New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Thousands of passengers were stranded on Monday, as 90 trains were delayed and 16 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India. According to a Northern Railway official,…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday expressed concern over the hardships people of Tamil Nadu faced due to cyclone Vardah which killed two people. “As cyclone Vardah crosses the coast…
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said the campaign to keep river Narmada pollution-free is related to welfare of humans and nature’s protection. On the second day of…
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IANS) Stockholm Water Prize winner Rajendra Singh has cautioned that if honest effort is not made to preserve the Narmada, the river will soon be counted among the polluted rivers in India….
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) A part of cyclone Vardah hit the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday afternoon, with winds touching 90 kmph and killing two people, while the central part of it is the process…
Vijayawada, Dec 12 (IANS) Parts of south coastal Andhra got heavy rains on Monday under the impact of severe cyclone Vardha which crossed the Tamil Nadu coast. The rains accompanied by strong winds lashed Nellore…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Cyclone Vardah on Monday afternoon crossed the Tamil Nadu coast near Chennai, bringing in strong winds, residents as well as officials said. According to officials, the landfall would continue for around…
Colombo, Dec 12 (IANS) Sri Lankan Airlines on Monday cancelled all flights to Chennai due to cyclone Vardah hitting the Tami Nadu coast, officials said. Airline spokesman Deepal Perera said the Chennai International Airport was…
Hyderabad, Dec 12 (IANS) The railway authorities on Monday cancelled or diverted several trains ahead of severe cyclonic storm Vardah which is set to make landfall near Chennai. The South Central Railway (SCR) partially cancelled…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) With strong winds blowing across the city on Monday due to cyclone Vardah, several flights were diverted, cancelled and delayed in Chennai. “As the wind speed is around 50 knots, it…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Mass genetic screenings that track populations vulnerable to arsenic poisoning — much before cancerous symptoms start showing — can help tackle its scourge in Bengal and across South…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) With cyclone Vardah set for landfall near Chennai, strong winds and rains lashed the city and northern Tamil Nadu and people in low lying areas were evacuated to safer places. According…
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) A severe water crisis looms over the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad as the Khanpur Dam is drying up fast owing to the prolonged dry spell. Dam officials told Dawn…
New York, Dec 12 (IANS) While the growth of carbon dioxide emissions has flattened out in recent years, global concentrations of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and cause of climate change, are now growing faster…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) Chennai and its suburbs continue to receive rains since Sunday night with severe cyclonic storm set to cross close to the coast here on Monday afternoon, said weather department. According to…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Thousands of people were stranded as 82 trains were delayed and 16 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India on Monday, railway officials said. A Northern Railway…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) It was a clear Monday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11 degree Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. According to the weather…
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) At least 14 persons were killed in fog-related accidents in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday. Six members of a family were killed when their car fell into a canal in central…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha are likely to receive rain or thundershowers on Monday under the impact of very severe cyclonic storm Vardah, that has formed over the Bay of Bengal, the…
Chennai, Dec 11 (IANS) The very severe cyclonic storm, Vardah is likely to cross north Tamil Nadu/south Andhra Pradesh coast near here on Monday afternoon, said Meteorological Department on Sunday. According to the weather forecast,…