The forest department, however, has done little to promote the area. TOI asked regional tourism officer Amit Srivastava why Hastinapur did not feature as a tourist destination. “There is a huge ...

The government in Uttar Pradesh has started demarcating the boundary of Hastinapur forest area before issuing a final notification declaring the range a protected sanctuary as directed by the ...

Archeological Survey of India (ASI) team started excavation at a notified area in Hastinapur called ‘Ulta Khera’ a week ago The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has started excavation in ...

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel to ascertain facts about alleged encroachments in the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh. The green body was hearing the issue ...

HASTINAPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation ... Commons make up more than a third of India's total land area. They include grazing grounds, some forest land, ponds, rivers and other areas ...

As per Hindu mythology, Hastinapur was the capital of the Pandavas who ruled there post the Mahabharata war. The small town on the banks of river Ganga is also a Jain pilgrimage centre and ...

HASTINAPUR/UP: UP’s bellwether constituency ... BJP — they rue that none worked for development in the area. “You can see how bad the roads are. Several mills have shut down, forcing our ...

of the Union Environment Ministry has approved the long-pending proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Government to reduce Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary area to half from 2,073 square kilometer (Sq Km ...

But what makes Rakhigarhi in Haryana, Hastinapur in Uttar Pradesh ... five inter-connected mounds that are spread in a large area. Of these, it is believed that two mounds were densely populated.