Rishikesh Das

A 15-year-old boy, whose father is a key political leader in Burdwan's Kalna, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his classmate.

Swami Shankar Das, an octogenarian seer from Rishikesh who has been living in caves for more than 60 years, deposited a cheque for Rs 1 crore as donation for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. According to Das, it was at the cave of his guru Taat wale Baba that he received donations from devotees that added up to the amount that he donated on Wednesday.

Grammy nominee and American devotional singer Krishna Das conducted a benefit concert to help terminally ill cancer patients in Rishikesh on Sunday afternoon. Proceeds from the concert will go to Ganga Prem Hospice, Uttarakhand's first cancer palliative care facility, which provides free care to over 150 terminally ill patients.