With environmental degradation assuming alarming proportions in Damtal area of Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh which bounds in stone crushers, the State Environment and Pollution Control Board

The Panchkula district administration has set up six control rooms as base for flood control measures in the coming rainy season. Briefing about the arrangements, Deputy Commissioner Jyoti Arora said

In a fresh case of poaching, a team of forest officials nabbed two persons on the charge of killing a barking deer in Karol hills in Solan forest division, at Kandaghat (HP). The meat, skin, head and

Urban areas are far ahead in cases of termination of pregnancy than their rural counterparts. In the Punjab state, induced abortions are higher in urban areas than in rural areas, according to a

The Punjab state is heading towards a major power crisis as its thermal plants face a grim situation because of depleting coal stocks. The Coal India Limited has drastically cut down its supplies to

Women in Himachal Pradesh are the most prone to cancer disease. The fact which has boggled the medical fraternity in Shimla will see that the proposed pilot project, being launched for over million

Uttaranchal has decided to supply 50 megawatt power to the Punjab State Electricity Board to help it tide over power crisis in the

An ancient repository of 8,000-10,000 trees supporting a wealth of bird life is in danger if the Haryana government presses ahead with its programme of selling off the 100 canal rest houses, many of

The Punjab State Electricity Board has decided to allow industrial units to set up their own captive power plants to meet their power requirements and sell their surplus power to the Board.

The site for dumping ground and sewerage treatment plant will be finalised in a week and the administration (Punjab) will get No-Objection Certificates in a month from all the departments concerned