The India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for Kedarnath, warning of thunderstorms and strong winds, placing the ongoing...

Get ready for the VB-G RAM G rural employment program, kicking off on July 1 and taking over from MGNREGA! With backing from 25 states, thi...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour Award to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Ghaziabad. This hono...

Road safety in hilly regions is set to improve. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will now focus on stabilizing slopes before bui...

The National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...

A road journey through Uttarakhand’s mountain towns reveals a deeper shift in both climate and pilgrimage. Unusual heat, felt by locals as ...

Among the seven districts across the Himalayan states, two districts are in J&K -- Kishtwar and Ramban. The IMD plans to instal four additi...

A Supreme Court panel warns that the Char Dham road widening project in the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone risks triggering a disaster. Expe...

A parliamentary panel has called on the government to establish regulations on land use in the Himalayan states within a fixed timeframe du...

The Uttarakhand High Court has expressed concerns about the lack of compliance with the Doon Valley notification for the formulation of a t...

"This is a disaster in the making. Many of its implications will unfold in the days to come. You will soon see an epidemic of mental issues...

The Himalayan ecosystem is a fragile one. So, building infrastructure in the region must take this into account. The region's carrying capa...

While the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slop...

An NIDM paper on the national disaster risk profile, referring to scientific assessments, warned that very severe earthquakes were likely t...

A year after a devastating deluge ravaged several parts of Uttarakhand, the state government has come under criticism for not framing a pol...

Unchecked and unplanned construction is seen to have worsened the disaster caused by the June 16-17 cloud bursts that triggered flash flood...

Extending India's readiness to share its experience on climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said SAARC countries could...