Colombo, April 9 (IANS) Sri Lankan police said on Monday they had rescued the seven people reportedly missing inside the Knuckles Mountain Range in the Central Highlands of the island nation after they went trekking…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) In a move to promote energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in the capital, Delhi distribution company (discom) BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd (BRPL) has entered into a strategic…
Panaji, April 9 (IANS) Karnataka’s independent MLA Santeesh Sail on Monday did not turn up for questioning by Goa Police Crime Branch in connection with a probe into the Rs 35,000 illegal mining scam. Sail…
Agra, April 9 (IANS) An 11-foot-long crocodile which had caused panic in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district after attacking a villager has been caught and released into the Ganges, officials said on Monday. The crocodile was…
London, April 9 (IANS) Pointing at a solution to plastic packaging, Narayana Peesapaty from Hyderabad has designed an edible spoon made of millet flour that can be a proxy dessert after one’s lunch or dinner,…
Dehradun, April 9 (IANS) A mild earthquake hit Bagheshwar district and nearby areas in Uttarakhand around noon on Monday, officials said. The intensity of the quake was recorded at 2.8 on the Richter scale. No…
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has urged people to contribute in making Maharashtra drought-free by reaching out to those in villages. Aamir on Monday posted a video on his Twitter page. He…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) It was a rainy Monday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.2 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. “The sky will remain cloudy with chances…
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) Chandigarh and its nearby areas in Punjab and Haryana were lashed by rains on Monday morning with the morning temperature dropping by about two degrees, the weather office said. The weather…
Tokyo, April 9 (IANS) A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted western Japan on Monday, injuring four people. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 1.32 a.m., with the epicenter at a latitude of…
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) A low intensity earthquake jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Monday although there were no reports of casualties or any damage. A state disaster management department official said: “An earthquake measuring 4.0…
Shimla, April 8 (IANS) If you are heading to the hills of Himachal Pradesh this week, showers may greet you, the Met office said on Sunday. “Rain and thundershowers are likely to occur at many…
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) DMK leader M.K. Stalin on Sunday said his party will extend support to the shutdown called by the PMK on April 11. It will also stage black flag protests during Prime…
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) Tamil film fraternity led by veteran actors-turned-politicians Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth on Sunday observed a silent protest demanding the setting up of a Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation…
By Amit Cowper Gandhinagar, April 8 (IANS) Facing salinity ingress for years and disappointed with official apathy, hundreds of farmers and their kin from across 30 villages in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region have taken matters into…
By Kushagra Dixit Maholi (Uttar Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) With inter-community violence reported from many parts of India in a society increasingly polarised on religious and caste lines, a small town in Uttar Pradesh is…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Sunday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 23 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met said. “The…
Shimla, April 7 (IANS The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Saturday asked amicus curiae Deven Khanna to file a report on illegal felling of trees in the Nachan forest division after visiting the spot and…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) Kerala startup Genrobotics will unveil five more ‘Bandicoot’ robots for cleaning sewer holes, including for pilot projects in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The step comes after its Kerala model got a…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The IMD has warned of severe weather conditions for five days starting Saturday. Heavy rains in Meghalaya and thunderstorms with squall and hail are forecast in Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand,…