Studies undertaken by medical experts point towards an intermediate level of endemicity of Hepatitis B virus in Uttarakhand and hold risk factors like blood transfusion, intra familial transmission

Residents of Pauri town are hopeful of some improvement in the level of civic sanitation here after the Pauri municipal council recently told the National Green Tribunal that it would arrange land

Chief minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday announced that the centrally sponsored Food for All scheme, called Khadyan Yojna, offering subsidized food grains including wheat and rice to all families, wh

While the Global Tiger Day is commemorated on Tuesday, environmentalists and wildlife activists in Uttarakhand have stressed on the need for improving wildlife protection and exercising political w

DEHRADUN: To curb malnutrition in Haridwar, the district administration has set up a number of health camps, in which over 3087 children in rural areas have been screened in the last two months.

Under attack from the opposition over the alleged illegal mining, the Uttarakhand government on Thursday said it would amend the policy to make the mining laws more stringent.

Five days after the state government officially halted the Char Dham yatra due to incessant rains and inclement weather conditions, about 35 villages in various districts remain cut off as 168 conn

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Himalaya Environment & Employment Cooperative Society Ltd. Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. dated 23/07/2014. The
Applicant has stated that the project proponent does not have Environmental Clearance (EC) and Forest Clearance (FC) for the construction of the 12 km long road by cutting the hills in the area which is reserved forest and is a virgin area.

Uttarakhand has 76 dams in the ecologically fragile regions.

DEHRADUN: The Centre has sought a proposal from Uttarakhand government suggesting possible sites within the state for establishing the proposed Centre For Himalayan Studies.

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