Friday, Dec 03, 2021
Nov 24, 2021 Ashwani Sharma The disastrous landslide was primarily caused by the mountain cutting which is being carried out near Kandaghat by the contractors and agencies engaged by NHAI for a four lane project.
Oct 29, 2021 Outlook Web Desk The corpses were pulled out of the rubble by rescuers a short distance away from their village on Thursday.
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country.
Oct 21, 2021 Outlook Web Desk At least 88 people lost their lives in the recent incidents of flood, landslides and inundation that hit different parts of Nepal, following incessant rains over the past three days, health ministry officials said.
Incessant rains continued to lash various parts of the state, razing houses to the ground and leaving many trapped in the debris.
Kerala has reported 22 deaths in incidents related to heavy rains, including landslides and flash floods, since Saturday.
The toll from disastrous flooding caused by heavy rains and landslides in hilly areas of two central Kerala districts rose to 23 as rescue workers recovered more bodies from the rubbles on Sunday.
A recent book revisits Y.S. Parmar’s vision of development for the ecologically sensitive hill state that favoured small hydro-power projects over mega dams
Dr Rachna Gupta, a journalist-turned–member of Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC), looks at Dr YS Pradahan's model for the development of the hill state.
Thick fog engulfing the hills for the past 24 hours created havoc trouble for the travellers which also resulted in several road accidents. Few of these were fatal, others left many people injured due to skidding of the vehicles and mid-way collusions .
The National Highway remains blocked due to the debris falling on the road and also caving in a portion of the NH at the affected site.
'No means, No' is a powerful slogan coined by the locals in Kinnaur supported by some social and environmental groups to stop sanctioning of any new hydel projects, almost on the lines of Uttarakhand’s famous “Chipko anadolan” – a mass movement to save the forests there .
57-year-old Nand Lal died around 11 am in a landslide caused by illegal sand mining in his Fhirnu village in Karsog tehsil.
Saturday’s earthquake also left at least 5,700 people injured in the Caribbean nation, with thousands more displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes.
The wreckage of the HRTC bus was traced but no trace of the missing Bolero has been found so far.
Only 10 to 15 percent of the discharge of the river is possible now and water level has started rising in the catchments of the river.
The officials have said that 15 persons are still feared buried under the debris.
Several others are still feared buried under the debris.
President Ram Nath Kovind pays homage to Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks in the Lok Sabha during ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in the Lok Sabha during ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
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Students pay tribute to the first President of India Dr Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary, in Patna.
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) members celebrate 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' during a rally, in Agartala.
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Young, brash and little-known artistes are using hip-hop as an outlet to speak up and speak out.
Dissent is less about material gains than the intangibles they leave us with.
For India’s manual scavengers, mere existence is a protest, because they need to fight just to reclaim their humanity and dignity.
While everyone is going gaga over actress Katrina Kaif in the revamped version of 'Tip Tip Barsa Pani', the replacement of Raveena Tandon does point towards the problem of sexism and ageism in the Indian film industry
Nov 17, 2021 Yashika Mathur 
Australia winning the T20 World Cup for the first time has been timely as they host the next edition at their own backyard in 2022.
Nov 15, 2021 Arijit Ghosh 
As per the Observer Research Foundation, close to 250 million children in India were adversely affected due to school closures due to the early lockdowns imposed by the government in response to Covid-19.
Nov 11, 2021 Shekhar Mehta 
India's cricket administrators showed more drive to boost BCCI's coffers rather than take care of players' welfare during pandemic times.
Nov 08, 2021 Arijit Ghosh 
