Almora: More than 100 half-burnt and fully burnt trees were allegedly cut in high-altitude villages of Gunji and Navi near Dharchula in Kumaon recently in contravention of rules, local villagers ha

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 22/12/2016 regarding camping activities along Ganga. The Counsel appearing for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change submits that they have already cleared and approved the Regulatory Regime, Management Plan and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) report.

Sighting of swamp deer population, outside their sole habitat and protected zone of Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve in the state, across Ganges had been heartening news for the wildlife lovers.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Gugan @ Muban, Rashid & various other Noticees dated 28/11/2016 regarding environmental and ecological degradation resulting from illegal mining in the state of Uttarakhand. Status report filed on behalf of the State of Uttarakhand states that 34 persons were found to be carrying on illegal mining, the quantum of illegal mining varied from 5 cubic meter to 18000 cubic meter. The State has compounded them with imposition of penalty which varies from Rs. 5,000 to Rs.3,85,000/-.

City legislator Madan Kaushik inaugurated a plantation drive organised by the Rudra Yagna Samiti and the Pragat Bharat Sanstha here yesterday.

RUDRAPUR: Sixteen days after demonetization, as queues outside banks and ATMs continue to get longer, the decline in purchasing power of customers due to currency shortage has hit not just legal bu

Potential hydro power projects in the Himalayan region would need to factor in chances of increased floods from the formation of new lakes and the expansion of existing ones due to melting glaciers

In a major decision to deal with climate change which is threatening to assume worrying proportions, the Uttarakhand government has decided to deploy one percent of the total budget of each of its

HARIDWAR: Even though the major culprits in the deterioration of Haridwar's air quality are burning of waste and dry leaves and vehicular emissions, the city's dwindling green cover is no less to b

NAINITAL: Kumaon’s western forest circle constitutes one-third of the tiger population of the country which is outside of tiger reserves, with 130 big cats living in the region, according to a new

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