Manali, nearby hills covered in snow
Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) Manali and its nearby hills in Himachal Pradesh received more snow on Friday and are wrapped in a white blanket to the glee of tourists, the Met Office said. People in…
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6.1-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia
Jakarta, Dec 28 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia’s Papua Barat province on Friday, officials said. There was, however, no report of any casualty. The earthquake had an epicentre of…
Srinagar, Jammu experience coldest night of season
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 28 (IANS) Record-breaking cold continued on Friday in both Jammu and Srinagar cities as intense cold wave lashed Jammu and Kashmir, the Met Office said. “The minimum temperature in Jammu was 2.6 degrees…
Cold Friday morning in Delhi; air quality ‘very poor’
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) It was a cold Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said. The…
Car falls in gorge due to poor visibility in Uttarakhand, three dead
Dehradun, Dec 28 (IANS) Three youngsters were killed in Tehri on Thursday night after their vehicle lost way due to heavy fog and fell into a gorge, police said on Friday. The incident happened on…
Three labourers killed as coal mine collapses in Pak
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) At least three labourers were killed and two others injured when part of a coal mine collapsed in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Thursday, officials said. The miners were working in…
Karnataka seeks coal for thermal plants from Goyal
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Dec 28 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday urged Union Minister for Coal Piyush Goyal to rush coal blocks for three thermal plants in the state, said an official. “Kumaraswamy sought…
Cold wave continues in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, Dec 27 (IANS) Amritsar city recorded a low of 1 degree Celsius on Thursday as cold wave conditions prevailed across the plains of Punjab and Haryana in the past 24 hours. Dense fog was…
Elephant electrocuted to death in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 27 (IANS) An elephant died after being electrocuted in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district early on Thursday, officials said. According to Forest Department officials, an elephant was roaming around Purchiasai village, trying to eat…
Delhi launches electric bus between Anand Vihar and Mehrauli
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) In a move to combat rising pollution levels in the national capital, the Delhi government on Thursday flagged off an electric bus between Anand Vihar ISBT to Mehrauli. Transport Minister…
Maharashtra gets the winter chills
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Different parts of Maharashtra experienced the winter chills with temperatures plummeting to as low as 1.8 degrees Celsius in Niphad, the IMD said here on Thursday. Mumbaikars felt the chills with…
Indonesia flights rerouted as volcano alert level raised
Jakarta, Dec 27 (IANS) All flights around Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano were re-routed and the alert level was on Thursday raised to the second-highest possible, days after the volcano triggered a tsunami leaving over 400…
Manali, Kalpa in Himachal get snowfall
Shimla, Dec 27 (IANS) Some parts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday received snowfall but it continued to elude the capital, Met said. The tourist resorts of Manali and Kalpa again experienced moderate snow. The minimum…
Cold Thursday morning in Delhi; air quality ‘very poor’
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) It was a cold Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 3.7 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said. The…
Coldest December night in Srinagar in 28 years
Srinagar, Dec 27 (IANS) Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season as the city shivered at minus 7.6 degree Celsius, the Met Office said on Thursday. After December 7, 1990, when the minimum temperature…
Cold wave intensifies in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, Dec 27 (IANS) Extreme cold wave conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Uttarakhand as the temperature plummeted to sub-zero level in more than six towns in the state, an official said on…
Gadkari to lay foundation stone for 11 projects for Yamuna rejuvenation
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) In order to conserve the river Yamuna, Union Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari will lay foundation stones for eleven projects under the Namami Gange Programme by National Mission for…
Dense fog to cover Delhi; air improves to ‘very poor’
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) After four consecutive days of “severe” air pollution, Delhi’s air quality improved to “very poor” and according to the weatherman, it is likely to remain in the same zone for…
One-horned rhino killed in Bengal, 3 arrested
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) A one-horned rhino was found dead with its horn chopped off at Gorumara National Park in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district and three people were arrested, an official said on Wednesday. “The…
Indonesia tsunami toll rises to 430, nearly 22,000 displaced
Jakarta, Dec 26 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Wednesday raised to 430 the death toll in the devastating tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Sunda Strait, while nearly 22,000 people were displaced. Indonesian National Board…