Activists ready green agenda for new Himachal assembly
byShimla: Fate of political leaders vying for a seat in the Himachal assembly lying locked up in electronic voting machines, green activists opposing setting…
Environment
Tibetan student wins painting competition
byShimla: Student at Central School of Tibetans, Solan, Yungdrung Rapten was declared the best artist at a state level ‘National Awareness Campaign on Energy…
Clean Ganga campaign – Other religious bodies learn from Dera Sacha Sauda
byDehradun: The lakhs of volunteers belonging to the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda of Sant Guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh may have shocked residents of…
Yellowhammer sighted in Uttarakhand for first time
byDehradun : While bird watchers in Uttarakhand are delighted, but even conservationists in the United Kingdoms have something to cheer about. The yellowhammer, a…
Uttarakhand: A slaughter house of wild life
byDehra Dun: Uttarakhand is known for its bio-diversity. Its thick and abundant forests abound in wild life, which has perhaps kept this small mountain…
Cyclone Nilam crosses coast leaving minimal damage
byChennai/Hyderabad: Cyclone Nilam crossed the Tamil Nadu coast north of Chennai Wednesday evening between Mamallapuram and Kalpakkam without leaving any serious trail of destruction,…
Dera Sacha Sauda volunteers to ‘save’ Ganga in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : The recent publicity given to the pollution, garbage, dirt and filth in the river Ganga, has brought the desired results for…
Sandy intensifies; Obama asks people to evacuate
byWashington: As a ferocious superstorm threatening 50 million people along the US East Coast gathered strength Monday, President Barack Obama warned affected residents that…
Toilets programme in Uttarakhand goes for a six
byDehra Dun : A lot of hue and cry has been raised again open air defecation to improve the cleanliness in the villages and…
Even Uttarakhand state capital does not get safe drinking water
byDehra Dun: It has been 12 years that Uttarakhand got statehood and while the condition of health and education are in a deplorable state,…