Dehradun: A study by researchers from the University of Hamburg and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has highlighted a ...

To be a Hindu is to return to the wisdom of the Vedas and their most eminent expounders—such as Sri Krishna, Sri Aurobindo, ...

Over a year after a GLOF ravaged parts of Sikkim and washed away the Teesta-III hydel project, a proposal to build a new ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Across the approximately 35,000 sq km of the Ganga basin in Uttarakhand, an unsustainable level of human intervention has already made the region extremely vulnerable. Hydropower dams are a dangerous ...

The Himalayas, known for their towering peaks and awe-inspiring landscapes, can seem intimidating for new trekkers. However, ...

Before the 1960s, the fourth largest lake on Earth glistened for miles across the borders of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. By 2015 most of that shiny surface was reduced to a hauntingly barren expanse, ...

In Kedarnath, Sushant took on the role of a Muslim porter, Mansoor, who falls in love with a Hindu girl, played by Sara Ali Khan. Set against the backdrop of the 2013 Uttarakhand floods ...

Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand Kedarnath Temple ... The name Hemkund translates to "Lake of Snow," and it is believed that Guru Gobind Singh meditated here in his previous life.