New Delhi/Bengaluru, Dec 28 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday urged Union Minister for Coal Piyush Goyal to rush coal blocks for three thermal plants in the state, said an official. “Kumaraswamy sought…
Chandigarh, Dec 27 (IANS) Amritsar city recorded a low of 1 degree Celsius on Thursday as cold wave conditions prevailed across the plains of Punjab and Haryana in the past 24 hours. Dense fog was…
Ranchi, Dec 27 (IANS) An elephant died after being electrocuted in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district early on Thursday, officials said. According to Forest Department officials, an elephant was roaming around Purchiasai village, trying to eat…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) In a move to combat rising pollution levels in the national capital, the Delhi government on Thursday flagged off an electric bus between Anand Vihar ISBT to Mehrauli. Transport Minister…
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Different parts of Maharashtra experienced the winter chills with temperatures plummeting to as low as 1.8 degrees Celsius in Niphad, the IMD said here on Thursday. Mumbaikars felt the chills with…
Jakarta, Dec 27 (IANS) All flights around Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano were re-routed and the alert level was on Thursday raised to the second-highest possible, days after the volcano triggered a tsunami leaving over 400…
Shimla, Dec 27 (IANS) Some parts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday received snowfall but it continued to elude the capital, Met said. The tourist resorts of Manali and Kalpa again experienced moderate snow. The minimum…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) It was a cold Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 3.7 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said. The…
Srinagar, Dec 27 (IANS) Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season as the city shivered at minus 7.6 degree Celsius, the Met Office said on Thursday. After December 7, 1990, when the minimum temperature…
Dehradun, Dec 27 (IANS) Extreme cold wave conditions continued to prevail in most parts of Uttarakhand as the temperature plummeted to sub-zero level in more than six towns in the state, an official said on…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) In order to conserve the river Yamuna, Union Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari will lay foundation stones for eleven projects under the Namami Gange Programme by National Mission for…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) After four consecutive days of “severe” air pollution, Delhi’s air quality improved to “very poor” and according to the weatherman, it is likely to remain in the same zone for…
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) A one-horned rhino was found dead with its horn chopped off at Gorumara National Park in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district and three people were arrested, an official said on Wednesday. “The…
Jakarta, Dec 26 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Wednesday raised to 430 the death toll in the devastating tsunami triggered by a volcanic eruption in Sunda Strait, while nearly 22,000 people were displaced. Indonesian National Board…
Tokyo, Dec 26 (IANS) Japan on Wednesday announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conservation body and said it will resume commercial whale hunting from July 2019, a move that is likely to…
Shimla, Dec 26 (IANS) Enormous icicles surfaced in large parts of the Himachal Pradesh capital with the minimum temperature remaining close to sub-zero on Wednesday, the Met said indicating the onsst of a harsh winter…
Palermo (Italy), Dec 26 (IANS) A 4.8-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday hit Sicily around Europe’s most active volcano Mount Etna, injuring at least two people, Italian media reported. The earthquake struck at 3.19 a.m. near Viagrande,…
Tokyo, Dec 26 (IANS) Japan on Wednesday announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conservation body and that it will restart commercial whaling from July, 2019. Commercial whaling was banned by the IWC…
Srinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) A low intensity earthquake, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, occurred in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the Met said, adding no reports of casualty or damage was received. The quake…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) It was a bitter cold morning in the national capital on Wednesday as the mercury dipped to 3.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average — the lowest so…