New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has vacated the Millennium Bus Depot that was constructed for parking buses during the 2010 Commonwealth Games….
Colombo, Jan 13 (IANS) Several districts in Sri Lanka would face severe drought conditions in the coming three weeks as very little rain was expected, the country’s disaster management officials said on Friday. Disaster management…
Vijayawada, Jan 13 (IANS) Crores of rupees were bet on cockfights which began in parts of Andhra Pradesh on Friday despite court orders banning them and warnings by police. On the first day of the…
Jaipur, Jan 13 (IANS) A local court in Jodhpur on Friday asked five Bollywood actors, including Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan, to be present in court on January 25 in connection with an 18-year-old…
Paris, Jan 13 (IANS) As many as 237,000 homes in northwestern France were without electricity on Friday because of a storm sweeping the country from west to east. The storm, with wind gusts up to…
London, Jan 13 (IANS) Severe flood warnings were on Friday in place along the eastern coast of England, amid fears that thousands of homes were at risk from a storm surge. The Environment Agency said…
London, Jan 13 (IANS) Noting that coal will continue to be vital to economic life, the World Coal Association has said that while India needs both thermal and renewable energy, for the world to transit…
London, Jan 13 (IANS) Throwing fresh light on how India gradually drifted away from Africa and Madagascar and collided with the Eurasian plate, scientists now report India was by no means as isolated as we…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) As heavy snowfall has eluded this erstwhile summer capital of British India in recent times, the “snow manual” of the administration, followed since the Raj, has virtually been…
Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) An intense cold wave continued on Friday with most parts of Himachal Pradesh shivering with Manali at a minus 7 degrees Celsius, while Met office forecast “chances of more rainfall and…
Srinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel under intense cold wave on Friday as both Srinagar and Jammu recorded the season’s coldest night so far at minus 6.3 and 3.1 degrees Celsius…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) It was a moderately foggy Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 4.3 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average. “The sky will remain…
Agartala, Jan 12 (IANS) The northeastern state of Tripura Thursday witnessed lowest temperature of the current winter season at 9.7 degrees Celsius, said a weather official. “Today’s (Thursday) minimum temperature was 9.7 degrees Celsius and…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) As the civic staff strike in east Delhi continued for the seventh day on Thursday, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) pulled up the Delhi government, civic corporations and the Centre…
By Nirmal Anshu Ranjan New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Just as most of us were tempted to believe that the winter won’t be that cold this time round, a sudden change in weather conditions across…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Cold wave strengthened its grip over the national capital which saw its coldest morning on Thursday with the mercury dipping to 3.4 degrees Celsius. Residents will continue to shiver with…
Jaipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Chilly winds continued to blow across Rajasthan on Thursday, with the minimum temperature dropping to minus 1.9 degrees celsius in Churu. Mount Abu, the only hill station in the desert state,…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass an interim order for allowing the bull taming sport — Jallikattu — during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. A…
Chandigarh, Jan 12 (IANS) Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest place in the region with the minimum temperature slipping below the freezing point on Thursday. Most of the places in Punjab and Haryana experienced a…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) With the strike by civic staff in east Delhi entering its seventh day on Thursday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that sanitation workers were “being compelled” to go on…