In what could be a big boost to those fighting against rampant mining in Uttarakhand, the state government is contemplating making Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts as no-mining zones.

In a bid to stem the ever-increasing problem of migration from the hills, the state government is investing about Rs 35 crore in projects related to agriculture and horticulture.

NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand high court has disposed of a PIL opposing notification of eco-sensitive zone in Uttarkashi district of the state.

The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, in an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, sought permission to appoint an expert body to review the report of a four-member comm

The Uttarakhand high court, taking a serious note of illegal mining of the Kosi riverbed in Udham Singh Nagar's Bajpur, on Wednesday sought responses of the state secretary for industrial developme

Haldwani resident Ravishankar Joshi filed a petition on Saturday alleging rampant illegal mining in areas like Jamrani, Amiya and Amritpur by people who had got government land on lease.

ALMORA: Severe rain and hailstorm, which lashed many parts of Kumaon and Garhwal last week, dashed the hopes of thousands of farmers who saw their crops getting destroyed much like their counterpar

Matri Sadan seers, long campaigning for a curb on mining in the Ganga, won a major battle on Wednesday, when a state-level committee comprising officials of the Union ministry of environment and fo

HARIDWAR: Matri Sadan's Swami Shivanand on Tuesday went ahead with his threat, which he made on Sunday, to sit on an indefinite hunger strike against mining along the Ganga.

DEHRADUN: Haridwar has emerged as the TB capital of the state with total 1,030 new cases detected in the last one year.