Fire damages 16100 hectares of forest lands in Himachal
byShimla: As summer temperatures soar, forest fires blaze through newly planted and forested areas, laying waste much efforts to increase the states green cover…
Environment
Great Himalayan National Park pitches for World Heritage status
byShimla: The Great Himalayan National Park in Himachal Pradesh, one of the richest biodiversity sites in the western Himalayas, has come closer to getting…
Chandigarh Sukhna Lake fast dying out
byChandigarh’s famous Sukhna Lake, the most-visited tourist spot in the ‘City Beautiful’, is gasping for breath and attention. Built in 1958, huge areas of…
Wilderness getaway – Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu
byKullu (Himachal Pradesh): If you are a professional trekker and want to test your nerves in the rugged and inhospitable terrain of the trans-Himalayas,…
Freak summer weather has Kashmir farmers, fruit growers worried
bySrinagar: The unexpected fall in temperatures Saturday followed by rains in the plains and fresh snowfall in the hills is causing serious concern among…
Expanding human habitations pose threat to bio-diversity in Kullu valley
byManali: Unbridled growth in Kullu valley in recent years is increasingly raising environmental concerns as much of the rich bio-diversity faces the onslaught of…
A tale of the last natural spring
byShogi: For residents of Shogi, a hamlet tucked away in the hills near Shimla, a natural spring reminds them what havoc ecological degeneration can…
Punjab, Haryana sizzles in heat wave
byChandigarh: Haryana’s Narnaul town sizzled at 47 degrees Celsius Friday as the heat wave over Haryana and Punjab continued unabated. Met officials here said…
Summer in the Hills
bySummer comes slowly to the hills. One doesn’t quite know when to discard warm undergarments, remove the electric blanket and put away the quilts….
Anand Sharma hauls up Dhumal government for collusion with Jaypee company
byShimla: Union minister Anand Sharma lashed out at the Dhumal government for its oversight in permitting a private company to violate environment laws that…