Rishikesh

World Toilet College to be operational from March next year

World Toilet College, being built with an intention to share knowledge about toilets, will come up in Rishikesh.

Nov 19, 2015, 21:48 PM IST

Delhi govt to hold 'first ever' Yamuna Aarti on Nov 13

 As part of its efforts towards cleaning the river and promoting tourism, the Delhi government will hold its "first-ever" Yamuna Aarti at Kudesia Ghat on November 13, which will be on the lines of the famous Ganga Aarti held in either Varanasi or Rishikesh.

Nov 09, 2015, 21:26 PM IST

Know more about Modi's guru Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guru Swami Dayananda Saraswati passed away at his ashram in Rishikesh on Wednesday at around 10:20 pm.

Sep 24, 2015, 12:12 PM IST

Swami Dayananda Saraswati's demise a personal loss: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mourned the death of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, whom he considered as his guru.

Sep 24, 2015, 09:36 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi's Guru Swami Dayanand Giri passes away

Swami Dayanand Giri, spiritual guru of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, passed away on Wednesday evening in Rishikesh.

Sep 24, 2015, 00:28 AM IST

PM Modi's guru Swami Dayanand's condition improving

Health condition of spiritual guru Swami Dayanand Giri, a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has been indisposed for some time, has improved, and he will be discharged from hospital soon.

Sep 14, 2015, 19:23 PM IST

PM Modi to visit Rishikesh today to meet his ailing guru

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday visit Rishikesh to meet his guru Swami Dayanand Giri at his ashram in Sheeshamjhadi.

Sep 11, 2015, 11:54 AM IST

Congress workers taken into preventive custody ahead of PM's visit

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the city on Friday, around 500 Congress workers were taken into preventive custody by police here apprehending the possibility of a "breach of the peace".

Sep 11, 2015, 10:18 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi to visit Rishikesh today to meet his ailing guru

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday visit Rishikesh to meet his guru Swami Dayanand Giri at his ashram in Sheeshamjhadi. Besides visiting an ashram here, PM Modi is also expected to attend a felicitation ceremony being organised for him in Virbhadra town near here for implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme.

Sep 11, 2015, 08:30 AM IST

On the eve of Modi visit, Harish Rawat seeks funds for Uttarakhand

On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Rishikesh on Friday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday wrote to him seeking release of remaining Rs 1200 crore of the package cleared by the Centre for the state to deal with effects of the devastating natural calamity of 2013.

Sep 10, 2015, 23:46 PM IST

Modi to visit Chandigarh, Uttarakhand on Friday

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chandigarh and Uttarakhand on Friday.

Sep 10, 2015, 22:39 PM IST