Akhil Bhartiya Akhara Parishad, the apex body of sadhus and saints in the country, has strongly criticised Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand's (also know as Prof GD Aggrawal, who has been sitting on fast under the banner of Save Ganga in the premises of Matra Sadan) recent statement saying that people who respect river Ganga should boycott Char Dham Yatra.

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand in the wee hours today. The quake occurred at 12:47 am and was felt in some parts of the northern region.

Though some houses developed cracks in Barkot area of Uttarkashi, there were no reports of any major damage to life and property in the region which was the epicentre of the devastating 1991 earthquake that left hundreds of people dead.

In Chandigarh, officials said there were no reports of loss of life or property anywhere in Punjab and Haryana.

About 1,500 pilgrims are stranded on the Rishikesh-Gangotri route since Thursday. Over 20 villages still cut off. The toll on life and property is rising as monsoon wreaks havoc in the hills. The scale of destruction goes up with each passing year

Dehradun: On Thursday morning, about 160 vehicles carrying more than 1,500 tourists and pilgrims from Gangotri and Uttarkashi were stranded on the 300km Rishikesh-Gangotri road due to fresh landslides on the route. Four days on, the stretch is yet to be cleared. The nightmare continues for those stuck on this arterial road.

DEHRA DUN, 9 AUG: The state government is opposed to the proposed notification of the Union government to declare Gaumukh-Uttarakhand stretch an eco-sensitive zone. Chief minister Dr Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank conveyed this to the Union forest and environment minister calling it against the interest of the local people.

Monsoon rain continued to lash most parts of North India on Tuesday even as 14 people were killed due to rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh and the hill State of Uttarakhand.

At least 12 persons, including women and children, were killed in rain-related incidents as heavy to moderate rain lashed Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, officials said.

While nine persons were killed in Farukk

New Delhi: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has gone ahead and paved the legal ground to regulate development work along 135 kilometres of the Bhagirathi river from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi after the Uttarakhand government failed to do so.

In a letter to the BJP chief minister of the hill state, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, the Union environment minister has pointed out that a decision to

The Centre on Friday decided to declare 135-km stretch between Gomukh and Uttarkashi along River Bhagirathi as an

New Delhi Yielding to former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharati

The government's decision to declare a 135 km stretch of the Ganga from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi an eco-sensitive zone has not gone down well with the construction lobby which was hoping to make huge profits from the hydropower projects to be constructed on the river.

Following the ministry of environment & forests decision to abandon three large hydro-power projects, which included Loharinag Pala

New Delhi: In a significant step, the Centre has given in-principle nod for declaring the 135-km stretch of the Ganga between Gaumukh and Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone seeking specific activities to protect the rich biodiversity of the region.

The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) in its meeting held on Monday also approved discontinuation of three hydro projects