A week after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) declared a 100-km stretch from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi in Uttarkashi district as an eco-sensitive zone, the Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday p

Uttarakhand Cabinet, on Sunday, passed a resolution to request the Central government to withdraw its December 18, 2012 notification, according to which a 100-km stretch of the Bhagirathi river fro

“The aim of freeing the State Capital from the menace of tobacco should start from Mussoorie and the upcoming winter line carnival is the best opportunity to kick start the campaign”, Chief Develop

Uttarakhand is all set to promote rooftop solar power as part of alternate energy initiative, with the Union Ministry of New Renewable Energy already having a target of 7 MW of power generation thr

One of the heaviest spells of snowfall has left 30 people dead in Uttarakhand in the last two days.

HARIDWAR: After activists against environmental degradation and some spiritual leaders took up the matter of the large scale of illegal sand quarrying on the Ganga riverbed, the Haridwar district a

HALDWANI/NAINITAL: Elaborate efforts to revive the Naini lake with the help of artificial oxygen supply and advanced biological technology may soon grind to a halt due to the shortage of funds and

Supreme Court advocate and environment activist Ritwick Dutta believes that people in rural areas are more aware of laws relating to environment compared to those in urban areas when it comes to co

There is a shortage of 1,500 doctors in various hospitals, CHCs and PHCs in the state, state Health Minister Surendra Singh Negi said