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Anjel Chakma death is ‘wake-up call’. Students from Northeast no longer feel safe in Dehradun

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.

Fear grips Northeast students in Dehradun after racial attack claims life of 24-yr-old Tripura boy

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.

More than 100 speakers, musical soiree & sustainability forum: Highlights from Valley of Words 2025

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.

Valley of Words: Art fest to celebrate storytelling with focus on empathy & sustainability

Valley of Words, an art and literature festival, will be held at Madhuban hotel in Dehradun on 25 & 26 October beginning 10 AM.

Uttarakhand hotels are turning away interfaith couples. Their fear—raids by ‘love jihad’ vigilantes

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.

Another exam, another leak—Uttarakhand can’t plug gaps despite anti-cheating law, UKSSSC stir spills over

Protests started from Dehradun but have now spread to other places including Uttarkashi, Shiv Nagar, Srinagar & Gopeshwar. Students are on hunger strike in Haldwani.

‘Spreading rumours’ of Dhami exit in Uttarakhand? You could face police action as it ‘disrupts rescue ops’

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’.

CBI books Airports Authority of India manager for Rs 232 cr ’embezzlement’ at Dehradun airport

The accused headed finance & accounts vertical at AAI's Dehradun airport from 2019 to 2023 when the alleged irregularities took place.

Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, Dehradun’s Doon & Welham schools allow students to return home

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.

A state govt bus, a ‘mentally impaired’ 16-yr-old & ‘gangrape’. Murky incident at Dehradun bus station

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.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

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.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

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.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

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.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

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.