Though the wildlife sanctuaries national parks situated in the state abodes of rare species of wildlife like snow leopard , western tragopan, Himalayan wolf and cheer pheasant, musk deer, ibex etc.

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has through an amendment extended the purview of its notification regarding use of fly ash from 50 km to 100 km from coal or lignite based thermal power

Contrary to the government claims that the Scrub Typhus is under control, as many as seven new cases of high grade fever have been admitted to Indira Gandhi Medical college (IGMC) Hospital here

The Kinnaur district administration has evacuated people living at places alongside the Spiti and Sutlej rivers to safer places and sounded a flood alert, cautioning those living between kinnaur and

The environmental cess, which has been approved by the Himachal Pradesh High Court, would be levied on all non-Himachali vehicles entering from the next tourism season, beginning April, 2004.

It has been an unending battle for the residents of the Anmol Nagar in Hoshiarpur district of Chandigarh for more than a decade. The hapless residents have been inhaling air laden with soot emanating

Schemes of sewage and drinking water supply are being implemented speedily in six towns of Bahadurgarh, Gohana, Jhajjar, Sonipat and Panipat in Haryana, at a cost of Rs 35 crore and these would be

Much to the dismay of environmentalists, illegal quarrying is going on along the Beas river at a massive scale, putting not only the safety of many localities falling in its catchment area in peril

Following the directions issued by the Supreme Court, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) is sending show-cause notices to nearly 14,00 units in the

The Department of Forests, Kullu Forest Division, Himachal Pradesh, has launched a special drive to check the misuse of timber sanctioned to the right holders under timber distribution (TD), under