Chandigarh, Jan 21 (IANS) Chandigarh and its surrounding areas experienced light rain on Monday evening. The rain was accompanied by winds. The maximum and minimum temperatures rose at most places in Haryana. The maximum and…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said the National Green Tribunal would not take any punitive action against Volkswagen for delay in depositing Rs 100 crore and asked the green tribunal…
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) JSP Enviro, a city-based startup, is in talks with a garment dyeing unit in Tirupur to set up a prototype microbial fuel cell technology waste water treatment plant that would generate…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) Five people were arrested in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district for trafficking a leopard skin worth Rs. 10 lakh from Gorumara enroute to Nepal, Belacoba Forest Range Officer Sanjay Dutta said on…
Colombo, Jan 21 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government said on Monday that it will soon adopt the National Climate Change Act to minimise the emission of greenhouse gases. Director General of the Climate Change Secretariat…
Shimla, Jan 21 (IANS) After days of dry weather, cold intensified its grip across Himachal Pradesh on Monday with the higher reaches receiving fresh snowfall. The weather bureau also warned of some heavy spells of…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) It was a cold and cloudy morning in the national capital on Monday with the minimum temperature recorded at 11.5 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average, the weather…
Srinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) Fresh snowfall started in the valley on Monday as the Met forecast moderate to heavy rain and snowfall across Jammu and Kashmir over the next two days till Wednesday. “Widespread moderate…
Jammu, Jan 21 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed on Monday following fresh snowfall in the Bannihal sector that saw over a foot deep snow accumulate on the strategic route, a Traffic Department official said….
Shillong, Jan 20 (IANS) The Navy on Sunday “suspended” its operation to retrieve the body of one of the 15 miners trapped inside an illegal 370-ft flooded coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district,…
Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) An unidentified man was mauled to death on Sunday afternoon in the Lion Safari of the Chhatbir Zoo in Punjab’s Mohali district, around 20 km from Chandigarh. Zoo officials said the…
Ahmedabad, Jan 20 (IANS) Four minor earthquakes within seven hours hit the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat on Sunday but there were no reports of casualties or damages. According to the Institute of Seismological…
Agartala, Jan 20 (IANS) The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) organised a cycle rally here on Sunday to promote the eco-friendly mode of transport among citizens. Tripura Education and Law Minister Ratan Lal…
Greater Noida, Jan 20 (IANS) A leopard barged into a Greater Noida village and injured a boy on Sunday morning, officials said. The Divisional Forest Officer of Gautam Buddh Nagar, B.K. Srivastava, said that the…
New York, Jan 20 (IANS) Researchers, led by one of Indian-origin, have developed a new technology that can clean water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranes, an advance that brings hope for countries…
Santiago, Jan 20 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale the Chilean port city of Coquimbo with no immediate reports of casualties or damages. The quake struck at 10.32 p.m. on Saturday with…
Seoul, Jan 20 (IANS) A team of researchers has developed a system that produces electricity and hydrogen while eliminating carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the main contributor of global warming. The team from the Ulsan…
Shimla, Jan 20 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh saw an increase of temperatures one to six degrees above the normal on Sunday due to clouds, but the Met Office has forecast widespread rain and…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) It was a cold morning in the national capital on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 7 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, the weather office said. The maximum temperature…
Srinagar, Jan 20 (IANS) The weather slightly improved in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday with an increase in the minimum temperatures due to a nightlong cloud cover, the weather office said. “The minimum temperatures improved…