New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A first-of-its-kind study of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region on Monday found that even the most ambitious Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees by the end…
Ranchi, Feb 4 (IANS) More than 100 tortoises were seized from a train at the Dhanbad railway station in Jharkhand on Monday, police said. According to Forest Department officials, the tortoises were found in a…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The unusually cold weather in the hill states of North India and parts of the plains, including the national capital, has been indirectly caused by the Polar Vortex that usually…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Dense fog descended over the national capital on a cold Monday morning bringing down visibility to 50 metres disrupting road, rail and air traffic as the minimum temperature was recorded…
Lucknow, Feb 4 (IANS) Most parts of Uttar Pradesh were on Monday engulfed in a blanket of dense fog, disrupting vehicular, train and air traffic and throwing normal life out of gear. According to the…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Dense fog descended over the national capital on a cold Monday morning bringing down visibility to 50 metres as the minimum temperature was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, one notch…
Shimla, Feb 4 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will receive widespread snowfall and rain starting Wednesday till Friday at least, the weather office here warned on Monday. Residents and tourists have been advised not to venture out…
Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) A fresh spell of rain and snow will lash Jammu and Kashmir on Monday and will continue for the next four days, the weather office “Scattered to fairly widespread light to…
Canberra, Feb 4 (IANS) Devastating floods in Australia has forced thousands of people from their homes and brought snakes and crocodiles onto the streets as the weather office on Monday forecast more rain with damaging…
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Rain later this week and dense fog have been predicted in several parts of Punjab and Haryana, the Met department said on Sunday. Officials said here that rainfall was predicted over…
Shimla, Feb 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has been witnessing frequent spells of snowfall with extremely bone-chilling conditions this winter and weather experts describe this as a natural phenomenon after a long break. Another spell of…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) You could be fined Rs 2,000 for drinking beer on a Goa beach, but thanks to an innovative green initiative, 10 beer bottle caps or 20 used cigarette…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Kashmir’s winter this season has been something children had heard from their grandparents, but never experienced before. Over metre-long icicles hanging from rooftops, water bodies frozen rock solid…
Shimla, Feb 3 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning in Himachal Pradesh, but the Met Department has forecast more rainfall and snow throughout the state from February 5. The Department said Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri,…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi woke up to a cold and cloudy morning on Sunday with the minimum temperature recorded at 9.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the normal, the weather office said. “There…
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Dense fog engulfed many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday, weather officials said. Road and railway traffic was affected due to low visibility, which reduced to less than 100 metres…
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) The minimum temperature rose above the freezing point in Srinagar on Sunday after nearly two months, with weather officials forecasting dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 72 hours….
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Not many people are coming forward to save the environment from climate change, which is clearly evident in the Himalayas, Justice Rajiv Sharma of the Punjab and Haryana High Court said…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Hindu Kush mountain range along Afghanistan-Pakistan border that led to mild tremors in Delhi-NCR and parts of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday evening. According…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Delhi’s air quality remained in the “very poor” category for fourth day in a row on Saturday and no respite is likely in the next few days, said experts, warning…