Unsung Heroes

"Just as we crossed Diva (in Thane), I saw that a person was lying between two tracks. I stopped the train and informed the guard, M D Aalam."

"Believe me, I didn't know his place was that badly affected. Neither did he know anything about the Kodagu floods. We were both cut off at that time,"

Dr Anil Kumar Pathak, an IAS officer who is the District Magistrate of Faizabad, is known for going the extra mile and leaving no stone unturned to help people in need.

For the last 22 years, this man who runs a humble bhurji-pav stall in Old Tofkhana, Shivajinagar, has saved suicidal people from drowning. Apart from this, he has helped fish out 600 bodies from the Mula-Mutha rivers due to suicides or accidental deaths.

Even as the clearance operations are on and the state government begins its probe, it is essential to recognise the people in the vicinity who acted swiftly, carried out rescue missions in their capacity.

“I don’t worry about if I get punished for this. The need of the hour was to save lives. And if I have to bear the consequences for it, I will do so with pride,”

Here's the forgotten story of Karnataka's 'Coffee Pudi' Sakamma, an extraordinary woman who exerted her influence on Bengaluru through the decades.

Since the fire had broken out between the 12th to 16th floors of the building, the evacuation process was extremely challenging. The lifts could not be used, and with smoke rapidly-filling up the floors, the lives of several people were in danger.

India was going to be a country of over 300 million people, and it was crucial to refresh their memory about the country being their own. Keeping this in mind, Jawaharlal Nehru approached Badr-Ud-Din Faiz Tyabji—an important civil servant in the Constituent Assembly—to design India's national emblem.

Congress Radio functioned for just about 88 days during three occasions, igniting the dwindling spirits of the freedom movement.