Rawat reversed his predecessor's decision and decided to remove the management of 51 temples from state control
Banks of the Chorabari lake in Kedarnath collapsed due to a cloudburst in 2013, leading to widespread destruction.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Badrinath temple on Sunday and also spent some time meditating on the mountains.
This is PM Narendra Modi's fourth visit to the temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in the last two years.
The prime minister's office is learnt to have sought the views of the Election Commission on the two-day official visit of Modi to Uttarakhand.
Case has been filed in a local court at Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh against the Bollywood flick 'Kedarnath' and the court has fixed January 17 as the next date of hearing.
Amrita Singh extremely happy with her daughter Sara Ali Khan’s performance in ‘Kedarnath’
Any dialogue on climate change has two components, the natural variation in weather and changes imparted by human activities.
His visit comes a day before the closure of the portals of the temple for the winter season.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.