Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) Giving a break to three days of continuous rainfall, sunshine greeted people in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday. The skies cleared at most places even though cloud cover…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Following overnight rains, the sky remained overcast in the national capital on Tuesday, with the Met predicting off and on showers through the day. The minimum temperature was recorded at…
Shimla, Sep 25 (IANS) Traffic to picturesque Himachal tourist resort Manali was restored partially on Tuesday, a day after all major road links snapped due to landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. However, the…
Kathmandu, Sep 25 (IANS) The first Nepal-China joint steering committee (JSC) meeting to discuss development of hydropower projects will be held here later in September, a Nepali official has said. “Our next agenda is to…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh topped the chart in terms of ease of living followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, according to the “Ease of Living Index” released by the Ministry of Housing…
Gandhinagar, Sep 24 (IANS) The Gujarat Forest Department has set up as many as 64 teams to scan the vast Gir forests to identify sick and weak lions and immediately shift them to rescue centres…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Monsoon rains in the national capital are likely to abate from Saturday, the weather office said on Monday. “There is nothing unusual about the good spell of rain we received…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Services on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line, which connects Noida to Janakpuri, were halted briefly at Kalindi Kunj station on Monday after a bird was spotted on the tracks. The Delhi…
Shimla, Sep 24 (IANS) Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh on Monday claimed eight lives and hundreds, including school students, were stranded in the state as incessant rainfall for the third straight day triggered landslides and…
Chandigarh, Sep 24 (IANS) Authorities in Punjab on Monday issued a red alert in several districts following heavy rainfall in the state and the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh over the last three days, in…
Mumbai, Sep 24 (IANS) A day after Ganpati Visarjan festivities, Bollywood and television celebrities like Shahid Kapoor, Amit Sadh, Niharica Raizada, Ritwik Sahore and Tanuj Mahashabde took to the Mumbai beaches for a clean-up drive….
By Sandeep Manohar Gangtok, Sep 24 (IANS) In a bid to save people from landslides in mountainous regions, Kerala based Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University has set up a wireless sensor network system in Sikkim-Darjeeling belt…
Shimla, Sep 24 (IANS) Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh on Monday claimed eight lives and hundreds, including school students, remained stranded across the state after incessant rainfall for the third consecutive day, triggering landslides and…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) In an interim direction, the Delhi High Court on Monday banned the slaughter of poultry at the Ghazipur Murga Mandi here till further orders. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra…
Canberra, Sep 24 (IANS) A large section of an Australian beach suddenly collapsed into the sea due to erosion, authorities said on Monday. The landslip, up to 300 metres wide, took place at Inskip Point…
Kathmandu, Sep 24 (IANS) Nepal has been able to almost double the number of wild tigers within a decade. The report released on the occasion of the National Conservation Day states that the number of…
Taipei, Sep 24 (IANS) Taiwan is bracing for typhoon Trami, which could be among the strongest storms of the year by the time it hits the island later this week, authorities said on Monday. As…
Bengaluru, Sep 24 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Bengaluru and surrounding districts on Monday inundating several low-lying areas, uprooting trees and flooding roads, an official said on Monday. “Bengaluru got an average of 4 cm rains…
Shimla, Sep 24 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh on Monday continued to experience heavy to extremely heavy rains, causing major landslides and blocking highways and link roads, while all major rivers and their tributaries were in spate,…
By Gaurav Sharma Wuxi (China), Sep 24 (IANS) China’s leading electric vehicle company, Sunra, sees India soon emerging as the world’s biggest market for electric bikes and plans to set up a factory in the…