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Landslides, roadblocks, collapsed buildings: How disaster continues to unfold in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is still being hammered hard by the rain, with landslides, roadblocks, flash floods, and building collapse incidents crippling the hill state. Over 400 roads are blocked, 12 more deaths have been reported, and at least eight buildings collapsed due to landslides on Thursday

Death and destruction in Himachal Pradesh: Why the area is so prone to landslides
Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh, leading to landslides. High-intensity rainfall along with the cutting of hill slopes is the primary reason behind the significant rise in such incidents, according to experts

Element of Surprise: THIS material will make Indian military vehicles invisible to the enemy
The team of researchers at IIT, Mandi has claimed that this ability may prove useful during covert military operations

Father vs son-in-law, royal vs ‘outsider’: The electoral battles to watch out for in Himachal Pradesh
The ruling BJP seeks to break the Himachal Pradesh jinx; no party has been able to hold on to power for a second term in the state for the past three decades. Here are the key contests that will affect the outcome of the polls

PM Modi to address youth rally in Mandi ahead of polls in Himachal Pradesh
The rally, organised by Bhartiya Janata Youth Morcha, is expected to be attended by over one lakh youth from across Himachal Pradesh

Shabana Azmi: India's greatest contemporary actor turns 72
Shabana Azmi is a source of inspiration for generations of women and men. She pays very close attention to the young generation.

IIT Mandi researchers develop sustainable methods of soil stabilisation using bacteria
The process does not involve hazardous chemicals and natural resources can be used sustainably

Gangubai Kathiawadi could give wind to the sails of change in Bollywood’s hackneyed representation of sex workers
Films like Mandi, Dev.D, Begum Jaan, and Anaarkali of Aarah empowered their women with agency. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming Gangubai Kathiawadi could be the latest addition to this formidable list.

Narendra Modi in Mandi: PM lays foundation of projects worth over 28,000 crore
The prime minister while inaugurating projects worth Rs 28,000 crore, including the Dhaula Sidh hydropower and Renukaji dam projects, said these were a part of the climate-friendly new India and aimed at conserving the environment

Himachal Pradesh: PM Modi to visit Mandi today, to inaugurate hydropower projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore
This will be Modi’s first visit after the party lost all four seats in the byelections, Mandi parliamentary, Arki, Fatehpur and Jubbal and Kotkhai

Tracing Satyajit Ray's influence on Hindi cinema; Netflix anthology on auteur's short stories is only a drop in the ocean
A new Hindi anthology series aims to bring Satyajit Ray's legacy to the Netflix generation. Will this be our version of the 21st century retelling of Sherlock Holmes?

In Mandi, a reflection of Shyam Benegal's ambiguous yet nuanced perception of Indira Gandhi
Mandi is not a masterpiece, but it certainly is remarkable for the manner in which the implied textual meaning of its innocuous images is so totally different from its appearance.

BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma found dead at Delhi residence; party cancels parliamentary meet
Sharma was elected to the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from Mandi parliamentary constituency in 2014 and 2019 respectively

Punjabi music, rousing slogans take over roads at Singhu border as farmers take out tractor march
Perched atop their tractors, protesting farmers moved out of the protest site as speakers on their vehicles belted out music keeping their spirits high. Others lined the path providing the fellow farmers with supplies, including peanuts, fritters, tea, and newspapers

BJP leaders hail Modi for 'setting record straight' on farm laws; Congress hits back, says farmers, not Oppn protesting
A number of leaders from the ruling BJP as well as the Opposition parties took to Twitter to voice their opinion after Modi clarified Centre's stand on the three contentious farm laws

New farm laws fail to shed flawed British legacy; red-tapism, disguised middlemen will leave poor farmers high and dry
In the present Farm Produces Act, the state governments have not been given any real operational charge in the newly formulated system of trading.

Neena Gupta, at her busiest and best at 60, talks receiving offers — and her hunger for good roles
Neena Gupta discusses how she struggles to be politically correct because Bollywood does not always reward honesty, and her take on the Saand Ki Aankh ageism controversy.

Veteran actress Gita Siddharth, known for roles in Garm Hawa and Sholay, passes away
Gita Siddharth is also known for films like Sholay, Trishul, Disco Dancer and Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

Shabana Azmi shares still from Shyam Benegal's Mandi, where 'Alia Bhatt looks exactly like her mother Soni Razdan'
Shabana Azmi will be seen next in the queer drama Sheer Qorma with Divya Dutta.

IMD predicts heavy rain in Mumbai for next 48 hours; fishermen advised to stay away from sea due to squally weather over Gujarat coast
Mumbai and its adjoining areas are likely to receive heavy rainfall for the next two days, predicted IMD. The weather forecasting agency also predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh and Nagaland.