Nihi Sharma

A charitable society in Uttarakhand is “illegally occupying” a plot of land in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve for 32 years and has even set up a 100-bed hospital on it read more

The state forest department has asked the Forest Research Institute to present a detailed report on its claim that the ban on felling of trees in the areas 1,000 metre above sea level has led to an increase in forest fires read more

The Uttarakhand school education department is likely to request the National Council of Educational Research and Training to publish and supply books to the state, if no publisher comes forward for the job read more

The forest department along with Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is set to design a portable machine to make briquettes out of pine needles, that is a major source of forest fire in the state read more

Exposing security lapse in border areas of the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand, a report of the National Tiger Conservation Authority said poachers moved freely during daytime and killed big cats in 2016 without any fear of detection read more

Beyond the pilgrimage to Chardham in Uttarakhand, there are lesser known pilgrim destinations in the state that can be promoted. The annual yatra to Gangotri and Yamunotri has begun, and the pilgrimage to Badrinath and Kedarnath will start this month-... read more

The portal of the shrine will open on April 29. read more

Advocates of the Dehradun-based NGO, Citizens for Green Doon (CFGD), submitted an affidavit before NGT, saying the project has been “mischievously divided” into segments to avoid taking green clearance under the environment impact assessment (EIA) notification,... read more

To cut down on expenses, the department has so far deployed two watchers at each of its 1437 crew stations, which are equipped with trained staff to meet fire emergencies read more

The Uttarakhand has once again floated tenders inviting bids from aviation firms for helicopter services to Kedarnath shrine read more

Citizens for Green Doon on Tuesday submitted a PIL to the NGT demanding an environment impact assessment of all-weather roads connecting the Char Dhams in Uttarakhand read more

High-resolution satellite pictures are expected to help the Wildlife Institute of India in its survey for the 164-km proposed road, 40 km of which passes through the core area of the Corbett Tiger Reserve. read more

Police are searching for a hearing impaired inmate, who has run away from Nari Niketan in Dehradun, police said on Monday read more

A tourist was killed by a leopard inside Rajaji Tiger Reserve on Sunday night -- 14th such incidents in the area in the past two years read more

If things fall in line, five to 10 of these exotic long-haired bovid, known as the camel of the snow, will be brought in from Shimla, where they are used to ferry people around read more

School education minister Arvind Pandey decided last year to merge schools, running in the same building or within a 1 km area, with an objective to minimise expenditure and provide better teaching-learning environment read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party observed ‘Samrastra Diwas’ (brotherhood day) in Uttarakhand on Friday, kicking off an eight-month-long campaign to reach out to the schedule castes read more

For those planning a trip to the Corbett Tiger Reserve, it is likely to be a smooth sailing if you book your stay and safari online read more

The authorities at the porous Rajaji Tiger Reserve are worried over the increasing numbers of tigers read more

The state forest department is gearing up to begin sterilisation of monkeys on a trial basis at Almora and Ranibagh (Nainital) centres read more

Prof David Wilcove, department of ecology and evolutionary sciences, Princeton said a policy should be created to utilise the land emptied out due to rural migration for conservation purposes read more

Carcasses of two tuskers and a leopard were found from Haridwar forest division, adjoining Rajaji Tiger Reserve, within a span of 24 hours, a forest official said on Monday read more

The forest department faces the challenge of taming leopards on the prowl after the Uttarakhand high court ordered a ban on the killing of wild animals that are declared man-eaters, officials said. read more

The Uttarakhand BJP government’s changes in the liquor policy allowing relaxations in licence fees took Twitter by storm on Saturday, with chief minister TS Rawat and former Congress CM Harish Rawat coming face to face on the microblogging website read more

Seven more people were arrested on Saturday for a stoking a communal flare-up at Augustmuni town in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, police said, adding that the situation has been brought under control. read more

To check overrating and overstocking in liquor shops, excise minister Prakash Pant has directed district excise officers to crack whip on the irregularity read more

In 2011, the state government came up with a rehabilitation policy for natural disasters, which entitles a family a land of 250 square metres and a cash of Rs 3 lakh for construction of a house. The amount was later increased to Rs 4 lakh. read more

