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Statesman News Service

Army rescues tourists stranded in Gulmarg snow

The valley based Chinar Corps of the Indian Army rescued 68 tourists, including women and children, who were stranded in heavy snow in the Gulmarg tourist destination in Kashmir. Among the rescued were 30 women, 8 children and 30 men.

The lessons learnt since 2004

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the deadliest tsunami in human history.

Singh’s Legacy

India’s modern economic and political trajectory owes much to the quiet brilliance and unwavering integrity of Manmohan Singh, who has passed away at the age of 92.

Zeenat moves 15 km further, stays in Manbazar: Experts

Tigress Zeenat has caught all the forest officials on the wrong foot as she has shifted to nearby Manbazar from Raika Hills in Bandwan, the forest minister of Odisha, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia has said that all efforts will be taken to bring back the Big Cat in Similipal Tiger Reserve.