Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) With the change in weather conditions in the state, the Odisha government on Thursday ordered the reopening of all schools from June 21. While the schools were earlier scheduled to reopen…
BY VISHAL GULATI Shimla, June 20 (IANS) In a threat to native wildlife mammal species, authorities at the Great Himalayan National Park, a Unesco World Heritage site, are perplexed with the spotting of alien invader…
Dehradun, June 20 (IANS) Wedding ceremonies of the sons of South Africa-based businessmen brothers Ajay and Atul Gupta are in full swing in Uttarakhand’s leading tourist resort Auli amid judicial concerns over possible damage to…
Washington, June 20 (IANS) The Donald Trump administration has rolled back former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan to limit carbon emissions and force the transition toward less polluting forms of energy. The new directive,…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Himalayan glaciers across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan have been losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of ice each year since 2000, a new comprehensive…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Pushing ahead for a greener nation, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed to exempt battery-operated vehicles from the registration fees. Two-, three- and four-wheelers, which are battery…
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s opposition DMK on Wednesday said it will hold protests at district headquarters on Saturday against the AIADMK government’s failure to take prompt action to meet the water shortage crisis….
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Wednesday chaired a meeting convened by the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) and reviewed the problem related to drains and violation of disposal…
Panaji, June 19 (IANS) The Bombay High Court in Goa on Wednesday issued notices to the North Goa Planning and Development Authority and other agencies over the alleged illegal cutting of forested cover and construction…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Rainfall in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Monday has brought some relief from the scorching heat as the temperature dropped significantly in the region. The Met department is expecting…
Dehradun, June 19 (IANS) The wedding functions of the two sons of South Africa-based Gupta brothers began in Uttarakhand’s Auli on Wednesday amid close monitoring by district authorities following Tuesday’s Nainital High Court order. A…
Mumbai (Maharashtra), June 19 (IANS) The Mumbai Police and Forest officials, in a joint operation, arrested two persons while they were trying to sell extremely rare Ambergris or Sperm Whale ‘vomit’ worth over Rs 17…
Nainital, June 19 (IANS) From fake websites to the alleged forged booking of guest houses, Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand’s Ramnagar seems to be mired in a long tale of corruption and controversies. Several…
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Botanical Gardens, a unit of the Singapore National Parks Board, to work on a shared…
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) The water crisis in Chennai and in several other places in Tamil Nadu has affected the construction sector severely, said realty players. “We are not able to get good water fulfilling…
Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) The national and state highways in Uttar Pradesh will soon have clean and bacteria-free air as the Yogi Adityanath government is planning to plant herbal Ayurvedic plants along the highways in…
Dehradun, June 18 (IANS) Amid environmental concerns over the Auli wedding extravaganza of the controversial NRI Gupta brothers’ two sons, the Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday allowed the event on condition of a Rs 1.5…
Chennai, June 18 (IANS) With reservoirs supplying water to Chennai drying up and ground water levels plummeting in absence of rain, water has become scarce but the government is taking necessary steps to supply drinking…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear, next week, a plea seeking urgent steps to protect forests and wildlife in Uttarakhand from wild fires. The petition claimed forest…
Ahmedabad, June 18 (IANS) After playing truant for a week, Cyclone Vayu went past the Kutch coast in Gujarat on Tuesday in a considerably weakened state, leaving moderate to heavy showers at several places with…