According to Satish Narula, a Horticulture expert: "Many trees planted when the Chandigarh city was coming up were not indigenous. The exotic varieties which were chosen instead are slowly

With each day passing, the count of migratory birds at the Pong Dam reservoir has shown a steady rise. By November end, the reservoir, spreading over an area of 18,000 hectares during summer months

The Contract Farming scheme, which was launched with the much fanfare in the Jalandhar district has failed to blossom. Agricultural Department records tell a tale of utter failure. The district,

The garbage treatment plant which had been hanging fire for more than last three and half years had a successful trial at Varyana near Jalandhar has reportedly become the first city in entire north

Owners of about two dozen major circuses in the country feel that they are being harassed and hounded by representatives of different NGOs. M.K. Bhaskar Nambiar, a representative of the Indian Circus

The Central Zoo Authority has finally given its nod for housing Tibetan wolves and snow leopards in Himalayan Nature Park, Kufri, 15 kms from Shimla. According to officials of the Wildlife

Taking serious notice of the encroachment and destruction of wetland bird habitat by the Harike Gurdwara authorities and the consequent inaction by the Punjab Government's Forests and Wildlife

Himachalis would better dust up their old and discarded 'Jholas' and bamboo baskets, if any. For, the ban on production, sale and use of small polythene bags of all kinds comes into force in the

Haryana may not boast of any tigers but its largest wildlife sanctuary of Kalesar will soon be declared a 'Protected Tiger Area' courtesy the Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun. The likely

After the Supreme Court directive ordering proper disposal of biomedical waste, various hospitals and clinics are looking for a solution to the disposal problem. Talks between the local unit of the

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