Srinagar, Feb 5 (IANS) The weather office has forecast a fresh spell of rain and snowfall in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. “Moderate snowfall is likely to occur in the valley from today afternoon. However,…
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he will nominate David Bernhardt, acting secretary of the Department of Interior, to lead the agency. “David has done a fantastic job from the day…
Vienna, Feb 4 (IANS) The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), an wildlife and environment conservation organisation, announced on Monday an initiative to recycle used cellphones and use the proceeds to finance conservation projects in Africa. The…
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) A wide-eyed owl found its way into the cockpit of a Jet Airways Boeing 777 that was parked for the night at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said on Monday….
Bengaluru, Feb 4 (IANS) A team of scientists from the state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research will conduct a 40-month atmospheric study on the impact of fog on the Bengaluru airport operations, said…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Delhi might again experience moderate to heavy rains, accompanied by thunderstorms, gusty winds and even a hailstorm from Tuesday evening due to a prevailing western disturbance over entire northwest India,…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A first-of-its-kind study of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region on Monday found that even the most ambitious Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees by the end…
Ranchi, Feb 4 (IANS) More than 100 tortoises were seized from a train at the Dhanbad railway station in Jharkhand on Monday, police said. According to Forest Department officials, the tortoises were found in a…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The unusually cold weather in the hill states of North India and parts of the plains, including the national capital, has been indirectly caused by the Polar Vortex that usually…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Dense fog descended over the national capital on a cold Monday morning bringing down visibility to 50 metres disrupting road, rail and air traffic as the minimum temperature was recorded…
Lucknow, Feb 4 (IANS) Most parts of Uttar Pradesh were on Monday engulfed in a blanket of dense fog, disrupting vehicular, train and air traffic and throwing normal life out of gear. According to the…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Dense fog descended over the national capital on a cold Monday morning bringing down visibility to 50 metres as the minimum temperature was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, one notch…
Shimla, Feb 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will receive widespread snowfall and rain starting Wednesday till Friday at least, the weather office here warned on Monday. Residents and tourists have been advised not to venture out…
Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) A fresh spell of rain and snow will lash Jammu and Kashmir on Monday and will continue for the next four days, the weather office “Scattered to fairly widespread light to…
Canberra, Feb 4 (IANS) Devastating floods in Australia has forced thousands of people from their homes and brought snakes and crocodiles onto the streets as the weather office on Monday forecast more rain with damaging…
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Rain later this week and dense fog have been predicted in several parts of Punjab and Haryana, the Met department said on Sunday. Officials said here that rainfall was predicted over…
Shimla, Feb 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has been witnessing frequent spells of snowfall with extremely bone-chilling conditions this winter and weather experts describe this as a natural phenomenon after a long break. Another spell of…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) You could be fined Rs 2,000 for drinking beer on a Goa beach, but thanks to an innovative green initiative, 10 beer bottle caps or 20 used cigarette…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Kashmir’s winter this season has been something children had heard from their grandparents, but never experienced before. Over metre-long icicles hanging from rooftops, water bodies frozen rock solid…
Shimla, Feb 3 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning in Himachal Pradesh, but the Met Department has forecast more rainfall and snow throughout the state from February 5. The Department said Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri,…