Daily Pioneer, June 11, 2010 Paritosh Kimothi | Dehradun Though climatic change is associated more with the fast-melting glaciers in the Himalayas, some of the high-altitude alpine meadows or bugyals of Uttarakhand also seem to have been affected by the global climatic changes. A study…
Read more »Reuters BANGHAT, Thu Jun 3, 2010 1:50pm IST Conserving an endangered fish in Uttarakhand’s Ramganga river has proved to be not only environmentally rewarding but also an economic saviour to villages along the banks of the river. The Golden Mahseer in the Ramganga, which flows…
Read more »A recuperating Girda holds marathon session of poetry recitation Neena Sharma Tribune News Service, May 31, 2010 Dehradun, May 30: Frail in body, but not in spirit, people’s poet Girda, though still recuperating from a long spell of illness, held a marathon session of poetry…
Read more »Press Trust of India, Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 0027 hrs IST Dehradun: Uttarakhand is likely to pass the much-awaited Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act, setting the stage for private companies like RIL and ITC to get into contract farming in the state and…
Read more »Neena Sharma Tribune News Service Dehradun, May 24 A target of upper caste hegemony, economically weak craftsmen and artistes of Uttarakhand are facing the worst form of discrimination. Not only are they debarred from entering temples, casteist slurs are heaped on them regularly and they…
Read more »Tribune News Services Pitthoragarh, May 18 After rain evaded the Kumaon region for more than a week, the water crisis in the region has deepened as traditional water sources that fulfil the maximum drinking water requirement of the region have gone dry. “In dozens of…
Read more »Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service Nainital, May 16 The political establishment in Uttarakhand came in for heavy criticism from a group of intellectuals, social activists and people from other streams who had come together to analyse where the dream of having an “own ideal state”…
Read more »Dehradun is getting richer, but at great environmental cost, says SAUMYA TYAGI Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 19, May 15, 2010 SCENIC DEHRADUN, the capital of Uttarakhand, has traditionally been celebrated for its boarding schools. Topping the ranking game was always Doon School, which counts…
Read more »Our correspondent Tribune News Service Pitthoragarh, May 15 No rain-like condition in the hilly region of the state this mid summer has caused drinking water shortage and crisis of electricity generation in those mini and micro hydro electric schemes which are aimed at provide electricity…
Read more »Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / New Delhi / Dehra Dun May 14, 2010, 0:23 IST A couple of proposed special economic zones (SEZs), both in private and government sectors, in Uttarakhand have failed to make any headway. Though Parsvnath and other private players have…
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