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…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday allocated Rs 100 crore for the State Electric Vehicle Fund in the Budget for 2019-20, a measure termed a “positive start” by E-vehicle…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) A thunderstorm caused waterlogging in the city disrupted flight movements to and from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport on Tuesday, Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials said. Flights plying…
Shillong, Feb 26 (IANS) Indian Navy divers on Tuesday located the fifth body from inside the 370-feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, where over a dozen miners remain trapped since…
Shimla, Feb 26 (IANS) The minimum temperatures in Himachal Pradesh remained below freezing point on Tuesday as the state received more rain and snow, the weather office said. The state capital recorded the minimum temperature…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) It was a cold and cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 10.3 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. “Generally cloudy sky,…
Jammu, Feb 26 (IANS) Landslides along the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday blocked the major traffic artery of the state. The landslide was triggered by rain in Ramsoo sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Debris removal operation…
Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) Faced with challenges in penetrating the residential and the SME market space, the solar rooftop sector would fall short of its target of installing 40,000 megawatt (mw) capacity by…