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…
Environment
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,…
Ganga gets dirty right from Haridwar
byDehradun : A lot of hue and cry has been made on keeping the Ganga clean. Despite spending an estimates Rs 2000 crores under…
Anti hailguns of no use in the apple belt of Himachal Pradesh
byEver since the anti hail guns have been installed in Jubbal-Kotkhai, the government and the opposition are making claims and counter claims regarding the…
Man-animal conflict peaks in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun: Neglect of the natural environs over the years by rampant construction and encroachment by political bigwigs. Undertaking developmental projects, without a thought…