Furore over hydel power projects on the Ganga in Uttarakhand
byDehradDun : There is a debate raging in the mountain state here over the setting up of hydel power projects on the Ganga and…
Environment
Polluting the Ganga
byDehradun : Even as the high-profile meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority, chaired by none other than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself,…
Indian tiger reserves under threat by expanding highway network
byNew Delhi:As India strives hard to protect its big cats, a study in a tiger reserve has found that busy highways and excessive road…
Gulmarg shivers at minus two degrees Celsius
bySrinagar: With the minimum temperature falling six degrees below normal, north Kashmir’s ski resort town of Gulmarg Saturday shivered at minus 2.3 degrees Celsius….
Green tribunal scraps Posco’s $12bn Odisha project
byNew Delhi : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday suspended environment clearance to South Korean steel major Posco’s $12 billion project in Odisha, the…
Himachal to get $200 mn World Bank green loan – Dhumal
byShimla: The World Bank will give Himachal Pradesh a $200 million loan to enable it become the country’s first carbon neutral state by 2020,…
Is government serious about saving the Ganga?
byNew Delhi : The Ganga, deified by Hindus and intrinsic to its literature and lore while providing water to over 40 percent of India’s…
Will India’s horses trot into sunset?
byNew Delhi : For millennia, they have shared the world with their human masters. They have carried their owners in the thick of battle,…
Can the gharial win the battle for survival?
byNew Delhi : A few years back, a boat trip down the Chambal river in north India would have yielded a surreal sight –…
Youth body to fight against BCCI stadium plans at Shimla’s historic Annandale
byShimla : The DYFI is set to launch an aggressive campaign this week to save the Annandale ground saying top politicians and land sharks…