The devastation caused by torrential rains that lashed Uttarakhand earlier this month is expected to cause a loss of Rs 12,000 crore to the state's tourism industry in the current fiscal, says a PH

This will be in addition to the central financial assistance of about Rs 95 crore already sanctioned during the current fiscal

The Tourism Ministry today sanctioned a Rs 100 crore special financial package for restoration and reconstruction of the government tourist facilities damaged due to rains and floods in Uttarakhand.

Intense rains in Kedarnath-Badrinath unleashed death and destruction

Facing criticism that it didn't predict the cloudburst that ravaged Uttarakhand, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday that cloudburst was not to blame for the disaster that has killed hundreds.

Amid fears of disease outbreak after widespread devastation in flood-affected Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has deputed a high-level team which will review the public health measures in th

What could turn out to be Uttarakhand’s worst tragedy was a disaster waiting to happen.

The devastating natural disaster that hit Uttarakhand, has claimed yet another victim.

Small hydro power projects totalling 6,000 Mw in Ganga river basin in Uttarakhand have been affected by Chaturvedi panel proposals

NEW DELHI: While thousands have suffered the fury of floods in Uttarakhand, experts say worse tragedies may strike the region unless the rampant violation of the Himalayan state's sensitive ecology

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Thursday admitted that the reservations expressed by the Uttarakhand Government had come in the way of the implementation of a crucial notification declar

As a humongous natural calamity grips Uttarakhand, it is now emerging that the state has had no disaster management plan worth its name despite being highly disaster-prone due to fragile mounta