Makar Sankranti draws lakhs to banks of Ganga

Lakhs of devotees on Thursday thronged the Ganga banks in Haridwar, including Har Ki Pauri, to take a dip in the sacred river on the occasion of Makar Sankranti which also marks the first major......

Nitin Gadkari escapes chopper crash

A private helicopter, hired along with two other choppers for the visit of Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari and his family, crashed in Ladpur jungles on Sunday barely hours after the......

Ramdev flown to Dehra Dun, goes home to Haridwar

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was flown to Dehra Dun on Sunday from New Delhi by a special plane after the police swooped down on his hunger strike at the Ramleela maidan in a midnight operation.\\nRamdev,......

Italian mountaineer falls prey to Himalayas

The leader of a 10-member Italian expedition died while trying to scale the 25,643-foot high Nanda Devi peak in the Himalayas, police said on Thursday.The Indian army recovered the body of Dalla......