Do you know which city is known as the City of Ghats? Explore why Varanasi holds this title, along with details about its ghats, location, cultural importance, religious role and interesting facts in ...

India said it would help create hundreds of "vibrant villages" along its border with China. Three years later, residents wonder where they are.

India is home to two major mountain ranges that shape its geography and climate. Stretching along different coasts, these ...

Restoring the ability of local communities to act as guardians of nature is a promising approach to both ecological and ...

Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is scheduled to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of St Thomas English High School in Gudalur in the Nilgiris on January ...

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Veteran ecologist Madhav Gadgil, known for his work on the Western Ghats, died at the age of 83 after a brief illness in Pune on Wednesday night. Madhav Gadgil served as a professor at the Indian ...

UN-recognised ecologist leaves a mark on India’s environmental policies and practices Veteran ecologist Madhav Gadgil, 83, passed away in Pune on the night of Wednesday, January 7, following a brief ...

Srimathi VenkatachariEnvironmental destruction is commonly imagined as sudden and visible — trees felled, hills quarried, rivers poisoned. Yet in Indi.

DEHRADUN/HARIDWAR: Uttarakhand government is contemplating a ban on entry of non-Hindus in the 105 ghats of Haridwar spread across an area of 120 sq km, following the demand raised by a few seers and ...

Nestled 8,650 feet above sea level, the Nilgiris have perennially drawn travellers seeking tranquillity, away from life’s restless pace. The summer in the hills offers a cool respite from the plains, ...

A population of rare galaxy frogs disappeared from India’s Western Ghats after photographers overturned logs, trampled vegetation and handled animals improperly, a new study reports. Researchers ...