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…
Environment
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…
Avoid landslide-hit Kinnaur, Himachal advises visitors
byShimla, June 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Thursday issued an advisory asking the tourists not to visit landslide-hit Kinnaur district and a few parts of…
Natarajan calls for corpus fund to tackle sea oil spills
byMumbai, June 20 (IANS) Union Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Thursday called for setting up a corpus fund to help quick response to…
Krishna in spate in Karnataka, no flood threat
byBijapur (Karnataka), June 20 (IANS) The Krishna river Thursday was in spate following heavy rains in catchment areas of northern Karnataka and neighbouring Maharashtra…