Gurugram, Aug 9 (IANS) Residents of Badshahpur village here faced a scary situation on Friday afternoon after young male leopard entered a house and then a saloon. However, the saloon operators, who managed to flee…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (IANS) With incessant rain in Kerala, the death toll has reached 28 and over 64,000 people have shifted into 738 relief camps across the rain-battered state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on…
Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Water levels at the inter-state Sardar Sarovar Dam across the Narmada river reached an all-time high of 131.5 metres on Friday with heavy rainfall in the upper catchment area, forcing the…
M0umbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The grim flood situation in south-west Maharashtra that left at least 37 people dead, is expected to ease with the Karnataka government releasing around 480,000 cusecs of water from Almatti dam…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Heavy rainfall across Uttar Pradesh has led to increase in the water level of rivers in various districts. The administration is on alert and people are been evacuated from the villages…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study found that turtles strongly…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday rolled out a pilot project for natural water storage on the Yamuna floodplain. Calling…
Wayanad (Kerala), Aug 9 (IANS) Often referred to as the poor man’s Ooty, Meppadi in Kerala’s Wayanad district has seen its entire look change after a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains and floods. Over…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a massive plantation drive by planting a sapling in Jaiti Khera village of Lucknow. The state government plans to create a world…
Bhopal, Aug 9 (IANS) Spillage from an artificial pond meant to store toxic residue from a coal power plant run by Essar Power MP Ltd (EPMPL) has contaminated farmland spread over a 4-km area near…
Colombo, Aug 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka will receive heavy rains and strong winds in the coming days, the country’s Meteorology Department said in its latest weather update here Friday. The Department said wind speeds were…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon be seen expressing his views on conservation of nature, his time in the Himalayas, his encounters with wildlife in his youth and the cleanliness…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 30 people have been killed in various flood-related incidents in Maharashtra in the past one week even as more than 2.03 lakh people were evacuated to safer locations, officials…
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) China ON fRIDAY issued a red alert for typhoon Lekima, as it was expected to make landfall in the coastal areas of Zhejiang province Saturday. At 8 a.m., the centre of…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) As the Uttar Pradesh government embarks on a mission to plant 22 crore saplings in a single day on Friday, a huge demand has been witnessed for the ‘sahjan’ saplings. Sahjan…
Bengaluru, Aug 9 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and several others injured due to heavy rains and floods in 12 northwest and coastal districts of Karnataka, an official said on Thursday. “Of the…
Rome, Aug 8 (IANS/AKI) A $54.8 million dollar investment will help over 342,000 impoverished people living on coastal sand islands (chars) in southeast Bangladesh, who are often the worst hit by climate change, the United…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he spoke to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the grim flood situation in the state and said that he will also speak…
Kochi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Cochin International Airport was closed on Thursday night as water entered its taxiway following heavy rains and rising water levels in the Periyar river, a top airport official said. Airport…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 8 (IANS) Eight people, including a one-year-old child, were killed and over 3,000 evacuated to over 60 relief camps after rains battered several parts of Kerala, officials said here on Thursday. State Revenue…