Salman Khan will be included in the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau list along with 35 others jailed for various crimes under the Wildlife Protection Act. read more

This is the third elephant death in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve this year, the other two died after getting hit by speeding trains read more

State school education minister Arvind Pandey has announced that a law will be brought in this year to regulate the fee structure at private schools read more

Uttarakhand government has tweaked tender clause for helicopter services to Kedarnath shrine third time in less than a month read more

Attacks by wild animals are frequently reported in Uttarakhand, but the state forest department lacks comprehensive data on the number of people killed or injured in such incidents, officials admit read more

Even after three years of illegal felling of five Sal trees in the Kalagarh division of the Corbett Tiger Reserve, the forest department has failed to recover \u20B9 20 lakh from a forest ranger and other officials read more

An umbrella organisation for over 30 school education boards in the country has approved class 10 and 12 certificates given by the Uttarakhand madarsa board but said the government’s nod in this regard is a must read more

Wildfire has gutted more than 300 hectare of forest cover in Uttarakhand in March, the damage in a month being three times higher than that of last year, official data shows read more

The portals to Kedarnath shrine will re-open on April 18, but the single window ticketing system for copters is likely to be put in place in two months read more

The alleged leopard poaching case in the core area of Rajaji Tiger Reseve has taken a curious turn with the forest officials arresting a person, who has remained an informer for both the forest department and the police read more

 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released first installment of \u20B92.21 crore for Uttarakhand under its SECURE project that covers four India states read more

Uttarakhand reported third tiger death in its Terai Central forest division on March 28. A two-year-old female tiger was found dead in Pipalpadao area of the division read more

Utarakhand government has asked aviation companies to give copter service collectively read more

Days after a suspected poaching incident was reported in the core area of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, the NTCA officials Tuesday met chief wildlife warden of Uttarakhand in New Delhi read more

Forest guards are protesting against the change in the norms for recruitment to the post of foresters read more

The forest department that started certifying wildlife trophies from January 30 is facing a peculiar problem. Now, many applicants are saying they had passed on items in their possession to others as certification process got delayed for 18 years read more

In order to crack the whip over private schools, the school education department on Monday started verifying their documents like non-objection certificates and admissions under Right to Education read more

An elephant carcass, slit to pieces, was found in Uttar Pradesh’s Badpur area, a km from Corbett Tiger Reserve boundary, two days ago. Its tusks were missing read more

Ragpickers will be involved in clearing electronic waste (e-waste) from Dehradun, pollution control board officials said read more

The state school education department will conduct madrasa board examination, beginning on April 9 read more

Uttarakhand has lost 256-hectare forest cover since February 15, resulting in revenue loss of \u20B944 lakh besides causing damage to the environment read more

The forest department is creating a database of experts for tranquilising wild animals, especially leopards. read more

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Uttarakhand has become the first state in the country to mandate English speaking in all government schools once a week read more

The Uttarakhand Board of School Education (UBSE) is holding the state board examinations for Class 10 and Class 12. The exams started on March 5 and will conclude on Saturday. read more

The officials said the hide was at least one year old but was buried in the pits recently. The pits looked freshly dug read more

A tusker died after being hit by Nanda Devi Express on February 17 this year. Prior to that, the same train had killed two more elephants, one each in 2013 and 2016. read more

With only 25% of 12, 089 van panchayats or village forest councils active in Uttarakhand, the forest department has decided to address grievances of the councils to ensure their 100 % participation in the wildlife conservation read more

The forest department will constitute a think tank for doing comprehensive analysis of damage caused by wildfires to tree species and ecosystem read more

For a state, which has nearly half its landmass under forest cover, Uttarakhand, with a dedicated ministry to look after the forests, has not much to write home about so far as conservation efforts are concerned read more

Forest minister Harak Singh Rawat is primarily focused on promoting tourism. Even as cases of human-wildlife conflict are rising in state, the minister says it is up to the people to avoid conflict with animals by taking precautions. read more

