Environment protection and economic development must go together, stressed the Vice President of India, M Venkaih Naidu. The States must be incentivised for increasing forest cover.

Along with ensuring the convenience and safety of pilgrims undertaking the Char Dham Yatra, the authorities this time will also be focusing on prohibition on polythene and ensuring proper solid was

Death of a woman and confirmation of swine flu in two more patients has jolted the state health department out of slumber. The department now is in a state of alert on spread of H1 N1 virus.

Urjasvi campaign now continuing in full swing to provide the villagers with LED bulbs by Society of Pollution and Environment Conservation Scientists (SPECS), the Secy of the organisation, Brij M

The Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has directed the District Magistrates to prepare contingency plan to prevent forest fires in the State.

Union Minister of State for Culture and Environment, Forests and Climate Change Mahesh Sharma said the Central Government is considering authorising the State Governments for issues related to fore

While the Government is focusing on the Pancheshwar dam project, numerous villagers hit by the construction of hydro power projects at Tehri, Vishnuprayag, Vishnugad-Pipalkoti and Asi Ganga are sti

The chairman of the Foundation for Integrated Resource Management (FIRM) and former director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) VK Bahuguna has written to the

Citing a newspaper report about the Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (WRRDGR), Uma Bharti asking the Uttarakhand Government to reconsider the clearance given t

Mussoorie/Almora: Uttarakhand's state flower Burans has made an appearance at least a month earlier than usual this year flowering in the hills of Garhwal and Kumaon in February instead of March wh