AMITA VERMA
The scare of crocodiles has driven devotees away from the ghats of the Ganga river in Hardwar.

Two crocodiles have been sighted upstream in the Ganga river in the past two days. The first crocodile was seen by devotees taking a holy dip at the Birla Ghat in the Ganga on Saturday and as the news spread across the town, panic gripped the people.

NREGS is on the way to becoming the most lucrative corruption racket ever made for politicians-------

Even I, who expected nothing good out of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, find its review by Anil Sharma of National Council of Applied Economic Research depressing. Let me relate how my pessimistic predictions have been exceeded.

Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun September 21, 2009, 0:11 IST

Hopes of revival of the controversial hydel projects on the Bhagirathi have rekindled after the Centre convened the first meeting of the Ganga River Basin Authority (GRBA) in New Delhi on October 5, which has been entrusted with the task to decide their fate.

Dehradun: With growing concern over dwindling population of the big cats in the country, a specialized tiger protection force is being set up in the Corbett Tiger Reserve.

The Corbett Tiger Protection Force would assist the existing staff at the national park, in keeping a close watch on poachers, Uttarakhand

Days after the BJP asked Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to

Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a cost of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs 50 lakh.

Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun

A makhna (tuskless bull elephant) was shot dead by poachers at village Dhaluwala of Khanpur forest range in Haridwar on Sunday night. The dead elephant sustained two gunshots to its forehead. A case of wildlife crime against unknown persons was registered by the forest department.

Certain plants absorb pollutants from wastewater for their metabolism. A team from the National Botanical Research Institute in Lucknow, planned a plant-based project to clean the Ganga. U N Rai, environment scientist who heads the team, speaks to Savvy Soumya Misra On how the project began With the help of a non-profit in Pune, our group of four scientists submitted a project on

Sandeep Joshi

NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank met Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal here on Monday and urged him to give necessary clearances and provide financial help for two vital water projects

Shishir Prashant / Dehra Dun September 07, 2009, 0:29 IST

The Centre today announced