The World Bank has agreed to provide $648-million loan to help build the Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric project on the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand.

DEHRA DUN, 9 AUG: The state government is opposed to the proposed notification of the Union government to declare Gaumukh-Uttarakhand stretch an eco-sensitive zone.

Carbon absorbation capacity of tree species, particularly pine, seems to have decreased in mid Himalayan zones of Uttrakhand following ban on green felling .

With an aim to protect fertile land of the State, Uttarakhand Government on Tuesday approved the Uttarakhand Agriculture Policy according to special agriculture zones (SAZ) would be notified.

Despite heavy rains causing severe damage to many Government and public properties across, the power generation in State-run hydel power plants has recorded a substantial rise.

Farmers agitating against land acquisition for Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have threatened to commit mass self immolation on Independence Day in a press conference here on Monday.

The Uttarakhand biotechnology department has decided to set up a biotech park in the hill state in order to promote industries based on the technology.

In a bid to step up the conservation of the critically endangered, “Ghosts of the Mountain” or the charismatic snow leopards and Hangul, a species of red deer, endemic to Jammu & Kashmir, the M

Rudraprayag: Despite of shortage of basic facilities, the Animal Husbandry department has undertaken some notable measures for improvement of bovine breeds and experiments in artificial inseminatio

Faulty tube-wells coupled with poor water storage capacity seems to have adversely affected the city's drinking water needs, of late.