scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicTapovan tunnel

Topic: Tapovan tunnel

Parts of Joshimath town ‘sinking’, Uttarakhand govt may go for ‘construction ban, relocation’

Prithviraj Singh -
Expert panel formed by state govt has warned that several pockets of the town are sinking due to man-made and natural causes. Locals say report did not factor in Tapovan tunnel.

Rescue operations in Chamoli to continue till last victim reached, says NDRF commandant

Arun Sharma -
The NDRF commandant also said the muck-clearing exercise at Tapovan tunnel may take months, if not a year.

No training, early warning or emergency exits, claim workers at Rishi Ganga & Tapovan projects

Angana Chakrabarti -
Officials of NTPC and Kundan Group that ran these projects deny the claims, say everything was in place but deluge left them too little time.

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

R Jagannathan -
Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.