Dehradun: The lakhs of volunteers belonging to the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda of Sant Guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh may have shocked residents of Haridwar, Rishkesh and Roorkee in the meticulous manner they underwent about their task of cleaning the cities and the banks of Ganga, but importantly they also [...]

Dehradun : While bird watchers in Uttarakhand are delighted, but even conservationists in the United Kingdoms have something to cheer about. The yellowhammer, a bird which was once very common in the UK, but its species fell by 54 per cent between 1970 and 2003, bringing it on the red [...]

Dehra Dun: They come from affluent families in Ludhiana, Punjab.  Both Amandeep and Seema Khanna could have been attired in the best of bridal wear and had wedding ceremony that would have been an envy of many an eye. But both got wedded wearing track suits, with brooms in hand [...]

Dehhhra Dun: Trade between China and India from the Lipulekh Pass in Pithoragarh district was formally declared closed on Oct 31. Trade through this Pass was started in 1992, following the Sino-Indian agreement and is an annual feature since then. According to officials of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) that [...]

Dehra Dun: Uttarakhand is known for its bio-diversity. Its thick and abundant forests abound in wild life, which has perhaps kept this small mountain state on the radar of poachers and smugglers of animal parts, especially organs which are in demand in the international market. The Special Task Force (STF) [...]

Dehra Dun : The recent publicity given to the pollution, garbage, dirt and filth in the river Ganga, has brought the desired results for cleaning it, albeit not from the central and state governments, but from rather unexpected but more determined and effective quarters. Come Nov 1 and about two [...]

Dehradun : Ther 125th raising day celebrations of Garhwal Rifles, founded by Lord Lansdowne, began yesterday in the quaint hill station, which bears his name even today. All eyes were on the statue of a goat that has the pride of place in the Regiment. A unit of the Regiment, [...]

Dehra Dun : A lot of hue and cry has been raised again open air defecation to improve the cleanliness in the villages and ensure that women do not have to go the fields only in the cover of darkness. Besides it also to ensure that the natural water resources [...]

Dehradun : A lot of hue and cry has been made on keeping the Ganga clean. Despite spending an estimates Rs 2000 crores under the Ganga Action Plan –I and II, the sewage treatment capacity and other pollution abatement infrastructure along the Ganga remains woefully inadequate. The Uttarakhand High Court [...]

Dehra Dun: Neglect of the natural environs over the years by rampant construction and encroachment by political bigwigs. Undertaking developmental projects, without a thought for the wildlife and doing away with corridors used by animals for movement from one forest pocket to another, are now telling upon Uttarakhand and its [...]