Rescue team stranded at Kedarnath;heavy rains stop relief work
byDehradun : With no let up in the rains, there intensity actually increasing in the last 24 hours, and the weatherman predicting that they…
Environment
Central Pollution Control Board official gets six extensions
byShimla: J.S. Kamyotra, member-secretary of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the ministry of environment and forests, is one officer the central government does…
Will ‘babudom’ responsible for Uttarakhand tragedy be nailed ?
byDehradun : Terming the recent macabre tragedy in Uttarakhand as an “ecological and environmental disaster” and not a natural disaster, the National Green Tribunal…
Himachal court defers ban on plastic packed food items
byShimla: Ban of plastics used for storage and sale of processed food items like biscuits, potato chips, candies and others that was to come…
Depletion of Himalayan natural resources alarming
byManali: The nightmare of sudden outburst of clouds in Uttarakhand resulting in massive destruction that has taken thousands of human lives only exemplifies the gross…
Goofed up priorities in Uttarakhand
byDehradun : One can but just twiddle one’s thumbs and feel sorry for Uttarakhand and its people for the governments that have ruled the…
Yamuna starts receding in Delhi, still above danger mark
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The water level in the Yamuna started receding in Delhi Thursday but stayed above the danger mark of 204.83…
Droughts, floods come as wake-up call: Greenpeace
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A day after a World Bank report highlighted the effects global warming may have on the monsoon pattern in…
Delhi sees warm Thursday, Friday to be cloudy
byNew Delhi, June 20 (IANS) It was another warm day for the capital Thursday with the maximum temperature shooting up to 39.8 degrees Celsius,…
Yamuna water starts receding in Haryana
byChandigarh: With the flood water in the swollen Yamuna river receding since Wednesday, authorities in Haryana said the flood-like situation in parts of the state…