No power cuts in Odisha till June 30: Minister
Bhubaneswar, May 21 (IANS) The Odisha government on Friday announced that there would be no power cuts till June 30 to bringing much needed relief for people from the heat wave in the state. The…
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Government initiatives on drought insufficient: experts
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Dubbing drought a “man-made disaster” rather than a natural calamity, experts on Friday said measures taken by central and state governments to deal with it are failing in providing relief….
Thunderstorm wrecks havoc in Hyderabad, one killed
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) One person was killed and scores of others injured as a powerful thunderstorm wrecked havoc in Hyderabad on Friday, uprooting hundreds of trees and disrupting electricity supply. A man was killed…
Rajasthan continues to wilt under strong heat
Jaipur, May 20 (IANS) Rajasthan continued to be affected badly by severe heat wave conditions on Friday while the mercury touched 50 degree Celsius mark in Phalodi in Jodhpur district for the second day in…
Rain lashes Odisha with ‘Roanu’ moving closer
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (IANS) Several parts of Odisha experienced heavy rainfall with the cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ formed over Bay of Bengal moving closer towards the state on Friday. The cyclonic storm over west central and…
Mercury climbs down in Delhi but no respite
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The mercury climbed down slightly in Delhi on Friday to settle at 41.5 degrees Celsius, still two notches above average, offering no respite to the city’s residents. The maximum temperature…
Herbal trees to be planted along Kshipra river
Haridwar, May 20 (IANS) A spiritual group based here will plant scores of herbal trees on a 195-km stretch along the Kshipra river in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. The Gayatri Pariwar group said this would…
Thunderstorm hits Chandigarh, heat wave on in Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, May 20 (IANS) Chandigarh and its adjoining areas were hit by a thunderstorm on Friday evening, brining some respite from the sweltering heat over the past one week. The storm was accompanied by rainfall…
CSIR lab develops ‘solar tree’ that can light 5 houses
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) A CSIR laboratory in West Bengal has designed a ‘solar power tree’ that takes up only four square feet of space and produces about three kilowatts (kW) of power – enough…
Himachal remains hot, but rains in store
Shimla, May 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh continued to experience hot weather on Friday with the day temperature crossing the 40 degree mark mainly in low hills, weather officials said but held out a hope of…
Cyclone threat to Andhra recedes, rains continue
Vijayawada, May 20 (IANS) Threat to coastal Andhra Pradesh from cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ in the Bay of Bengal appears to have receded as the system is heading towards the Bangladesh coast, officials said on Friday….
Cyclone Roanu alert for Bengal
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Cyclonic storm “Roanu”, formed over the Bay of Bengal, is set to intensify and bring heavy to very heavy rains in West Bengal from Friday night, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC)…
SC notice on firm’s plea for ex post facto clearance for hotel
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea for ex post facto environment clearance for a hotel in McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh constructed in violation of Ministry of…
India sends relief material to Sri Lanka
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India on Friday sent two naval ships with relief material to Sri Lanka where torrential rains and landslides have claimed at least 63 lives. INS Sutlej, a survey vessel, sailed…
Cyclone Roanu to bring heavy rains in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (IANS) Cyclonic storm “Roanu” formed over the Bay of Bengal will bring heavy to very heavy rains in Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The IMD said the cyclone…
Toll in Sri Lanka rains rises to 63
Colombo, May 20 (IANS) The toll in the torrential rains and landslides in Sri Lanka on Friday rose to 63, the Disaster Management Centre here said. The island nation’s central Kegalle district has so far…
Warm morning in Delhi
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) It was a warm Friday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 31.2 degrees Celsius, which was five notches above from season’s average, the weather office said. The day ahead…
Rare Himalayan vulture rescued from Srinagar released in Dachigam
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A partially blind rare Himalayan Griffon Vulture, which was rescued with severe health conditions near Dal lake in Srinagar earlier this month, was on Thursday released in the Dachigam National…
Rajasthan fries, mercury crosses 50 degrees in two places
Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) Severe heat wave conditions continued to affect normal life in Rajasthan with mercury crossing 50 degrees Celsius in at least two of places in the state. Phalodi in Jodhpur district was…
Coastal Andhra on alert as ‘Roanu’ triggers heavy rains
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), May 19 (IANS) Authorities in coastal Andhra Pradesh went on alert on Thursday as rains continue to lash the state under the impact of cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’ over the Bay of Bengal….