Guwahati, July 29 (IANS) A a female one-horned rhino was injured when a personnel of the elite Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) opened fire on it in self-defence when it charged at him near the…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Heavy monsoon showers on Friday led to waterlogging in some areas of the national capital and massive traffic jams across the city, causing severe inconvenience to the people who were…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) International Road Federation (IRF) Chairman K.K. Kapila on Friday said that municipal bodies need to construct water harvesting pits to get rid of waterlogging due to rain. “Water harvesting pits…
Agra, July 29 (IANS) Incessant rainfall in the past three days has left Agra and the neighbouring districts in shambles, with drains choked and overflowing and the Yamuna river’s water level threatening to touch the…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Pushing for “zero demand” of tiger parts, at least 45 animal conservation organisations across the globe urged countries with tiger farms to shut these down. On International Tiger Day, organisations…
Panaji, July 29 (IANS) After derecognising the coconut palm as a tree, Goa Agriculture Minister Ramesh Tawadkar on Friday said his Ministry was in the process of forming a Coconut Development Board a la Kerala….
Mumbai: Actress Dia Mirza during a programme in Mumbai on July 21, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities like Shabana Azmi, Hrithik Roshan and Farhan Akhtar have given a thumbs up to…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy Manish Sisodia on Friday took a dig at the BJP government in Haryana over the massive rain-induced traffic jams in Gurgaon and…
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Tata Power on Friday announced that Cennergi, its South African joint venture, has started commercial operations there of its 134 MW wind farm project, which is also the Indian firm’s first…
London, July 29 (IANS) The tropical butterfly Heliconius erato distinguishes between shapes to use them as a cue for choosing the plants on which to feed and lay eggs, shows a new research. Heliconius erato,…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave called on students, whom he described as “tigers”, to help in the conservation of the big cats. On the occasion of International Tiger Day…
Mumbai: Actor Emraan Hashmi with his son Ayaan during the launch of book `The Kiss of Life: How a Superhero and My Son Defeated Cancer` in Mumbai, on May 30, 2016. The book authored by…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) As many as 44 disaster relief teams have been deployed in flood-affected areas in 12 states, and have rescued 894 stranded/marooned persons so far in Assam and Bihar, an official…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The pathetic conditions in which hens are kept, in tiny wire cages without enough space to move around, was raised in the Supreme Court on Friday. Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal…
Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Lucknow and other neighbouring areas on Friday morning even as the Met office predicted more downpours over the next two days across Uttar Pradesh. The rains started Thursday…
Gurgaon, July 29 (IANS) The Haryana government on Friday declared a two-day school holiday while the Gurgaon police has issued an advisory to avoid travelling as thousands of commuters remained stuck on National Highway 8…
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) It was a cloudy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, the weather office said. “There will be generally…
Gurgaon, July 29 (IANS) Hundreds of commuters on the Delhi-Jaipur route remained stuck on National Highway 8 after heavy rain left the Hero Honda Chowk here inundated, officials said on Friday. As NH 8 remained…
Gurgaon, July 28 (IANS) Hundreds of commuters, including women and children, were stuck on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway for many hours after heavy rain left the Hero Honda Chowk here inundated. There was a massive traffic…
Gurgaon, July 28 (IANS) Commuters were stuck for hours on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway after heavy rain left the Hero Honda Chowk here inundated. There was a massive traffic jam as all kinds of vehicles –…