New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, who will be leaving for New York to ratify the Paris ‘COP 21 Global Climate Agreement’, on Tuesday hinted that India could raise the issue of…
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai inspects trail of implementation of odd-even formula begins in New Delhi on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The fifth day of the…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The fifth day of the Delhi government’s odd-even traffic scheme saw Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai declaring it a “success story so far” even as online app-based taxi operator Uber…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Biodiversity ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan, a scientist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) who is working to save the country’s tigers, has become the first Indian to win the Parker/Gentry…
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) Telangana and parts of Andhra Pradesh continue to reel under intense heat wave conditions, officials said on Tuesday. The met department has issued heat wave warning for both the states over…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the government will announce in two or three days a premium air-conditioned bus service. “It will be a fully air-conditioned premium bus…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The central government will invest Rs.800 crore to rejuvenate lakes in Bengaluru, especially the Bellandur lake, the largest and most polluted water body in the Karnataka capital, union Environment Minister…
Shimla, April 19 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central and state governments on the issue of declaring monkeys as vermin within the Shimla Municipal Corporation’s jurisdiction. A division…
Pyongyang, April 19 (IANS) North Korean foreign Minister Ri Su-yong on Tuesday left for the UN headquarters in New York to join the signing ceremony of Paris climate agreement. The report said Ri led a…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged youth organisations to contribute to the efforts made for water conservation and cleanliness in the country. Modi said that massive effort would be made…
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai inspects trail of implementation of odd-even formula begins in New Delhi on Dec 31, 2015. (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai…
Imphal April 19 (IANS) Rain and thunderstorm, as forecast by the weather office, hit most of the northeastern states from early Tuesday. At several places tin-roofed houses, shops and other facilities were flattened by the…
Bhubaneswar, April 19 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday extended school holidays till April 26 due to the prevailing heat wave conditions in the state. Earlier, the state government had announced closure of schools till…
Kuala Lumpur, April 19 (IANS) Activists of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) rights group on Tuesday staged a protest outside a store of Italian luxury fashion brand Prada in Malaysia’s capital…
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Suzlon Energy on Tuesday announced the acquisition of five solar energy companies to implement various renewable energy projects across India. “Suzlon Energy has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has…
Washington, April 19 (IANS) Texas state Governor Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster in nine counties of the state due to heavy rainfall. Abbott addressed the media in Austin on Monday, which was…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday termed as “bizarre” the media reports that pollution levels in the national capital had spiked despite the odd-even traffic scheme. “Bizarre conclusions by…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) It was a cloudy Tuesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Online cab service providers Uber and Ola on Monday suspended their surge pricing after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal threatened “strict action”…
Hyderabad, April 18 (IANS) The Humane Society International and Blue Cross of Hyderabad on Monday launched training for 112 government veterinarians from Andhra Pradesh for spay/neuter surgery of dogs. The 112 veterinarians have been divided…