Uttarakhand is all set to conduct leopard census in December. The last census in 2008 revealed the presence of 2,343 leopards in the state.

The Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has sought details regarding registered hotels and resorts along the Ganga river in Haridwar and Rishikesh from four dist

The much-touted Namami Gange project, which was allocated Rs 20,000 crore by the Union Government recently, will complete its first phase by October 2016 and on-ground Ganga rejuvenation work will

Acute drinking water scarcity rages on in different parts of Haldwani city and its adjacent areas with the officials concerned remaining laggard.

The Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday ordered a curb on all mining activities in a 10-km radius of the Rajaji National Park (RNP).

In a bid to stem the ever-increasing problem of migration from the hills, the state government is investing about Rs 35 crore in projects related to agriculture and horticulture.

Peeved over receiving flak for its perceived failure to check increasing volume of illegal mining activities, the State Government might decide to hand over the mining sector to the private sector,

NAINITAL: The Uttarakhand high court has disposed of a PIL opposing notification of eco-sensitive zone in Uttarkashi district of the state.

The parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forests will meet here on May 23 to discuss a report about the possibility of an earthquake in Uttarakhand and rev

The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, in an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, sought permission to appoint an expert body to review the report of a four-member comm