Retired Flying Officer Balwant Singh – father of the finance ministry official mowed down by a BMW — said his son was a careful and cautious driver and had recently got the Triumph motorbike he was riding that day.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the issue concerning ecology and environmental conditions was not going to be limited to Himachal Pradesh only as the entire Himalayan range, which was “very violent” this time, was facing it.

Billionaire Gautam Adani-led group’s flagship firm has won a contract to build a nearly 13-km-long ropeway project connecting Sonprayag with Kedarnath, the company said on Monday.