These fires have claimed three lives, and authorities have charged 61 individuals with deliberate arson. The intense heat and ...

Uttarakhand has lost 1,107 hectares of forest cover to wildfires, raising concerns over the impact on ecosystems and glacier ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its displeasure with the Uttarakhand government's handling of forest fires, ...

The forest fires which started in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region a week ago are still raging, causing serious damage to nature and to life and property. Over 1,000 hectares of forests have been ...

NEW DELHI: Coming down hard on the Uttarakhand government, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday it was at pains to say that the state's approach in controlling forest fires was "lackadaisical".

Bio-energy projects set up by the Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA), to use the vast quantities of flammable pine needles for generating electricity have been “unsuccessful ...

Five people have died in raging forest fires in Uttarakhand in three days. The wildfires in Nainital, which began sometime last week, have consumed almost 108 hectares. Nearly 26 incidents of forest ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned the Uttarakhand chief secretary to appear before it on May 17 over the state’s “lackadaisical” approach in containing forest fires, reported the ...

Premium NDRF personnel try to douse a fire that broke out in the forest of Nainital district on Monday. (PTI) 2. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has instructed the Chief Secretary Radha Raturi ...

Uttarakhand Forest Fire: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Uttarakhand government over forest fires saying the state's approach in controlling the blaze was "lackadaisical". The court ...

Chandigarh-based Chandra Devi and her husband Alam Singh Rana were looking forward to meeting their family in Gairsain town in Chamoli district this summer. However, their parents back home have ...