Tehri dam sitting on an active fault: Indian seismologists
byHyderabad: There is an active fault beneath the Tehri dam that enhances the earthquake risk, scientists of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) here…
Uttarakhand
Efforts to reintroduce LSD in Uttarakhand thwarted
byDehradun : An effort to re-introduce LSD, what was popularly known as ‘acid’ in the 1960s in Uttarakhand was thwarted when a special team…
Uttarakhand IAS officers in Ponty Chadha murder: CM turns down probe
byDehradun : With two senior Congress leaders of Uttarakhand, including union minister for water resources, Harsh Rawat, having openly said that fingers are being…
Snow Leopard Skin Recovered in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun: The recovery of a skin of snow leopard from two persons (one managed to give the slip), by a team of the…
In the eye of climate change, Himalayan badlands
byHigher temperatures are being recorded in Himalayan altitudes which had not seen the mercury rise so much before. Changes in temperature zones are causing…
Uttarakhand neglects its martyrs memorials
byDehradun : ‘Shaheedon ki chitaon par lagenga har varsh mele; vatan par marne walon ka yahi antim nishan hoga’….Are lines said in almost every meetings…
A unique funding initiative by IIT Roorkee alumnus
byAn alumnus of IIT Roorkee has launched a unique funding initiative for the students of its alma mater. The initiative, known as Student Alumni…
In Uttarakhand, PDS wheat gets to the open market
byDehradun : Uttarakhand, this small mountain state that came into existence about 12 years back, has problems galore. One of the most important one…
These Uttarakhand hermits do not fear cold, snow
byDehra Dun: The weather has taken a turn for the worse as the mercury hovers below the 0 degrees C mark in the higher reaches…
Ponty killing gets murkier
byDehradun : Former chairman of the Uttarakhand Minorities Commission, Sukhdev Singh Namdhari has been sent on five days police remand in his alleged involvement…