Hours after the fresh high-intensity earthquake in Nepal, its tremors were felt in the Uttarakhand hydropower projects case being heard by the Supreme Court.

In a bid to delay judgment on hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, the Union Environment Ministry, yet again, failed in presenting its view in the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, on a four-member comm

Wants another committee to review adverse report of experts against 6 dams

The government has asked the Supreme Court for six months to undertake a complete assessment of the feasibility of allowing construction of six new hydropower projects in Uttarakhand.

“Temblor might occur tomorrow, or 50 years later, but it will hit the State”

The permission to allow mining in Bishanpur and Bhogpur areas of Haridwar district after three days of an announcement regarding its closure has once again stirred a hornet's nest.

A Haridwar ashram and its sadhus have been fighting a battle against illegal mining on the Ganga riverbed

Geologists and environmentalists have said if a Nepal-like earthquake strikes Uttarakhand, there will be a large scale destruction and death owing to hydropower projects.

To assess the impact and cause of the recent earthquake in Nepal, a team of experts from IIT-Roorkee will visit the affected areas and asses various aspects, Dr ML Sharma, Head of Department Earthq

The Nepal earthquake has necessitated the need for expanding the scope of the Centre for Himalayan Study proposed in Uttarakhand by the Narendra Modi government to further encourage studies in the