Nainital: In a first, Uttarakhand forest department has included Kedarnath, Nainital and parts of Pithoagarh and Tehri forest divisions in the ongoing tiger census.

DEHRADUN: Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday asked for strict enforcement of plastic ban in Uttarakhand from July.

DEHRADUN: A 36-year-old man from Miyanwala in Dehradun succumbed to swine flu on Wednesday in a private hospital in the city.

Dehradun: Beyond Haridwar, the work to take the 900-km charcoal road deep into the Himalayas till the four holiest shrines is going on at a hysterical pace.

RUDRAPUR: The regional officer of the state pollution control board (SPCB) has initiated the process of closure of four industries in Pantnagar industrial area in district US Nagar, after inspectio

DEHRADUN: A study on impact of climate change in five villages of Uttarakhand and three villages in Himachal Pradesh will be conducted by Mountain Forum Himalayas (MFH) made up of six NGOs each fro

Dehradun: The ministry of environment and forests told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday that the Uttarakhand government was responsible for management and protection of wildlife in th

Dehradun: Debris generated during construction of the all-weather Char Dham road is being dumped into rivers which could disturb their natural course and cause widespread devastation during monsoon

Regarding planned ‘beautification’ of the pond in Defence Colony, a group of concerned residents of nearby localities have come together to demand that the original form of the water body should no

Excessive riverbed mining in Haridwar has rendered the quality of groundwater “very poor” and unsuitable for drinking, according to researchers from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya.