By Vishal Gulati Manali, Dec 28 (IANS) Now you don’t have to depend on natural snow to ski in the Solang Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The slopes of the picturesque Valley in the western Himalayas,…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) He’s a legendary Russian player and will play a symbolic ‘Last Ice Hockey Game at the North Pole’ in the Arctic in the spring 2019. He is…
Shimla, Dec 28 (IANS) Manali and its nearby hills in Himachal Pradesh received more snow on Friday and are wrapped in a white blanket to the glee of tourists, the Met Office said. People in…
Jakarta, Dec 28 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia’s Papua Barat province on Friday, officials said. There was, however, no report of any casualty. The earthquake had an epicentre of…
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 28 (IANS) Record-breaking cold continued on Friday in both Jammu and Srinagar cities as intense cold wave lashed Jammu and Kashmir, the Met Office said. “The minimum temperature in Jammu was 2.6 degrees…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) It was a cold Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said. The…
Dehradun, Dec 28 (IANS) Three youngsters were killed in Tehri on Thursday night after their vehicle lost way due to heavy fog and fell into a gorge, police said on Friday. The incident happened on…
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) At least three labourers were killed and two others injured when part of a coal mine collapsed in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Thursday, officials said. The miners were working in…
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…