get a confident answer either way — "of course, nobody speaks it anymore" or "it's fine, everyone still…
Ask anyone in Dehradun or Haldwani whether Garhwali and Kumaoni are dying, and you'll get a confident answer either way — "of course, nobody speaks it anymore" or "it's fine, everyone still…
For a decade now, the homestay has been sold as Uttarakhand's answer to hill migration — a way to convert an empty room into a monthly income without anyone having to leave the village. The state now…
बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार की पार्टी जेडीयू ने मणिपुर में भाजपा सरकार से अपना समर्थन वापस ले लिया है। मणिपुर में जारी हिंसा और कानून-व्यवस्था की स्थिति भी इस फैसले का एक कारण हो सकती है। इससे…