Over past 2 decades, Dehradun became education hub, attracting lakhs of students from across country, including NE. Fatal racial attack on Chakma has triggered fear among them.
Anjel Chakma, a 24-year-old student in Dehradun's Jigyasa University from Tripura, was assaulted on 9 December by six people. He passed away this Monday.
The ninth edition of the Valley of Words (VoW) Festival concluded on Sunday after two days of sessions on literature, culture, sustainability, and public policy.
Hindu–Muslim couples report being refused rooms, hotels say they have 'got orders from above', while police say they have not sent any directives to hotels.
Protests started from Dehradun but have now spread to other places including Uttarkashi, Shiv Nagar, Srinagar & Gopeshwar. Students are on hunger strike in Haldwani.
Police book unnamed persons after BJP leader’s complaint against social media pages. Congress slams move as an attempt to muzzle the media, calls it ‘mockery of rule of law’.
While the schools will continue to function, concerned parents are allowed to take their children home. The decision was taken after multiple requests from the students’ kin.
All 5 accused have been arrested. Police probing why the minor girl left her home & what happened during the 4 days between then & when she was found in Dehradun, ThePrint has learnt.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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