Dehradun: Persistent smoke caused by raging forest fires since the past few days has led to a rise in cases of respiratory and eye ailments among hundreds of villagers in Pauri, Nainital and Bagesh

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttarakhand Government to submit within four weeks a percentage-wise compliance report on steps taken by it to clean the Ganga in the stretch betw

HARIDWAR: An analysis of the animal remains found stuffed inside a bag recovered from Rajaji Tiger Reserve in March by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has revealed that of the five samples ex

NAINITAL: Uttarakhand may well be heading towards a repeat of 2016 when around 4,500 hectares of forests were destroyed in jungle blazes.

DEHRADUN/RUDRAPUR: Soaring mercury across the hill state has thrown life out of gear even as meteorologists predicted that the heat wave is likely to continue for some more days.

Dehradun: The forests of Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal and Almora continued to burn on Tuesday with 88 more incidents of forest fires being reported.

The Union government has received no proposal for environmental clearance for the Chardham Yatra Project and so the question of an environment impact assessment (EIA) study of such a project does n

DEHRADUN/NAINITAL/HARIDWAR/UTTARKASHI: At least 57 small and big incidents of fires and 65 fire alerts were reported from forests across Uttarakhand in the past three days in both Garhwal and Kumao

Dehradun: The central government has allotted Rs 218 crore to Uttarakhand towards its State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) which is used to provide immediate relief to those affected by natural cala