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JAIPUR: The Jaipur Railway Station has been awarded the ‘Eat Right Station’ certificate by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. Jaipur Railway station has become the first station in Rajasthan to receive this certificate. In the last budget session, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the creation of a separate Food Safety Commissionerate […]

DRASS/KARGIL: From the rubble of the war, the Government Higher Secondary School in the border village of Pashkum rose like a phoenix to become a symbol of undying resilience in the face of adversity. More than two decades later, the school paid homage to the martyrs of the Indian armed forces who laid their lives […]

HARIDWAR: The sounds of ‘Har Har Mahadev’, ‘Jai Bholenath’, ‘Bum Bum Bhole’ resonate through the sky as devotees of Lord Shiva, clad in saffron, thronged Har ki Pauri and other Ganga ghats from across the country as Kanwar Yatra concluded on Sawan Shivratri on Tuesday. Gagan Anand (45), a businessman from Meerut who took the […]

DRASS/KARGIL: Rakhi is meant to celebrate the beautiful relationship between a brother and a sister. But for Asha Ahluwalia, Rakhi brings the painful memories of her heroic brother Major Sudhir Walia who fought during the Kargil War. While Major Walia survived the war, he died a month later fighting the terrorists in the jungles of […]

SRINAGAR: Kargil War is testimony to the unparalleled saga of raw grit, stoic courage and unmatched resolve of the Indian soldier, fighting in adverse weather conditions in one of the most treacherous terrain. To commemorate the 23rd ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’, a host of events were organised under the aegis of Northern Command, culminating in the […]