Highest and toughest polling stations challenge for poll offic...

Blockade of Kunzum Pass (14000 ft) in Lahaul and Spiti district has hit the state's adventure travel industry as the important road link between Lahaul and Spiti valleys has been lost due to heavy snowfall this year, travel industry people based in ...

Desire is the cause of all misery." As we made our way towards the Spiti Valley, we found these famous words of the Buddha inscribed on a boulder. However, the only desire we had then was to take one deep breath, in the rarified air at 4,000 metres.

Bike Association will ride again to the World's Rooftop and is looking forward to the sights and challenges Camaraderie, mean machines and the open road - there is no better combination for the Mocha Bike Association (MBA). The brotherhood of bikers ...

Henry James had said, Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. The Sunday Standard Summer Reading List brings you a mixed bag of words that would keep you as beautifully ...

Hauz Khas Woes Rents have multiplied 3-4 times Long power cuts in summer Inadequate water supply Buildings encroaching upon monument area Small designers being shunted out, getting commercialised No proper fire safety licences Parking ...

Once known for fashion and art labels, Hauz Khas Village is now flooded with music, pubs and eateries. Footfalls have increased drastically and a cultural revolution is on. Karan Bhardwaj walked down the narrow bylanes recently and compared it with ...

returning from China last year hit an unexpected hurdle at the departure terminal. Most of them had baggage far in excess of the free limit. As they hurriedly unpacked and rearranged their bags on the floor to avoid paying a penalty, passersby ...

As a critical-care specialist, Dr. Alexander Levitov has been a longtime student of the fundamentals of survival: Blood flow. Body temperature. Brain activity. The lessons have mainly surfaced in operating rooms and research labs, but in October, ...