DEHRADUN: Just days after taking charge of the mines and mineral development, minister Nav Prabhat has claimed that he will stop all illegal and mechanized micro (river sand) mining from river beds

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has the higher number of landslide prone or unstable zones among the north Himalayan states including Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, according to a report submitted i

RUDRAPUR: With five cases of dengue reported here, the health department is prepared to combat the disease spreading in the plains of US Nagar.

DEHRADUN: The jumbos will patrol the porous southern side of the tiger reserve which is connected to Uttar Pradesh.

NAINITAL: With the discovery in Uttarakhand recently, the total number of varieties of butterflies found in the hill state is 453.

DEHRADUN: Human rights commission of Uttarakhand pulled up health department for its laxity in combating dengue menace in Dehradun, on a complaint of a human rights activist from Dehradun.

The stern directive of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) totally prohibiting use of polythene bags and plastic material as well as their sale in and around Brahma Kund, Har-ki-Pauri, is being openl

Retreat of Gangotri glacier will not have drastic influence on the flow of Ganga as the river is not totally dependent on glaciers for its water even in the head-water region, said the government o