Rishikesh

Pulkit Arya 'killed' Ankita not on Sept 19, but after police forced to act, says family; rejects provisional autopsy

Talking to Firstpost Ankita Bhandari’s father Virendra Singh Bhandari Sunday said, “We will not cremate my daughter’s dead body until the Special Investigative Team do not give their report as well as the forensic report of the autopsy

Not one but two murders on the Ganges: Ankita Bhandari not the only victim of Pulkit Arya? Where is Priyanka!

Eight months ago, another girl Priyanka from Paudi Garhwal, same place as Ankita hailed, had gone missing under suspicious circumstances from Vanantara resort

Murder on the Ganges: Embarrassed BJP expels father, brother of Ankita Bhandari’s ‘killer’; Pulkit Arya’s brother sacked

The stringent action came after public ire erupted against the state BJP government so much so that local MLA Renu Bisht’s car and the public van transporting the three accused in the case was waylaid, stopped and the accused thrashed

Murder on the Ganges: Ankita Bhandari's body found, irate locals rough up accused, CM announces SIT

Locals chanting ‘We Want Justice’ had erupted in protest at several locations in Rishikesh on Saturday, the day the first arrests were made in the case. A group of women even intercepted the police vehicle carrying the three accused and vandalised it completely

Murder on the Ganges: Ex-minister's son held in case of missing woman, 19-year-old was being 'forced' into prostitution

Pulkit Arya, along with friend Ankit Gupta and resort manager Saurabh Bhaskar decided on September 18 to take Ankita out for a chat to straighten out the controversy that had broken with Ankita’s refusal to do as asked. She never returned

Monsoon flooding washes away Iconic Haldu tree on Jakhan river near Dehradun that Paul McCartney took a picture with

The 1968 photographs of Paul McCartney in the backdrop of dry Jakhan River also show two similar trees on the right side, but they got uprooted long back

Char Dham Railway Project: A look at the engineering marvel in the Himalayas

The Char Dham railway project, one of the largest and perhaps most ambitious projects in the Himalayan region, will reduce travel time between Rishikesh and Karnaprayag to just over two hours. It will improve connectivity to the four Hindu shrines of Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath

Delhi Police put in place anti-terror measures for safe Kanwar Yatra

Hotel, restaurant and dharmashala owners in Rishikesh were asked on Monday to behave well with Kanwriyas and not to overcharge them. The Kanwar Yatra begins on 14 July

In view of COVID surge, Odisha bans religious gatherings on Makar Sankranti; no holy dip in Haridwar

According to government orders issued in Uttarakhand, devotees have been asked not to take a bath on Makar Sakranti on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar and Rishikesh

Watch: Dehradun-Rishikesh bridge collapses with vehicles on it as heavy rainfall lashes state

The 12-second clip shows a bridge caved in with two trucks half-submerged in the river.