Even as the kanwar mela began in Haridwar yesterday with the congregation of lakhs of devotees, a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order prohibiting the use of plastic near the Ganga ghats is proving

HARIDWAR: Implementing the ban on use of plastic in the twin cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh is proving to an uphill task for the civic authorities.

In one of the first instances of action against a prominent commercial establishment for allegedly violating pollution norms as laid down by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Radisson Blu, a five-

In what could be a big boost to those fighting against rampant mining in Uttarakhand, the state government is contemplating making Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts as no-mining zones.

Matri Sadan seers, long campaigning for a curb on mining in the Ganga, won a major battle on Wednesday, when a state-level committee comprising officials of the Union ministry of environment and fo

HARIDWAR: Matri Sadan's Swami Shivanand on Tuesday went ahead with his threat, which he made on Sunday, to sit on an indefinite hunger strike against mining along the Ganga.

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