In an attempt to boost capital infusion in agricultural sector the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has decided to provide refinance facility with a repayment period of

The strenuous and concerted efforts of Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar yielded positive results.

Environmentalists and villagers are questioning the operation of a stone crusher on the banks of the Dhauli Ganga river by the company implementing the 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydro electric proje

Lantana, a kind of poisonous weed, keeps increasingly eating into the fodder banks in the Terai pocket and other zones of Uttarakhand forests, resulting in growing number of man-animal conflicts an

The National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, has directed the forest department, State of Uttarakhand, to file its reply to the main application within two weeks with an advanced copy s

Even after three years since the Nandhaur valley in the Haldwani forest division was declared a wildlife sanctuary, there are still no funds to work in that direction.

The National Green Tribunal has stated that apparently “the laws were thrown to the winds” for construction of flood protection wall along the Song river in the Motichur range of the Rajaji Nationa

In a major development, Japan has agreed to cooperate with Uttarakhand in improving the health of forests in the Himalayan state.

People For Animals, Uttarakhand has stated that it will have to approach the Uttarakhand High Court if the State government does not follow the directions of the HC and present a note to the Chief

The level of civic sanitation in Pauri town has continued to deteriorate with the municipal waste being dumped haphazardly in the open.