Gangtok, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian Army has rescued over 300 tourists who got stranded in Changgu and adjoining areas of East Sikkim due to heavy snowfall, officials said on Thursday. The tourists, travelling in…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday approved an additional assistance of Rs 1,604.15 crore to Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Jharkhand and Rajasthan for damages incurred in natural disasters during 2018, said a Home…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education announced 15-minute grace time for students who struggled to reach their examination centres as large parts of the city and various districts of…
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) A team of US scientists have developed a more effective and greener way to recycle single-use plastics made from a common polyester material, which could help protect oceans from plastic…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Finally waking up to the growing instances of man-animal conflict in Maharashtra, the state government has set up a Special Committee to enact a law to provide proper…
Shimla, Feb 28 (IANS) The cold wave intensified in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with several places in the state witnessing more spells of snow in the past 24 hours. The temperature remained near the freezing…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) It was a cold morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.8 degrees Celsius, six notches below the season’s average, the weather office said….
Jammu, Feb 28 (IANS) A day after it opened to clear stranded traffic, the Jammu-Srinagar highway was again closed on Thursday due to fresh landslide in Ramsoo-Ramban sector. The new landslides occurred around 11 p.m….
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Around 5,000 compressed-bio gas (CBG) plants will be set up in the country by 2023, while a city gas distribution system covering 400 districts will provide a ready market for…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) As many as 13 districts of West Bengal received moderate to heavy rainfall for the third day in a row on Wednesday while Met officials predicted improvement of weather conditions from…
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) Maximum and minimum temperatures dipped across Haryana and Punjab on Wednesday with overcast conditions and rain in some parts. The maximum temperatures dipped by four to seven degrees at various places….
Shillong, Feb 27 (IANS) A combined team of the Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday pulled out a second body from the 370 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East…
Bengaluru, Feb 27 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday conducted an aerial survey of the Bandipur National Park after the raging forest fire there was brought under control on Tuesday. “The Chief Minister…
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mission will cost $42…
Dehradun, Feb 27 (IANS) The hill resorts of Mussoorie and Nainital in Uttarakhand received yet another spell of snowfall on Wednesday. The famous Mall Roads in Mussoorie and Nainital that started receiving snow since Tuesday…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) It was a cold and cloudy Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average. “Generally cloudy sky,…
Shimla, Feb 27 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh capital on Wednesday witnessed snowfall that snapped internal road links but brought joy to tourists, who were seen making merry hurling snowballs at one another. “Shimla and its…
Jammu, Feb 27 (IANS) Following landslides and sinking of road, the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. “Landslide clearance operation has started at Mom Passi in Ramban-Ramsoo sector. Concrete…
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) Chandigarh and its surrounding areas received light rain on Wednesday morning. The rainfall started on Tuesday night and continued intermittently. Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 22.8 degrees Celsius and a…
Bengaluru, Feb 26 (IANS) The forest fire in Karnataka’s Bandipur national park, raging since Friday, has been brought under control, a top official said on Tuesday. “The forest fire in Bandipur has been doused by…