Chandigarh, Oct 11 (IANS) A thunderstorm lashed Chandigarh and its surrounding areas on Thursday. At some places it was accompanied by hailstorm. The rain came in two spells — once before dawn and again following…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 11 (IANS) Very severe cyclonic storm Titli which is being referred to as a Category 2 hurricane, made landfall in Odisha’s Gopalpur on Thursday with surface winds reaching 126 kmph, the Met said….
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) It was a misty morning in the national capital on Thursday with the minimum temperature recorded at 24.5 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. “It will be a…
Miami, Oct 11 (IANS) At least one person was killed and thousands of homes were without power in the state of Florida due to hurricane Michael, one of the strongest storms to hit the continental…
Colombo, Oct 11 (IANS) The death toll from the heavy rains and winds in Sri Lanka rose to 12 on Thursday, with over 69,000 others across the island nation affected, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC)…
Canberra, Oct 11 (IANS) Two major quakes hit Indonesia and Papua New Guinea located in the Pacific Ring of Fire on Thursday, killing at least three people in Java. An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the…
Jakarta, Oct 11 (IANS) At least three persons died and four more were injured in Indonesia after an earthquake measuring 6-magnitude on the Richter scale shook the Bali Sea early on Thursday, official said. The…
Washington, Oct 11 (IANS) The most powerful hurricane to hit the US’ Florida in a century has killed one person as it flooded beach towns, submerging homes and snapping trees like twigs. Hurricane Michael, a…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Centre on Wednesday deployed 21 NDRF teams in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal and put Army, Navy and Coast Guard on standby in view of impending cyclonic storm…
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Hurricane Michael was upgraded to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 storm on Wednesday, hours before it is due to make landfall in the US state of Florida, where it could blow…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 10 (IANS) Train services between Khurda Road in Odisha and Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh has been suspended in view of warnings on cyclone Titli, an official statement said on Wednesday. The East Coast…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 10 (IANS) Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal laid the foundation stone of the country’s first 2G ethanol bio-refinery in Bargarh district on Wednesday. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited will set up the ethanol plant with…
Kolkata, Oct 10 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Department here on Wednesday warned of intense spells of thundershower accompanied by gusty wind in six south Bengal districts for the next four days, triggered by a cyclonic…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Finland to facilitate closer and long-term cooperation in the field of environment protection and management of natural resources….
Madrid, Oct 10 (IANS) At least six people have died in heavy flooding after torrential rain and fierce storms hit Spain’s Mallorca island, emergency services said on Wednesday. Footage from Sant Lloren? des Cardassar town…
Jakarta, Oct 10 (IANS) The death toll from the 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island last month has risen to 2,045, authorities said on Wednesday. Nearly 5,000 people were estimated to…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 10 (IANS) The Odisha government on Wednesday directed the Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara district administrations to evacuate all those areas where cyclonic storm Titli is expected to pass through after making…
Sydney, Oct 10 (IANS) Australia has a 70 per cent chance of being affected by the El Nino phenomenon by the end of the year, which would aggravate the severe drought suffered by several parts…
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Hurricane Michael intensified to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 storm on Wednesday as it roared towards the US state of Florida, where it could blow ashore as the strongest storm to…
By Kushagra Dixit Lucknow, Oct 10 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government is set to chop about 55,000 trees in critical tiger habitats to build a road of strategic importance. According to a document accessed by…