Dehradun: A two-day pre-fire season workshop on forest fires conducted by Forest Survey of India (FSI) started here on Wednesday.

DEHRADUN: Conditions in high Himalayas are likely to be warmer than estimated, scientists at G B Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development in Almora have found.

Haridwar: After seers and local residents in Haridwar expressed outrage over sewage from as many as five drains flowing directly into the river Ganga, the authorities of Jal Sansthan and other agen

Dehradun: The on-going cold wave conditions across Uttarakhand are going to continue for at least another couple of days with mercury hovering below normal limits in both hills and plains in the hi

Dehradun: Months after the state government imposed a blanket ban on the use of polythene bags, the restriction is cutting no ice, with many shopkeepers and vendors openly flouting the ban.

Dehradun: For G D Agrawal, who came to be known as Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand after he turned sanyasi in July 2011, a clean and free-flowing Ganga was the mission of his life.

NAINITAL: Taking cognisance of a letter written by a Delhi-based activist, the Uttarakhand high court said that merely holding meetings and seminars without taking any concrete steps towards cleanl

Dehradun: A study by scientists of the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in the Bhagirathi basin near Gaumukh has revealed that in the last two years, there has been a rise of at lea

DEHRADUN: A recent study by the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) has found that black carbon travelling from Mediterranean countries during the western disturbance (which

Dehradun: Turmeric is known for its bright yellow colour.