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......

Missing jawan's body found after 38 yrs in Siachen

The body of an army jawan was found in an old bunker in Siachen, 38 years after he went missing in an avalanche while on patrol. Image used only for representation. The Sainik Group Centre in......

Why Do Bridges Collapse In Uttarakhand?

In the last five years, 37 bridges have collapsed in Uttarakhand.Another 27 bridges are on the brink of collapse.'Our politicians don't view these bridge collapses as a setback.''Rather they see......

Chants of Jai Hind, cries of the beloved: Manipur martyrs cremated

Cries of 'Jai Hind' rent the air as a large number of people bid a final adieu to Colonel Viplav Tripathi, his wife and five-year-old son, who were killed in a terrorist attack in Manipur two days......

How to buy a dream house in the hills

Astyuttarasyaam dishi devataatmaaHimaalayo naama nagaadhiraajah.Puuravaaparau toyanidhii vagaahyaSthith parvitivyaaiava maanadandaha.Himalayas, the king of kings in the north,is the soul of the......

Poultry prices hit

Demand and prices of poultry products took took a heavy beating in Maharashtra along with Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh but remained by and large unaffected in the rest of the country.......

Shammi Kapoor and his beautiful women

Nutan was the kind of woman Shammi got drawn to -- sensitive, aware and erudite, yet seductively feminine.He admitted he was infatuated with her. 'We had a sort of calf love going between us,' he......

'My mother Geeta Bali contributed a lot to the making of Shammi Kapoor'

'If you see the way Shammi Kapoor danced... that was Geeta Bali's personality. My mother was a bigger and more successful star than my father when they got married.' Aditya Raj Kapoor, Shammi......

'Madhuri's features have not changed but she has aged'

Make-up artist with magic hands, Pandhari Juker has done a marvellous job on many famous faces, making older actresses look younger, and younger ones older to suit their on-screen personas.  ......

When Shammi walked out of the Kapoor shadow

Shammi Kapoor was, undoubtedly, one of the top 20 superstars of Indian cinema, and so expectedly, finds a place for himself in an upcoming book titled Bollywood's Top 20: Superstars of Indian......

Shivdan, Lone to spearhead Indian challenge

Services Sports Control Board runners Shivdan Singh and Bhairo Singh Lone will spearhead the Indian challenge in the Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon on Sunday.Shivdan, who finished......