Mumbai: Actress Malaika Arora Khan during the launch of reality television show India`s Got Talent season 6 in Mumbai on April 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) Actress Malaika Arora has teamed up…
Tokyo, June 16 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck northern Japan on Thursday. According to the Japan Meteorological agency (JMA), the quake measured 5.3 on the Richter Scale but reached level…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) It was a pleasant Thursday morning in Delhi with partly cloudy sky here with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.0 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the weather…
Dehradun, June 16 (IANS) Heavy rains have been predicted for Uttarakhand in the next 24-hours, an official said on Thursday. The hill state which has been receiving rains in the past two days has been…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday said that all sewage treatment plants of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) will have online monitoring and the data will be made public. “For…
Jammu/Srinagar, June 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar recorded the hottest day of the season on Wednesday, but winter capital Jammu got a respite as the maximum temperature dropped a few notches, the…
Ahmedabad, June 15 (IANS) Three Asiatic lions, from near Gir National Sanctuary, found to have turned man-eaters, have been sentenced to life within a cage. A fully grown male lion would be kept in a…
Bhubaneswar, June 15 (IANS) Odisha continued to reel under an intense heat wave while the coastal districts got some respite with the mercury dropping considerably, the Met Office said on Wednesday. However, the people experienced…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The national capital on Monday experienced a humid day on Wednesday while the maximum temperature settled at 38.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The Met office has…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Health Ministry on Wednesday said that a special immunisation drive needs to be taken up in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts of Telangana, following reports that polio virus (P2 strain)…
Paris, June 15 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday ratified the Paris climate agreement to curb green gas emissions, making France the first industrialised nation to do so. “Signing (Paris climate accord) is good,…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday held a meeting with Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on afforestation and approved Rs 192 crore for the state. “Maharashtra government will plant…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) ‘Water4Crops’ — a joint project undertaken by the European Union (EU) and India — offers ‘Constructed Wetland’, a technology to reuse the wastewater in rural areas for irrigation which would…
The Supreme Court of India (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear PILs challenging three government notifications declaring nilgais, wild boars and Rhesus monkeys as vermin, thereby paving the way…
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has given clearance for constructing a station of the East West Metro (EWM) project near three protected monuments, an official of the Kolkata Metro Rail…
Patna, June 15 (IANS) In a bid to check the increasing air pollution in the Bihar capital, the government has banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from the roads from Wednesday. “We have banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The central government has launched a scheme to set up grid-connected wind energy projects aimed at generating 1,000 MW clean power, an official statement said on wednesday. The Solar Energy…
Islamaabd, June 15 (IANS) A consignment containing 148 live black scorpions, to be sent to Hong Kong, was seized by the anti-narcotics force at the Karachi airport on Wednesday. It is the first seizure of…
Washington, June 15 (IANS) For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting NASA spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on the Earths surface, the US space agency has…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging three government notifications declaring as vermin nilgais, wild boars and monkeys, thereby paving the way for their culling in Bihar, Uttarakhand and…