The National Green Tribunal has ordered closure of eight industrial units in Uttarakhand's Sitarganj area after the Central Pollution Control Board found them violating pollution norms.

It was in 2014 that the Namami Gange project was launched in Uttarakhand but four years down the line the project continues to be sluggish and is expected to miss the completion deadline of March 2

Dehradun: Rising temperatures in the hill state have altered patterns of flowering and seed fall in Sal trees, which has hit their natural regeneration and led to a decline in their numbers in fore

NAINITAL: The state government submitted its response regarding the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand high court on Thursday.

DEHRADUN: Forest fires have gutted 4,268 hectares of forest cover in Uttarakhand in 1,998 fire incidents in the state since February.

Mussoorie/Nainital: As Shimla grapples with extreme water woes leading to a situation where residents are telling tourists to stay away, locals in Mussoorie and Nainital say their towns, too, could

The much touted river revival initiative pushed foward by the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat appears to have had little impact considering recent findings regarding the level of toxic chemica

Mussoorie: The Jabarkhet Nature Reserve (JNR), a 100-acre privately-owned forest reserve popular with visitors to the hill town is the latest casualty in the recent spate of forest fires that have

Rudrapur: The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has issued show-cause notices to 62 industrial units and ordered inspection of 24 others in Udham Singh Nagar d