New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 28 (IANS) Tens of thousands of skywatchers across the country burned the midnight oil on Friday night for the longest “blood moon” of the century but many in the north were disappointed…
Raigad (Maharashtra), July 28 (IANS) At least 10 passengers were killed when a private bus carrying nearly three dozen university staff plunged into a ravine in Raigad district of Maharashtra on Saturday morning, an official…
Chandigarh/New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) With heavy rains continuing in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, authorities in Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage on Saturday released excess water into the Yamuna river, posing a flood threat to New…
Shimla, July 28 (IANS) With heavy rainfall continuing, most roads in Himachal Pradesh remained closed to traffic on Saturday, stranding travellers and commuters. The worst affected were Sirmaur and Kullu districts. The Mandi-Pathankot National Highway…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Water released from Haryana’s Hathnikund added to the continued rains have led the Yamuna river to breach its danger-level mark here on Saturday. Preparations are now on to evacuate people…
Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) At least 37 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the past 48-hours since Thursday, an official said on Saturday. Rains have continued to batter many parts…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) It was a cloudy morning in the national capital on Saturday with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, said the Met office….
Los Angeles, July 28 (IANS) A new study by scientists with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service suggests that what people tweet in areas affected by wildfire can be a reliable indicator of…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Following incessant showers over the past two days, the national capital has achieved surplus rainfall this year of around 13 per cent, according to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). “Monsoon has…
Ghaziabad, July 27 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has woken up, finally! But not before collapese of houses killed several persons, rains washed away a road, flats were evacuated for fear of more building…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) More than 10 acres of agricultural land, on which paddy was sown, sank in Surajpur village in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, on Friday following a downpour. Farmers…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) As many as 36 cows were found dead in a cowshed here on Friday, police said. The Delhi government has ordered a “detailed” probe and sought a report within 24…
Athens, July 27 (IANS) The death toll in the wildfire which swept through a once idyllic seaside resort in eastern Attica rose to 87 on Friday, according to the latest update from local authorities. Meanwhile,…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Triggering a flood-like situation at many places, the rains across north India continued for the second day on Friday. Normal life was been thrown out of gear in Delhi and…
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) As part of the upcoming 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and ongoing diamond jubilee of IIT-Bombay, a whopping 100,000 students from 100 schools across India will assemble solar lamps on…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) With the prediction of heavy rainfall in 15 districts over Gangetic West Bengal including Kolkata, the state government put the districts on high alert on Friday. In a communication to the…
Gurugram, July 27 (IANS) An Indian rock python and spectacled cobra were rescued by a wildlife activist from a luxury hotel and a private cricket academy respectively here in the foothills of Aravali mountain range…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) As many as 36 cows were found dead in a cowshed here on Friday, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Dwarka, Anto Alphonse, said that a call reporting the incident…
Beijing, July 27 (IANS) At least 86 people have been killed and around 23 million have been affected due to floods, landslides and other natural disasters in China, official disaster relief authorities said on Friday….
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Yamuna river’s water level in Delhi is expected to touch the warning mark of 204 metres by 10 a.m. Saturday, rising from 203.88 metres at 4 p.m, a Flood…