An inspection of the overall status and housekeeping of private captive elephants around Corbett National Park revealed blatant violations and contravention of Project Elephant guidelines.

Deputy Director General (Education) of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Omkar Singh said, “Climate change is a major challenge for developing countries like India which face la

Shimla: In an initiative backed by World Bank, the Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project has tied up with the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, for the standardisation of the silt-moni

Industrialists are up in arms over a penalty imposed on them by the Uttarakhand power corporation limited(UPCL) after a gap of two years.

New Delhi In a breather for GVK group company Alaknanda Hydro Power Co (AHPC), the Supreme Court has allowed the construction of the R3,675-crore Srinagar hydel project in Uttarakhand without any hindrance.

A bench headed by justice Dalveer Bhandari, while seeking reply from Anuj Joshi and Bharat Jhunjhunwala, the petitioners before the Uttarakhand High Court, said: “We make it clear that the construction of the dam may go on without any hindrance. However, during the interregnum period, public hearing by the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) as directed by the high Court, shall remain stayed.”

To bring transparency in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and redress complaints received from the people under the same scheme, the State Government has appointed a Lokpal

Gwaldam: There is a bizarre disconnect between the lives of people in this region and the electoral process, best exemplified by the crisis in agriculture.

In order to highlight the importance of forests for the country and the contribution of ICFRE in this vital sector of national importance, ICFRE has published a book Forestry in the Service of Nati

The Haridwar administration has collected more than Rs32 lakh in the last three months in fines from those involved in illegal mining in the district.

Villagers protesting against the State Government’s order to ban quarrying on Ganga called off their three-week long stir on Monday after president of Gau Raksha Ayog and senior BJP leader, Maharaj