New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The national capital experienced a warm Sunday and the India Meteorological Department forecast no immediate relief — only thundery weather during the week with no sign of rain. On Sunday,…
Guwahati, Aug 13 (IANS) Even as the Centre assured of all help to flood-hit Assam, the state authorities on Sunday directed officials concerned to speed up rescue and relief operations for over 11 lakh affected…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) At least 53 people were killed and as many as 100,000 displaced in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains across Nepal, officials said on Sunday. Search and…
Patna, Aug 13 (IANS) The flood situation in Bihar continued to be grim on Sunday as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sought the help of the Army and the Indian Air Force in relief and rescue…
Guwahati/Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) Heavy rainfall over the last 48 hours in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and other northeastern states has severely hampered railway operations due to waterlogging of tracks in several places of Katihar…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 (IANS) Differences within the ruling LDF on the Athirapally power project have once again come to the fore as senior CPI leader Binoy Viswam on Sunday took potshots at Power Minister M.M….
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) At least 17 persons were killed and over 25 missing after a massive mudslide that swallowed a 150 metre stretch of road, and buried homes, two buses and vehicles in Himachal…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 13 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a thunderstorm and lightning warning for eight districts in Odisha. The IMD issued the warning for Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) In a special drive towards nurturing a greener environment, the Delhi Metro will plant 2,000 saplings across its premises during the month of August, it said on Sunday. The project,…
Lisbon, Aug 13 (IANS) Portuguese authorities said on Sunday that at least 12 wildfires remained active throughout the country as hundreds of firefighters were deployed to battle the flames. According to the latest status report…
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) At least eight persons were killed and over 40 missing in a massive landslide that swallowed a 150 metre stretch of road, and buried homes, two buses and vehicles in Himachal…
San Francisco, Aug 13 (IANS) Microsoft is doing its part in making the earth pollution free by offering companies an environment-friendly platform called ‘Smart Energy Azure Demonstration’ that can help firms track their energy emissions…
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) At least 30 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by severe monsoon rains in Nepal. Flooding and landslides have claimed seven lives in Sunsari, four each in Jhapa…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.3 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. The Met has forecast a partly cloudy day ahead….
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and over two dozen reported missing in a massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district on Sunday, an official said. The landslide occurred around midnight…
By Saket Suman Aizawl (Mizoram), Aug 13 (IANS) Can discomfort be fun? Why not, if it propels an unmatched adrenaline rush as you lay your heart open to the benign indifference of nature? And where?…
Shillong, Aug 12 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday promised to find a solution to the NGT’s interim ban on coal mining since April 2014 in Meghalaya, if voted to power in next year’s assembly elections….
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) Two persons were killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in northern West Bengal, officials said on Saturday. In two separate incidents in Darjeeling district, houses collapsed in the landslides crushing…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) To maintain the air quality and check pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain has written to his counterparts in four neighbouring states to check crop stubble…
Bhopal/Dhar, Aug 12 (IANS) Social activist Medha Patkar on Saturday ended her 17-day fast to protest against the government’s ‘apathy’ towards resettlement of those affected by the increase in the height of the Sardar Sarovar…