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,…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a cold and cloudy morning on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the normal, the weather office said. “There…
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Dense fog engulfed many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday, weather officials said. Road and railway traffic was affected due to low visibility, which reduced to less than 100 metres…
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) The minimum temperature rose above the freezing point in Srinagar on Sunday after nearly two months, with weather officials forecasting dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 72 hours….
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Not many people are coming forward to save the environment from climate change, which is clearly evident in the Himalayas, Justice Rajiv Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court said…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Hindu Kush mountain range along Afghanistan-Pakistan border that led to mild tremors in Delhi-NCR and parts of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday evening. According…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Delhi’s air quality remained in the “very poor” category for fourth day in a row on Saturday and no respite is likely in the next few days, said experts, warning…
Jaipur, Feb 2 (IANS) In yet another man-animal conflict, a tiger killed a woman, Munni Devi (40), in Kundera Range of Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur on Saturday morning. The villagers informed the police…
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) Suspicious movement of a passenger, a trill from his bag resulted in the seizure of a leopard cub and the person’s detention on Saturday at Anna International Airport, said Commissioner of…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Roosting sites are not always near or in wetlands, as is often speculated for waterbirds. This is true both in rural and urban settings and there is…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Mild tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on Saturday evening after a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Hindu Kush mountain range along Afghanistan- Pakistan border. According to an India Meteorological Department…
Agra, Feb 2 (IANS) Green activists in the Taj city on Saturday expressed concern over increasing encroachment in the eco-sensitive wetlands, home to thousands of migratory birds, in the Agra region. On the occasion of…
Jakarta, Feb 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Saturday, but no tsunami alert was issued with no immediate reports of any damage or casualties, officials…
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) At least 29 people were reported dead due to the Polar Vortex that froze the US Midwest region and brought temperatures to record lows. But weather officials said the weather was…
Shimla, Feb 2 (IANS) It was a sunny morning in the Himachal Pradesh capital on Saturday with an intense cold wave sweeping across the state as the Met forecast more rainfall and snow throughout the…
Tokyo, Feb 2 (IANS) Sightings of the rare oarfish in Japan have raised fear and speculation amongst the people of an incoming natural disaster, as the deep-water fish is believed to be a harbinger of…
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) When European settlers arrived in the Americas, they killed over 56 million indigenous Americans which led to a change in the global climate, a new study finds. The settlers killed the…
Srinagar, Feb 2 (IANS) Weather across Jammu and Kashmir improved after three days on Saturday as a feeble winter sun battled with clouds to register its presence. “We are expecting dry, cloudy weather during the…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) It was a cold Saturday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 8.2 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. “There was shallow fog…