Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) Gurgaon will soon have a 24X7 hospital for animals with indoor admission facility, an official said here on Tueday. “The first-of-its-kind facility will be set up in Basai village on the…
Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) Haryana and Punjab got a much-needed respite from heat wave conditions on Tuesday following thunderstorms and rainfall over the region in the past 24 hours. At most places in both states,…
Shimla, May 24 (IANS) Widespread rains and thundershowers on Tuesday brought down temperatures in Himachal Pradesh by four to five notches, weather officials said. The weather department has forecast more rains in the state by…
Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) The US embassy is holding a workshop here on May 25-26 on combating air pollution in north India with a view to strengthen collaboration between American and Indian air quality experts,…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Experts working under an Indo-Norwegian collaborative programme said on Tuesday that they will approach India’s University Grants Commission to take a “serious look” into launching interdisciplinary sustainable energy education in the…
Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) A 76-year-old record was broken in Kanpur on Tuesday when the city received 31 mm rainfall in a single day in the month of May. The rains came in after a…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking 100 percent cut in supply of water to the liquor industry in Maharashtra so that millions of people faced…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea seeking 100 percent cut in supply of water to the liquor industry in Maharashtra so that millions of people faced…
Sydney, May 24 (IANS) Unlike the declining populations of many fish species, the number of cephalopods – octopus, cuttlefish and squid — has increased in the world’s oceans over the past 60 years, new research…
Lucknow, May 24 (IANS) A dust storm in Uttar Pradesh in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday claimed at least five lives, uprooted trees, and caused heavy damage to mango crop, electric poles and…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) It was a cloudy Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.1 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, as rains bring respite for denizens the previous…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Two people died and another was injured as a balcony and a bus shelter gave way in the city on Monday following heavy rains, police said. A 70-year-old woman died when…
Hyderabad, May 23 (IANS) A man, who jumped into the lions enclosure at Jawaharlal Nehru Zoological Park here to shake hands with the big cats, was on Monday sent by a court here to two…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A four year old female ‘striped hyena’, wandering in the fields for food and water and beaten by a mob in an Agra village, was on Monday rescued by the…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Presenting “compliance” as the roadmap for the next three years, union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that soon a strong civil penalty law would be bought in to…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh on Monday favoured an increase in the number of tourist vehicles going to Rohtang Pass from Manali, while the Him Aanchal Taxi Operators Union told the Supreme Court…
Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) The Gujarat Forest Department has trapped and caged 13 of a 16-member pride of Asiatic Lions in Amreli district in Saurashtra region, falling under the eastern range of Gir forests, following…
Imphal, May 23 (IANS) Scores of vehicles were stranded on different state and national highways near Kohima, the state capital of Nagaland, due to landslides following incessant rains, authorities said on Monday. More rains are…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) After having consulted the states affected by drought this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to shortly announce several long-term measures to…
Shimla, May 23 (IANS) After days of abnormally high temperatures, rain in Himachal Pradesh on Monday brought cheers to thousands of tourists who have thronged the hill stations to escape the heat in the northern…