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

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Chinese Academy of Forestry and the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education to foster cooperation between the two nations in identifie

Amid concerns expressed by Lok Sabha MPs regarding the threat to the flow in Ganga due to proliferation of small hydro-electric dams in Uttarakhand, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today as

In a major policy decision ahead of the Assembly polls, the Uttarakhand Cabinet on Tuesday approved a new slum policy under which the government will provide a house or a plot to each family residi

Swami Shivanand, founder of Matri Sadan in Haridwar, on Tuesday ended his 11-day fast after the Uttarakhand government ordered suspension of quarrying on the Ganga riverbed in the Kumbh area, pendi