Urbanisation, rampant felling of trees to blame for the depletion

HARIDWAR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of plastic bottles around the banks of Uttarakhand here to check the menace of pollution in and around the river Ganges, an official s

LUCKNOW: Lack of waste management system and rampant open defecation are blots on the city's sanitation.

It's been about three weeks since a fresh crop of rice was planted in the famous fields of Maletha. By October, the rice will be ready.

The Kosi-Gaula-Nandhaur-Sharda region, in the Shivalik-Bhabar tract, comprises the western circle of the terai tiger habitat.

Uttarakhand capital Dehradun is placed poorly at 26th position among the 28 capital cities surveyed for Swachh Bharat rankings.

With the appointment of the third committee of experts by the Union Environment Ministry to review a few contentious hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand, the debate on their feasibility has

Additional secretary S Raju, in a report submitted to the Uttarakhand forest secretary, has held former principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) of the state SS Sharma guilty of suppressing ac

NAINITAL: In an illustration of how fast HIV is spreading in Uttarakhand despite the government spending crores in AIDS-control measures, a query by a Haldwani-based RTI activist has revealed that

With the Centre recently revising items and norms of assistance to be provided from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), the state disaster management department has received the first instalme