A government panel has warned that unregulated mining in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district reflects the conditions that preceded the Jyotirm...

A government panel has cautioned that unscientific mining in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district is destabilizing slopes, endangering villages...

Severe land subsidence in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, has put over 200 homes at risk. Heavy rains and extensive mining have worsened t...

Drone cameras monitor the situation of 41 trapped workers in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel, stuck for 13 days after its collapse. The cuttin...

There have been several such 'silent disasters' in the state over the years - from Garbyang in Dharchula district, once a thriving Indo-Tib...

Joshimath is the proverbial canary. Environmental considerations, usually considered by all and sundry as more cosmetic than mandatory, mus...

"People were reeling under despair in the wake of the disaster when I took over. We have been able to remove this general feeling to a grea...

Tarun Vijay said, "It has become a parking place for the retired...Even the CAG has criticised it in its report last year."

The government's recent report announcing an increase in forest cover looks more like a case of the state agency playing the slippery slope...

"Had the state got Rs 1,800 crore from mining sector, we could have created more infrastructure in health, education and others," he said.

Garhwal Commissioner DS Garbyal has been transferred to the posts of secretary, Urban Development, Housing, Estate, Protocol and Housing co...

The SC has directed the MoEF not to clear hydropower projects in Uttarakhand saying it was concerned with the proliferation of such project...

Expressing concern over the recent tragedy in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court today prohibited setting up of any new hydroelectric power pro...

The sand mafia has been responsible for the Yamuna shifting course about 500 metres east, posing a threat to sectors 150, 151, 153, 135, 16...

It is difficult to assess the loss at this juncture, but preliminary reports suggest that the figure might run into crores of rupees.

Both the central and state governments continued with their criminally tardy response, they were busy politicising the issue.