Uttarakhand has again topped the chart in reporting highest leopard mortality in the country with seizure of two more leopard skins this month, latest data showed read more

Citing the National Achievement Survey 2017 results that has exposed the appalling standard of education in government schools, the Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection for Child Rights has written to chief secretary asking the government to strictly... read more

The Uttarakhand cabinet’s decision to set up homestay facilities to link local economy and checks migration from the hills, has been questioned by environmentalists who stressed on a need of strategic development in the area as it can pose environmental... read more

To combat the forest fires caused due to pine needles, the Uttarakhand forest department is preparing a comprehensive policy that will include collection, marketing of pine needles involving local residents, an official said read more

Dhan Singh Rawat says he is here to clean the system and get it running read more

Dhan Singh Rawat ordered mandatory recital of national song and national anthem in all colleges. The minister also made sure that the crumbling higher education infrastructure was given a facelift read more

While insiders say Bhatt is eyeing Lok Sabha polls, he says he will accept whatever BJP decides. read more

After a decade of the country’s first tiger relocation programme at Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has decided to withdraw from the routine monitoring of the protected area that will now be handled... read more

The Uttarakhand cabinet is likely to take a decision at a meeting on March 12 on the merger of 500 primary government schools that have less than 10 students with 12 state-run secondary schools in the state read more

From humiliating a government schoolteacher on a basic mathematics question before students to a failed attempt at making a dress code mandatory for teachers, one year of school education minister Arvind Pandey in Uttarakhand has been a tale of twists... read more

The minister says nearly 70% government teachers are adhering to dress code and he has ordered that schools whose monthly biometric attendance report will not reach the headquarters, salary of teachers working there won’t be given read more

Aiming to crack whip on touts, the tourism department has mooted a proposal to the civil aviation department to open a counter at Kedarnath to help pilgrims book helicopter for their visit to the shrine read more

The state forest department has estimated a loss of Rs 70,000 in the damage caused by wildfires since February 15 this year in Uttarakhand. read more

Thirty-one-year-old Sushma Verma, a resident of Dehradun’s Mela Ram colony, has chosen by the Uttarakhand government to be the recipient of an e-rickshaw on the occasion of the International Women’s Day read more

Beginning Thursday, the Rajaji Tiger Reserve will start the process to count its big cats as part of All India Tiger Estimation read more

The tigers need to be radio-collared and their movement monitored before they are translocation process is started. read more

In July last year, Nainital High Court had ordered to improve infrastructure of government schools. read more

The state forest department plans to adopt the song, whose musical notes strike the right chord, to spread awareness about protection of green cover and animals. read more

Dehradun district reported highest number of emergency cases in Uttarakhand on Holi, according to the statistics provided by GVK, an Indian conglomerate dealing with diverse sectors read more

Jaju reached Dehradun on Saturday afternoon and went straight to Bijapur Guest House where he met the chief minister and party heads. read more

The disease, affecting Bharals, was reported by mountaineer Loveraj Singh Dharamsaktu on September 9 last year. read more

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The project seeks to lessen man-animal conflict around Haridwar where leopards, elephants, nilgai and wild pigs pose threat to human beings. read more

The SIT has till now exposed 27 cases of teachers using fake degrees, and false domicile or caste certificates to secure job. Of these, the education department has taken against 14 teachers read more

State transport commissioner D Senthil Pandiyan had called for a report on the irregularity, and transport minister Yashpal Arya had directed that action be taken against the lax staff read more

Corbett Tiger Reserve director Surendra Mehra will steer the study on wildlife crimes in the reserve and adjoining areas in the state. read more

The garbage dumps draw stray animals and the big cats come in search of them, Sanjay Sondhi of Titli Trust said. read more

A video shot by a wildlife enthusiast shows an irritated 14-year-old tiger Betal growling and charging towards the grill of its enclosure read more

The SIT had on February 21 grilled Upadhyay over a bank account that Congress had opened in December 2016 read more

Going viral: Deaths in Chhatbir zoo, nearby villages, central zoo authority shoots off letters to states, UTs; officials in tizzy read more